522 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 

 Spring Wheat. — Test of varieties grown from screened seed. 



Nanie of Variety. 



Countess 



Stanley 



Captor 



Blenheim 



Red Fife 



Campbell's White Chaff, 



Red Swedish 



Goose 



Mason 



Dufferin 



Crown 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



A pi. 10. 



i. 10. 



i, 16. 



., 10. 



„ 10. 



.. 16. 



M 10. 



M 10. 



.. 10. 



„ 10. 



M 10. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



44 40 



43 20 



41 40 



41 20 



39 30 



39 20 



38 20 



38 

 35 

 28 

 20 



20 



_bp 



Lbs. 



00 



004 



60| 



00 



61 



60 



01 



00 



00 



00 



01 



Spring Wheat. — Results of using different quantities of seed per acre. 



Name of Variety. 



Percy , 



0) 



u 



a 



a> 



CO 



Date 



of 

 Sowing. 



Bush. 



a 

 i 



1 



14 



2 

 3 



Apl. 30. 

 30. 

 30. 

 30. 

 30. 

 30. 



Date 



of 

 Ripening. 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff k brigh 



Weak 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



34 40 



36 



37 20 



36 40 



3J 20 



40 20 



Plots five and six were lodged as the straw was slender and soft and the head3 

 shorter. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEASE. 



Fifty-nine varieties of pease were tested this year, side by side, in plots of one- 

 fortieth of an acre each. The soil was a gravelly loam which had only been once cropped 

 since it was cleaned, and a great many ferns grew on it, which to some extent, lessened 

 the yield. Their presence in the straw partly accounts for the heavy gross yield. The 

 straw was clean and bright, the season was favourable for pease and the yield is a 

 fairly good average one. All the plots were sown April the 15th, but the cold weather 

 in May and June increased the number of days to mature considerably beyond the 

 average. 



