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a marketable crop on very poop soil, and it thrives admirably in cold 

 climates. It is mainly grown for the production of grain, but it is 

 also grown to a limited extent for soiling purposes and for plowing 

 under as a green manure. 



We have grown eight varietites of buckwheat in our experimental 

 grounds within the past few years. Three varieties, namely, the Japan- 

 ese, the Silver Hull, and the Common Grey, have each been grown 

 in our trial grounds for eight years in succession. In the average re- 

 sults for the eight years, we find that the Silver Hull variety takes the 

 lead with 20.2 bushels per acre. This, however, is closely followed 

 by the Japanese variety, which produced a vield of 19.7 bushels per acre. 

 The Common Grey, under similar conditions, gave only 16.6 bushels 

 per acre. The last two or three years have been very unfavorable for 

 the Japanese variety. According to the experiments conducted both at 

 the College and throughout Ontario, the Japanese buckwheat appears 

 to give the best results in seasons which are comparatively warm and 

 dry ; and the Silver Hull variety in cool, damp seasons such as we have 

 had in 1902, 1903, and 1904. The results for the last year are quite 

 different from the average of the last eight years, the following being 

 the yield per acre of each variety: Japanese, 11.7 bushels; Silver 

 Hull, 37.5 bushels; and Common Grey, 20.3 bushels per acre. There- 

 fore, in the past season, the Silver Hull variety has yielded more than 

 three times as much as the Japanese buckwheat. The Silver Hull 

 variety possesses very plump grain, which is thin in the hull and weighs 

 well per measured bushel. 



Field Peas. 



The common field pea is a leguminous plant and a native of Italy. 

 It has been in cultivation many hundred years, and is chiefly grown for 

 its grain. It is also used in mixing with oats for the production of 

 green fodder or hay. For soiling purposes, it produces a large yield of 

 very nutritious food, but when fed alone is not generally relished by 

 farm stock. The seed is exceptionally rich and is of great value for 

 using with other grain in fattening cattle and hogs. The stravv is used 

 extensively as a food for sheep, and is sometimes mixed with other 

 coarse fodder for feeding to dairy cows. Field peas are sometimes 

 used as a green manure with very excellent satisfaction. 



Owing to the ravages of the pea weevil {Briichus pisorum), fre- 

 quently called the pea bug, the acreage of peas has been greatly re- 

 duced in Ontario during the past six or seven years. In many sections 

 of the southwestern part of the Province, the farmers have given up 

 the growing of peas entirely for a time, owing to the great damage 

 caused by the pea weevil. As the acreage has been reduced to such 

 a large extent, we would very strongly advise any persons who grow 

 peas In the southwestern part of Ontario in 1905 to cut the peas a 

 little on the green side, then cure and thresh them as soon as possible, 



