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mixtures of peas and oats, comprising early, medium, and late varie- 

 ties, we get the following results in length of time required to produce 

 fodder of the best quality, and in yield of green fodder per acre : 

 Daubeney oats and Chancellor peas, 70 days, 5.9 tons ; Siberian oats 

 and Prussian blue peas, 77 days, 6.9 tons ; and Golden Giant oats and 

 Prince peas, 84 days, 6.1 tons. The Siberian oats and the Prussian 

 Blue peas form a mixture which has given the best general satisfaction 

 of all the varieties grown together for fodder. By sowing this 

 mixture at different dates in the spring, the time in which the fodder 

 can be used to good advantage can be considerably extended. 



Co-operative experiments were conducted over Ontario for five 

 years in succession to test the value of peas and oats (2 of oats and 1 

 of peas) as compared with tares and oats (2 of oats and 1 of tares) 

 for green fodder. The average yield of green fodder from each acre 

 per annum was 7.9 tons from the former, and 8.2 tons from the 

 latter. It will, therefore, be seen that the mixture of tares and oats 

 surpassed the mixture of peas and oats by an average annual yield of 

 600 pounds of green fodder per acre. 



In those districts of Ontario where the pea weevil does not exist, 

 peas and oats can be grown together satisfactorily for the production 

 of either green or dry fodder. In those portions of the Province 

 where the pea weevil is troublesome, spring tares may be used instead 

 of peas to mix with oats. If. however, peas and oats are grown 

 too-ether for green fodder in the weevil-infested districts, the crops 

 should be cut about the time that the peas have reached the blossom- 

 ing stage. 



Mixtures for the Production of Grain. In the trial grounds 

 at the College, peas, oats, barley and spring wheat were grown 

 separately and in eleven different combinations for the production of 

 grain. This experiment was conducted in duplicate for six years. 

 A mixture of oats and barley gave the greatest yield (2,261 lbs.) of 

 grain per acre ; a mixture of oats, barley and peas gave the second 

 highest yield (2,101 lbs.) of grain per acre ; aad a mixture of oats and 

 peas gave the fifth highest yield of grain (1,988 lbs.) per acre. 



On examining the peas which were grown with the oats, wheat, 

 and barley, we found weevils ; but the percentage of weevil was not 

 quite so high as where the peas were grown by themselves. 



Peas as a Pasture Crop. 



In 1900 and again in 1901, we tested oats and peas, both separ- 

 ately and in combination, for pasture purposes. When the crops were 

 about twelve inches high they were pastured off by cattle. That the 

 green oats were eaten more readily than the green peas was quite 

 noticeable. These crops did not prove very satisfactory as cattle pas- 

 tures. From observations made we believe that a mixture of oats and 

 peas would perhaps make a suitable pasture for sheep, and that either 



