REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MAC KAY. 



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of Golden Vine giving the larger yields were entirely under the protection of a wind 

 break. The other plots were all more or less injured. 



The soil was a clay loam and the size of the plots one-tenth of an acre. The land 

 was summer-fallow and the seed sown at the rate of 2^ bushels small pease and 3J 

 bushels large pease per acre. 



Pease — Test of Early, Medium and Late Sowings. 



Pease — Test of Varieties. 



Forty-one varieties were sown on summer-fallowed land on the same date, the 6th 

 of May, on a clay loam, and the size of the plots, in most instances, was one-tenth of 

 an acre. The seed was sown by hoe drill at the rate of 2^ bushels per acre for the small 

 varieties and 3^ bushels for the larger sorts. 



Name of Variety. 



Potter 



Bright 



Centennial 



Prince Albert. 



Golden Vine 



Daniel CRourke. 



Arthur.. 



New Potter 



Victoria 



Crown 



Macoun 



White Marrowfat 



Trilby 



Vincent 



Creeper 



Carleton... . .... 



Alma 



White Wonder... 



Multiplier 



Pride 



8a— 24 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



Rank 



Medium 

 Rank . . 

 Medium 

 Rank . . 



Medium 



Rank .. 

 Medium 

 Rank . . 

 Medium 

 Rank . 



Size 



of 



Pea. 



Large 

 II 



Small 



Large 



Small 

 Medium 

 Large . . 

 Medium 



Small . . 

 Medium 

 Large ., 



Small '. '. 

 Large . . 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs, 



45 

 40 

 35 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 33 

 33 

 32 

 32 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 29 



10 



40 

 40 

 iO 

 10 

 10 

 20 



50 

 20 

 53 

 50 

 40 

 50 

 40 

 30 

 10 



50 



a, 





Lbs. 



64 



65 



65i 



65| 



65 



66 



66 



64 



66i 



66| 



66| 



65 



65 



65^ 



65 



66i 



65| 



67 



66 



65i 



