RETORT OF MR. ANGUS MAC KAY 



465 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



OATS — Fourteen Varieties Sown on Plots of } to 11 Acres. 



Name of Variety. 



Abundance, on fallow 



Banner ■■ 



Tartar King m 



Goldfinder u 



New Zealand n 



Bavarian n 



Wide-awake n 



Waverley ■■ 



Black Beauty n 



Thousand Dollar, on fallow. 

 Banner, on prairie sod backsetting 



Lincoln, on fallow 



Improved Ligowo, on fallow. 



Early Archangel .. 



e 



s 



o 



O be 

 o3-S 



- 1 . br 



0) s 



Aug. 22. 103 



19. 100 



102 



112 



101 



99 



99 



103 



9G 



100 



97 



99 



101 



99 



18. 

 28. 

 27. 

 16. 

 15. 

 19. 

 19. 

 23. 

 12. 

 22. 

 17. 

 22. 



e« 



M 

 43 



CO 

 CM 



o 



f 



43 



be 



© 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



In. 



50 Strong.. . 

 59 ., 



01 II 



02 Medium. 

 58|Weak... 



01 Strong. . . 

 59| .._... 

 01 'Medium. 



50 

 50 

 58 

 57 

 02 

 53 



Weak . . . 

 Strong. . , 



ii . . , 



Weak '. '. \ 

 Strong. . 



T3 



a 

 o 



CM 



o 



43 



be 

 c 

 s> 

 u-1 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



In. 



10 

 11* 



io! 



12 

 12£ 

 10 

 10J 

 10 

 10| 

 9 

 11 

 11 

 12 



94 



Branching 



Sided... 

 Branching 

 Sided. . . 

 Branching 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



124 



117 



104 



104 



100 



99 



96 



94 



93 



92 



91 



91 



83 



76 



20 

 10 



4 



30 

 2 



14 



test of formalin as a preventive of smut in oats. 



Sown on May 9, on 1-40 th acre plots of fallowed land, by hoe-drill, at the rate of 

 2 bushels per acre. 



COMPARATIVE TEST OF SELECTED AND WELL SCREENED OATS FOR SEED. 



Name 6f Variety. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Banner, selected Aug . 



ii well cleaned h 



n small seed - n 



be 



T. m 



»*> 3 



CS 43 



4- ^5 



O 



d 



21 

 21 



19 



104 

 104 

 102 



In. 



00 

 01 

 00 



Strong.. 





In. 



10^ 



11 



10* 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



130 

 122 

 120 



20 

 12 



20 



M M 



&5 



be 



0) 



Lbs. 



414 



42 



44J 



The seed sown in the above test was procured in the same manner as that used in 

 a similar test with wheat. Sown on May 9, on l-20th acre plots of fallowed land, by 

 hoe-drill, at the rate of one and one-half bushels per acre. 



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