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Genessee Valley, 53 bus. ; Canada Yellow, 48 bus. ; Red Blazed, 47 

 bus. ; Burlington Hybrid, 45 bus. ; Salzer's North Dakota, 43 bus. ; 

 and Compton's Early, 42 bushels per acre. The King Phillip variety, 

 which came at the top of the list in 1904, and also in the average of 

 the four years previous, is a reddish flint variety which we have sent 

 out in connection with the co-operative experiments over Ontario for 

 the last two or three years. It has given very good satisfaction 

 throughout the Province, giving the largest yield of grain per acre over 

 Ontario in 1904. 



Sorghum for Seed. 

 Several varieties of sorghum, including different kinds of sugar 

 cane, kaflfir corn, broom corn, millo maize, etc., have been grown in 

 the experimental grounds from year to year. Owing to the cool, 

 backward season, however, none of the varieties ripened seed satis- 

 factorily in 1904. 



Millet for Seed. 

 In the average results for five years, in testing fifteen varieties of 

 millet for seed production, it is found that the Siberian Millet (47.5 

 bus.) Hungarian Grass (45.2 bus), and the California Millet (42. ibus.), 

 have been the heaviest yielders. These, however, have been quite 

 closely followed by the German or Golden (38.8 bus.) and Early Harv- 

 est (38.7 bushels per acre). In comparison with these, it might be 

 mentioned that the lowest yields were obtained from the White French,. 

 14 bus. ; Golden Wonder, 18.5 bus, ; and the Red French, 19.3 bushels 

 per acre. In the results of testing twenty-one varieties in 1904, we 

 find the greatest yields produced by the Siberian Millet, Steel Trust 

 Millet, Hungarian Grass, California Millet, German or Golden Millet, 

 Early Harvest Millet, and Tamboy Millet. 



Sunflower Seed. 



Seven varieties of sunflowers have been grown in the experimental 

 grounds. Three of these varieties have now been grown for six years in 

 succession. Allowing 20 pounds for the measured bushel, the average 

 results for the six years are as follows: White Beauty, 68.7 bus.; 

 Mammoth Russian, 65.5 bus. ; and Black Beauty, 57.8 bushels per acre. 

 It will thus be seen that all the varieties have produced heavy yields 

 of seed per acre, and of the three leading varieties the White Beauty 

 has given excellent satisfaction, producing an average yield of 1,374 

 pounds of seed per acre per annum. 



Flax Seed. 

 Four varieties of flax have been grown in the Experimental De- 

 partment. The common variety has now been under experiment for 

 nine years, the average yield per acre for the whole period being 13.5 

 bushels of grain. The yield of flax at the College has been very low 

 in some seasons, and this has brought the average down to the figures 



