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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Oats — Test of Varieties — Continued. 



Name of Variety. 



MiUer 



Improved Ligowo 



Black Beauty 



White Schonen 



Bavarian 



Early Etampes 



White Russian 



Welcome 



White Monarch 



Prize Cluster 



Russell 



California Prolific Black 



Pense 



Winter Grey 



Master 



Bonanza 



Scottish Chief 



Oderbruch 



Imported Irish 



King 



Rennie's Prize 



White Wonder 



Cream Egyptian 



Doncaster Prize 



Siberian . . , 



Golden Tartarian 



Mortgage Lifter 



Abundance 



Golden Beauty 



Prolific Black Tartarian. 

 American Triumph .... 



Newmarket 



Coulommiers 



Scotch Hopetoun 



Joanette 



Finland Black, No. 2 . . . 



Brandon ' 



Banner 



"Victoria Prize 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Aug. 30. 



., 20. 



,. 28. 



M 28. 



„ 20. 



„ 23 



M 20. 



., 17. 



„ 30. 



„ 17. 



M 23. 



„ 23., 



M 23., 



„ 17. 



,. 28.. 



„ 17.. 



M 20.. 



M 20.. 



u 17.. 



M 17.. 



.. 17.. 



,- 17.. 



M 20.. 



,. 30.. 



„ 30.. 



u 28.. 



.. 17.. 



,. 28.. 



.. 20.. 



., 28.. 



.1 20., 



.. 23. . 



I. 28. . 



I. 28.. 



., 23.. 



,. 20.. 



.. 28.. 



,. 28.. 



„ 28.. 







119 

 LO!) 

 117 

 117 

 109 

 112 

 109 

 106 

 119 

 106 

 112 

 112 

 112 

 106 

 117 

 106 

 109 

 109 

 106 

 106 

 106 

 106 

 109 

 119 

 119 

 117 

 106 

 117 

 109 

 117 

 109 

 112 

 117 

 117 

 112 

 109 

 117 

 117 

 117 



CO 



be 



a 

 CO 



In. 



43 

 43 

 36 

 45 

 42 

 32 

 42 

 45 

 42 

 45 

 42 

 46 

 43 

 42 

 46 

 45 

 42 

 45 

 45 

 42 

 42 

 46 

 45 

 42 

 48 

 42 

 45 

 45 

 42 

 36 

 45 

 42 

 36 

 45 

 32 

 40 

 43 

 36 

 45 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Strong 



Kind of 

 Head. 



Branching 



Sided. . 



It 

 Branching 



Sided. . 

 Branching 



Sided. . 



II 

 Branching 



Sided. . , 

 Branching 



Branching 



Sided.. 

 Branching 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



2,410 

 1,870 

 2,570 

 3,500 

 3,200 

 3,380 

 3,890 

 3,590 

 3,060 

 3,490 

 3,000 

 3,410 

 4,110 

 3,220 

 3,270 

 3,060 

 3,260 

 1,860 

 3,170 

 2,880 

 2,800 

 3,100 

 3,420 

 3,620 

 4,120 

 2,540 

 2,350 

 3,520 

 2,340 

 3,190 

 2,220 

 1,800 

 3,000 

 3,290 

 2,520 

 2,520 

 2,420 

 3,330 

 3,040 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



73 

 72 

 72 

 72 

 72 

 71 

 71 

 71 

 70 

 69 

 69 

 68 

 68 

 68 

 68 

 67 

 67 

 67 

 67 

 66 

 66 

 66 

 65 

 65 

 65 

 63 

 63 

 62 

 61 

 60 

 59 

 58 

 57 

 57 

 56 

 55 

 52 

 52 

 50 



I 7X 



8 



32 

 32 



2 



2 

 16 

 12 

 12 

 10 

 ^4 



4 

 28 

 28 

 18 

 18 

 12 

 12 

 12 



2 

 26 



6 



6 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 18 



8 

 22 

 16 

 20 

 24 

 28 

 22 

 22 

 16 

 10 

 12 



2 

 10 



u 



'53 



Lbs. 



38 



39 



36 



35 



34i 



37 



40ir 



-I3i 



39 



43i 



37} 



3Gi 



37i 



42i 



37i 



4U 



4U 



38" 



42.i 



34i 



42i 



A2i 



42j 



39i 



351 



34| 



41 



35 



35 



38 



35 



39 



37i 



34i 



37 



33J 



35 



31 



4U 



Blown out ; resown 14th June. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEASE. 



The yield of pease from tlie different varieties was, on the whole, satisfactory 

 Early in the season winds and frost several times apparently ruined the plots, but after 

 the rains came in J une nothing on the farm made such rapid progress or, considering 

 the thinning out the pease had sustained, gave better returns. The plots protected by 

 trees gave larger returns of grain and straw than those in more exposed positions. A 

 finer sample of all the varieties was never grown on the farm. 



TEST OF EARLY, MEDIUM AND LATE SOWINGS. 



In this test. Mummy, a large and Golden Vine a small variety were used. Com- 

 mencing on 24th April the sorts were sown each week till 29th May. The three plots 



