468 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 

 TEST OF FORMALIN AS A PREVENTIVE OF SMUT IN BARLEY. 



Sown on May 14, on l-20th acre plots of fallowed land, by hoe-drill, at the rate of 

 2 bushels per acre. 



Wheat Crop and Average Yield. 



Variety. 



Red Fife 



Preston 



Stanley 

 Wellinan's Fife. 



Cultivation. 



Brome backsetting. . . . 

 Prairie sod, backset. . . 

 Stubble, fall ploughed . 



Fallow 



Rotation test 



Fallow 



Brome backsetting 



Prairie sod, backset. 



Percy i Stubble, fall ploughed . 



Huron Fallow 



White Russian | ■■ 



Red Fern Brome backsetting 



Acres. 



1 



1* 

 10 



H 

 4 



5 

 4 



4 



4i 

 6* 



IS 



47*3 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



45-50 

 48 



36-20 

 49 



54-54 



45-45 



40-45 



39-20 



36-18 



45 



49-40 



45 



Total Yield. 



45-50 bush. 



72 

 362 

 157 



108-32 „ 

 274-30 „ 

 183 

 163 

 177 

 245 



27 



24-50 .1 



75 ii 



1974-42 



Or an average of 41 bushels 40 lbs per acre. 



Oat Crop and Average Yield. 



An average of 101 bushels 15 lbs per acie. 



