REPORT OF MR. AXGUS MACEA7 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



461 



Name of Variety. 



Character of Soil. 



Preston Fallow 



White Russian. 

 Red Fife 



Preston 



Red Fern 



Huron 



Stanley 



Wellm'an's Fife. 

 Red Fife ...... 



Percy 



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 - 



o I 

 a 



N | 



Ml 



<D 



Date of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



IP 

 o. 



s* 



<\ 



5 I Aug. 



i 

 3jt 



Backsetting (native sod ). 1$ 

 (bromesod). 1 

 4 



IS 



3 



5 



4 



Fallow 



Backsetting (brome sod). 



Stubble, fall ploughed. . 1 



is 



a! 



— 



02 



«4-l 



o 

 43 



to 

 = 

 o 



h5 



a 

 a) 



Char- | 

 acter of j 

 Straw. I 



to 

 S3 



Proportion 

 Rusted. 



A little rust 

 on leaves. 



TEST OF BLUESTONE AS A PREVENTIVE OF SMUT IN WHEAT. 



Sown on May 7, on l-40th acre plots of fallowed land, by hoe-drill, at the rate of 

 l£ bushels per acre. 



"WHEAT — TEST OF SOWING SELECTED, WELL-CLEANED AND SMALL SEED. 



In this test the selected seed used was hand-picked when ripe and before being 

 cut in 1900, and thoroughly cleaned by mill ; the well-cleaned seed was our best Red 

 Fife, run twice through the fanning-mill and was a large, plump sample. The small 

 seed was what was taken out of the well-cleaned grain. 



The seed was sown on l-20th acre plots of fallowed land, by hoe-drill, at the rate 

 of li bushels per acre, on May 7. 



Name of Variety. 



Re I Fife, well- cleaned 

 ii selected .... 



n small seed. . 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 28.. 

 ii 28 . . 

 .. 28.. 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Bald. 



<~02 

 O 



43 



to 



Lbs. 



5,100 

 5,520 

 4,700 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



43 



LW 



to 

 > 



Bush. Lbs. 'Lbs. 



67 

 59 

 59 



40 



40 



014. 



03 

 62 



