REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACEAY 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Barley Crop and Average Yield. 



469 



An average of 53 bu.shels 30 lbs per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEASE. 



Eifty-seven varieties of pease were sown on l-20th acre plots of fallowed land, on 

 May 15, by hoe-drill, at the rate of 2 bushels small, 2£ bushels medium and 3£ bushels 

 large pease per acre. 



The growth was slow at first, but after the rains came it was abnormally heavy, 

 and some excellent yields of very fine pease were secured. 



Pease — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Oddfellow ... Sept. 



Pride I " 



German White Aug. 



Paragon jSept. 



Daniel O'Rourke jAug. 



Gregory 'Sept. 



White Wonder ; Aug. 



King Sept. 



Fen ton j " 



Crown i " 



Agnes m 



Golden Vine » 



Trilby ■■ 



Early Britain 



Lanark.. 



Elephant Blue 



Kent.. 



Macoun 



Large White Marrowfat. . . 



Alma 



Bruce 



New Potter 



NeL? on 



Carleton 



Prussian Blue n 



Cooper ii 



Arthur i ■■ 



Black-eyed Marrowfat ■■ 



Elliot 



Mummy I ■■ 



Inches. 



47 

 70 

 75 

 49 

 92 

 49 

 28 

 79 

 64 

 44 

 70 

 50 

 52 

 50 

 48 

 38 

 72 

 52 

 70 

 56 

 60 

 57 

 50 

 50 

 64 

 07 

 42 

 48 

 48 

 67 



Length 



of 



Pod. 



Inches. 



m 



3 



Size 



of 



Pea. 



Large 



Medium . 

 Small . . . 

 Medium. 



it 

 Large . . . 



3 

 3 



2 



3 



3 



21 



3 



3i 



2| Small . . 



3 Large . . 



2i Small . . 



3 Large . . 



2h 



3" 



2 



31 



n 



o 

 O 



21 Medium. 



I'l Large . 



3 „ . . 



2i£ Medium. 



2| 



3 



2A 



Medium . 

 Large . . . 



Large . . 



Medium. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



20 



40 



Bush. Lbs. 



66 



60 

 60 

 59 

 59 

 58 

 57 

 56 

 54 

 54 

 53 

 53 

 53 

 53 

 J52 

 52 

 52 

 51 

 51 

 51 

 51 

 51 

 51 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 



20 





Lbs 



65^ 

 64 

 634 

 64" 

 644 

 40 I 63 

 .. 63| 

 .. I 63 

 40 024 

 20 i 04" 

 40 62J 

 20 ! 03^ 

 <?2h 

 60" 

 63 

 624 

 634 

 62| 



20 



20 03£ 



20 62* 



20 02i 



.. 1 6H 

 ..65 



40 62; 1 ; 



40 61 J 



40 63 



20 64 & 



20 63i 



20 61 J 



.. ' 62 



