REPORT OF MR. AXGUS MACK AY. 



367 



Oats — One Acre Plots. 



Sown 29th April on summer-fallow by hoe-drill at rate of 2\ bushels seed per 

 acre. All suffered from winds, being on a very exposed portion of the farm. The soil 

 was clay loam. 



Name of Variety. 



Early Archangel 



Oderbruch 



Bavarian 



White Schonen 



Early Golden ProHfic. 



Flying Scotchman 



American Beauty . . . 



Columbus 



Wallis 



Wide- Awake 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing:. 



Aug. 27 

 18 

 18 

 27 

 18 

 27 

 26 

 27 

 26 



G . 



o.S 



» 3 



ii 



120 

 111 

 111 

 120 

 111 

 120 

 119 

 120 

 119 

 30i 123 



u 



-^ 



<4-l 

 O 



In. 



44 

 36 

 38 

 36 

 40 

 36 

 44 

 39 

 45 

 40 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



63 12 

 63 9 



60 25 



59 25 



59 13 



56 24 

 56 6 

 53 8 



52 14 

 40 



The following were all sown on the same date, 3rd May, on clay loam, summer- 

 fallowed. The size of the plots was, in most instances, one-tenth acre each. The seed 

 was sown by hoe-drill at the rate of 2^ bushels per acre. 



OATS^Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Abyssinia 



Improved American . 



Siberian O. A. C 



Columbus 



Olive 



Rosedale 



Hazlett's Seizure 



Early Gothland . ..... 



Early Golden Prolific 



Golden Giant 



Mennonite 



Holstein Prolific . . . 

 Flying Scotchman . . . 



Buckbee's Illinois 



Early Blossom 



Early Maine 



Oxford 



American Beauty 



Early Archangel 



Finland Black, No. 1 



Wide Awake 



Cromwell 



\Vallis 



I/incoln 



Medal 



Poland — 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 30., 



ti 30.. 



It 20.. 



II 20. . 



It 30.. 



.1 .SO.. 



M 20.. 



,1 20.. 



It 23.. 



II 30.. 



II 30.. 



It 23.. 



,1 23.. 



I, 28. 



M 30. . 



M 30.. 



■1 28.. 



M 20.. 



M 20.. 



M 23.. 



11 20.. 



.1 23.. 



M 28.. 



II 20. . 



II 30.. 



.. 27.. 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Strong 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Sided. ... 

 Branching 



M 



Sided. . . '. 



II 

 Branching' 

 Sided. 

 Branching 



Sided. . . . 

 Branching 



01 



^02 

 be 



Lbs. 



39 



38 



Z7k 



37i 



37* 



42| 



39 



35 



34 



38 



37 



40 



38 



39 



.S8i 



3Si 



38 



39i 



36 



40 



36 



37 



39i 



39 



41i 



