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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



The soil used for these experiments was a clayey loam, the previous crop being 

 com. The application, quantity per acre, and quality of the fertilizer used was similar 

 to that of the wheat and barley plots. The straw was all more or less rusted, and of a 

 very heavy growth, due no doubt to the stimulating effect of the nitrate of soda. The 

 seed, however, filled out well. 



Some of the varieties which were affected with smut the previous year were treated, 

 by putting the seed to be sown in water raised to the temperature of 142° F., allowing 

 it to remain submerged for two minutes, then cooling it off rapidly and drying. Those 

 plots so treated were entirely free from smut. Some smut was noticeable in many of 

 the other plots. 



Sixty -four varieties of oats were sown on May 12th and 20th in plots of one- 

 twentieth acre each. The following table gives the results obtained : — 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



\Vallis 



Siberian 0. A. C 



Flyinp: Scotchman 



Hazletts Seizure 



White Wonder. 



White Russian ...... , 



Bavarian 



Golden Tartarian 



Improved American.. 

 Mortgage Lifter 

 California Prolific (Blk) 



Columbus 



Mennonite .... 



Early Etampes. 



Doncaster Prize 



White Monarch 



Early Racehorse 



Lincoln 



American Beauty 



Rosedale 



Early Gothland 



Cream Egyptian .... 



Oderbruch 



Abyssinia. 



Golden Beauty 



Wide Awake 



Prize Cluster 



Welcome 



Newmarket 



Banner 



Olive 



Master 



Early Blossom 



Winter Grey 



Black Beauty 



Improved Ligowo 



Coulommiers 



Holstein Prolific 



Pro] ific Black Tartarian 



$1,000 



Pense 



Golden Giant 



Abundance 



Scotch Hopetoun 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 26. 

 Sept. 6. 

 Aug. 21. 



21. 



21. 



26. 



27. 

 Sept. 13. 

 6. 

 2. 

 Aug. 30. 

 Sept. 4. 

 1. 

 4. 

 Aug. 26. 



26. 



25. 



26. 

 Sept. 2. 

 Aug. 27. 



27. 



26. 

 Sept. 4. 

 Aug. 30. 

 Sept. 4. 

 Aug. 30. 



26. 



26. 

 Sept. 2. 

 Aug. 27. 



27. 



26. 



30. 

 Sept. 1. 

 Sept. 2. 

 Aug. 27. 

 Sept. 4. 

 Aug. 27. 



30. 

 Sept. 1. 

 Aug. 27. 

 Sept. 13. 

 Aug. 27. 

 Sept. 4. 



be 



s 



on--- 



d 



98 



109 



93 



93 



93 



106 



99 



116 



109 



105 



102 



107 



104 



115 



98 



98 



97 



98 



105 



107 



99 



98 



107 



102 



107 



110 



106 



106 



105 



107 



107 



98 



110 



104 



105 



107 



115 



107 



110 



104 



107 



117 



99 



107 



CS 



u 



m 

 o 



bo 



a 



In. 



46 

 42 

 44 

 46 

 42 

 40 

 40 

 42 

 45 

 40 

 44 

 42 

 36 

 39 

 46 

 46 

 41 

 39 

 40 

 37 

 36 

 41 

 40 

 45 

 40 

 42 

 41 

 46 

 42 

 38 

 42 

 44 

 40 

 42 

 32 

 35 

 40 

 35 

 42 

 42 

 40 

 42 

 42 

 47 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff.... 



Medium 



Very stiff 



Stiff.... 



Medium 



Weak . . 



Stiff.... 



Medium 

 Stiff.... 



Medium 

 Stiff.. . 



Medium 



Stiff .. . . 



H ... 



Medium 



Stiff.... 

 Medium 

 Stiff., 



Medium 



Stiff ., 



Medium 

 Weak 

 Stiff. . 



Medium 

 Stiff. . . . 



T3 

 cS 



w 



a 



In. 



10 



8 



5 



13 



10 



9 



8 



12 



11 



13 



9 



12 



9 



8 



12 



9 



10 



9 



8 



9 



9 



10 



11 



10 



11 



9 



11 



13 



10 



8 



12 



13 



10 



12 



13 



8 



10 



8 



10 



8 



12 



12 



8 



10 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Branching 



Sided. 



Branching 



Sided. 



Branching 



Sided. 



Half-sided 



Sided. 



Branching 



Sided. 



Branching 



Sided. 



Branching 



Branching 



Sided..... 

 Branching 

 Sided 



n 



Branching 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



39 

 33 

 40 

 37 

 42 

 37 

 36 

 32 

 32 

 38 

 39 

 36 

 32 

 35 

 39 

 40 

 41 

 36 

 32 

 41 

 40 

 39 

 35 

 38 

 32 

 32 

 42 

 41 

 33 

 38 

 37 

 38 

 36 

 38 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 35 

 34 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 35 

 35 



