REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND ACTING AGRICULTURIST. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



During the season of 1897, sixty-five varieties of oats have been tested under fairly 

 uniform conditions, in order to gain information regarding their relative yield, earliness 

 and other characteristics. They were all sown on the 5th and 6th of May on plpts of 

 ^ih acre each. The soil was a sandy loam of fair quality which received a light dress- 

 ing of manure, about 12 tons per acre, in the autumn of 1895, when it was ploughed 

 under. The land was ploughed in the autumn of 1896 about 8 inches deep, and disc- 

 harrowed twice in the spring of 1897, and harrowed three times with the smoothing 

 harrow before sowing. In the following table full particulars are given of the results 

 obtained, and in the accompanying figure a view is given of a portion of these experi- 

 mental plots at the time of harvest. 



OATS TEST OP VARIETIES. 



a 



Name of Variety. 



I 



1 



2 



3 



4 



6 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



SI 



32 



33 



34 



35 



36 



37 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 41 

 42 

 43 

 44 

 45 

 46 

 47 

 48 



Holland , 



Golden Giant 



Mennonite 



Improved American.. 



Eariy Etampes 



White Schonen 



Early Golden Prolific 



White Russian 



Columbus 



WalUs 



Joanette 



American Triumph . . 

 Wide Awake .... ... 



Banner , 



Golden Beauty 



Lincoln 



Bonanza 



Abundance 



American Beauty. . . . 

 Thousand Dollar . . . . 

 Buckbee's Illinois. . . . 



Medal . .. 



Siberian O. A. C 



Miller 



Scottish Chief 



Holstein Prolific 



Victoria Prize 



Improved Ligowo .... 



Master 



Hazlett's Seizure. . . . 



Welcome 



White Wonder 



Early Gothland 



Siberian 



Bavarian 



Russell 



Olive , 



Brandon , 



Prize Cluster , 



King 



Pense , 



Early Maine 



Rosedale 



Oxford... , 



Early Blossom 



Abyssinia 



Cromwell 



Rennie's Prize White 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 18 

 17 

 5 

 7 

 8 

 7 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 7 

 9 

 6 



rr 

 I 



3 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 9 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 3 

 8 

 3 

 5 

 7 

 9 

 3 

 3 

 6 

 17 

 9 

 8 



8 

 9 

 3 

 9 

 9 

 8 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 5 





105 

 103 

 91 

 93 

 94 

 93 

 93 

 92 



93 

 93 

 92 

 94 

 96 

 92 

 94 

 90 

 93 

 92 

 93 

 96 

 94 

 96 

 96 

 90 

 94 

 90 

 91 

 93 

 96 

 90 

 90 

 92 

 103 

 96 

 94 



94 

 96 

 90 

 96 

 95 

 95 

 95 

 96 

 95 

 95 

 96 

 92 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



92 142 



48 

 36 

 40 

 42 

 44 

 42 

 42 

 48 

 42 

 42 

 43 

 44 

 48 

 44 

 42 

 46 

 40 

 54 

 45 

 48 

 42 

 48 

 48 

 42 

 48 



48 



to 48 

 to 48 

 to 48 

 to 50 

 to 41 

 to 48 

 to 48 

 to 48 

 to 48 

 to 53 

 to 42 

 to 48 

 to 48 

 to 50 

 to 48 

 to 48 

 to 54 

 to 48 

 to 48 

 to 48 

 to 48 

 to 55 

 to 50 

 to 48 

 to 53 

 to 48 

 to 60 

 to 52 

 to 56 

 to 52 

 to 54 

 to 54 

 to 52 

 to 54 

 44 

 to 58 



40 to 

 43 to 



43 to 

 42 to 

 48 to 



44 to 

 36 to 

 48 to 

 36 to 

 36 to 

 46 to 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



9 to 



8 to 

 8 to 

 8 to 

 8 to 

 8 to 



8 to 



9 to 



8 to 



8 to 



9 to 



8 to 

 10 to 



9 to 

 8 to 

 8 to 



8 to 



10 to 



9 to 



8 to 



11 to 



9 to 

 11 to 



8 to 

 10 to 



9 to 

 9 to 



10 to 



8 to 



9 to 



8 to 

 10 to 



9 to 

 10 to 

 10 to 



9 to 

 9 to 

 8 to 

 8 to 



10 to 

 8 to 

 8 to 



10 to 



Kind of 

 Head. 



Sided 



It .... 

 Branching 



11 

 10 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 



9 

 10 



9 



9 



9 

 10 



9 



9 

 11 

 10 



9 



9 



9 



12 Half-sided 

 10 Branching 

 10 

 12 

 10 

 12 



9 

 12 

 10 

 11 

 11 



9 

 10 



Half -sided 

 Branching 



Half-sided 



Sided 



91Branchinsr 

 12 Half branch 



I ing 



10 Half-sided 

 12 



Branching 



48 10 to 11 Branching 



Half-sided 

 Branching 

 Half-sided 



Bush. lbs. 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



70 

 57 

 56 

 53 

 53 

 53 

 50 

 50 

 49 

 49 

 49 

 49 

 48 

 47 

 47 

 46 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 44 

 44 

 44 

 43 

 43 

 43 

 43 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 41 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 39 



39 

 38 

 38 

 37 

 37 

 37 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 35 

 35 

 34 



25 



12 



11 



28 



23 



8 



30 



30 



29 



9 



4 



3 



23 



7 



7 



6 



30 



15 



10 



10 



24 



14 



14 



33 



28 



28 



18 



17 



12 



12 



16 



25 



10 



5 



9 



4 



23 



13 



7 



2 



2 



31 



6 



6 



1 



3 



25 



24 



u 



(O 



OD 3 



Lbs. 



271 

 26i 

 30^ 



31i 

 33 



33i 



30 



26i 



31| 



32| 



34i 



28^ 



29 



35 



38i 



28;i 



29^ 



36 



31i 



32 



30 



324 



32| 



3li 



32 



33 



31J 



Z'i} 



34 



33:i 



3fii 



24i 



28| 



32 



30 



34 



38 



30i 



28i 



29 



34 



33 



29 



33 



34 



34i 



Proportion 

 Rusted. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 

 Considerably. 



Badly. 



It 

 Considerably. 

 Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 



