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be seen, from the results of this experiment, that the practice of sow- 

 ing grass and clover seed with the grain exerts but a very slight in- 

 fluence upon the yield of the grain crop. 



Smutted Oats, One, Two, Three and Four Years Old for Seed 

 Purposes. An experiment was conducted in 1904 for the first time, 

 in order to ascertain whether the spores of smut on oats would be vital 

 when two, three, or four years of age. For this experiment, the Black 

 Tartarian and Daubeney varieties of oats were selected. Seed of each 

 variety was taken from the crops of 1900, 1901, 1902 ,and 1903, and 

 was sown on separate plots in the experimental grounds in the spring 

 of 1904. These plots were watched very carefully, and, as any smutted 

 heads appeared, they were removed from the plots and counted. The 

 results show that as the seed increased in age there was a decrease in the 

 yield of oats per acre and an increase in the perecentage of smutted 

 heads. Further work will likely be carried out along this line. 



Winter Oats. Winter oats have been sown in our Experimental 

 Department in the autumn of the year on several occasions, but the 

 crop has always become badly winter killed. In the autumn of 1903,, we 

 sowed two varieties of winter oats, which made a good growth in the 

 fall of the year but which were completely killed out during the winter. 

 We have never yet been successful in getting a variety of winter oats 

 which would withstand the severe winter weather at the College. 



Wheat. 



The wheat plant appears to have been known and valued from 

 earliest times. It will thrive successfully in a great range of climate 

 and the inhabitants of many countries enjoy the advantages of its 

 cultivation. According to most authorities, there are in all seven types 

 of wheat, and to one or the other of these types, or species, all var- 

 ieties belong. The seven types of wheat are as follows : 



(i) Common, fine, or soft wheat {Triticum vulgare). 



(2) Turgid, or toulard wheat (T. iiirgichnn). 



(3) Hard or flinty wheat (T. durum). 



(4) Polish wheat (T. polonicum). 



(5) Spelt (T. spelta). 



(6) Emmer or starch wheat (T. dicoccum). 



(7) One-grained wheat (T. monococcum). 



Representatives of these different classes have been grown in our 

 experimental grounds, although practically nothing is known through- 

 out the Province about varieties of ei^ther turgid or one-rowed wheat. 

 Considerable, however, has been said in reference to representatives 

 of each of the other classes. Nearly all of the varieties of both sprmg 

 and winter wheat which are grown in Ontario belong to type No. i, 

 the common wheat. Some of the best known representatives of other 

 types are as follows : Wild Goose spring wheat, Medeah spring wheat, 

 Algiers spring wheat, Polish spring wheat, Miracle winter wheat, etc. 

 For the sake of convenience, we have arranged our report of varieties 



