DIVISION OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



experiment;s with spring wheat. 



1017 



There was a very lieavy growth of straw and all the plots of White Russian and 

 Early Russian lodged badly. 



Wheat. — Average of Duplicate Plots. — Test 6f Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Marquis 



Huron 



Early Russian 



Reel Fife 



Early Red Fife 



White Fife 



White Russian 



The following varieties were 

 sown in single plots: — 



Stanley 



Chelsea 



Date 



of 



Sowing , 



May 17 



" 17 



" 17 



" 17 



" 17 



" 17 



" 17 



17 

 17 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Sept. 



T3 



109 

 110 

 108 

 114 

 112 

 113 

 113 



M 3 



D is 



Inch. 



48 



47 



48 



46 



44-5 



45-5 



50-5 



110 47 

 UOl 44 





O 03 ■ 





10 

 9' 

 



9 

 10 



10 

 9 



Average 

 length 



of 

 head. 



Inches 

 3 

 3- 

 3- 

 3 

 3 

 3- 

 4 



Yield 



of 

 grain 



per 

 acre. 



Lb. 



3,351 

 3,324 

 2,893 

 2,792 

 2,737 

 2,721 

 2,473 



3,458 

 3,398 



Yield 



of 



grain 



per 



acre. 



Bu. Lb. 



55 51 



55 24 



48 13 



46 32 



45 37 



45 21 



41 13 



57 38 

 56 38 



Weight. 



per 

 measur- 

 ed 

 bushel 

 after 

 cleaning 



Lb. 

 63-4 

 640 



62 • 

 62 • 

 63' 

 61 



620 



62-9 

 64-0 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Besides the regular duplicate uniform test plots, eight strains of Registered 

 Banner oats were grown and three single plots of varieties that are not so promising 

 as the others. The land was more uniform in character than it had been in any former 

 year since the experimental work started at this Station, as shown by the uniformity 

 of the duplicate tests. 



Oats. — Average of Duplicate Plots. — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Banner 



Twentieth Century 



O. A. C. 72 



Swedish Select 



Abundance 



Siberian 



Lincoln 



Ligowo 



Old Island Black 



Victory 



Gold Rain* 



The following varieties were 

 sown in single plots: — 



Early Blossom 



Pioneer 



Daubeney 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Sept. 8. 



" 3 



" 4. 



" 3. 



" 4. 



" 3. 



" 3 



" 3. 



" 2. 



" 4. 



" 2. 



Sept. 8. 



" 2. 



Aug. 25. 



O M 



51 



z 



111 



108 

 109 

 108 

 109 

 108 

 108 

 108 

 107 

 109 

 107 



111 



105 



97 



~T3 

 b03 



-.3 



S to 



>«" 



Inch. 



56 



53 



56-5 



56-5 



58-5 



56 



49 



46 



52 



50-5 



45 



-52 

 46 

 44 



r— I 



03 



o . 

 ■^ '" 'n 



1 



1-5 

 9-7 

 1-5 

 1-2 

 9-7 



10 

 7-5 

 5 

 9-7 



10 



7-5 

 10 

 8 



Average 

 length 



of 

 head. 



Inches. 

 9 

 9 

 9 



8-5 

 8-5 

 9 



8-2 

 6-7 

 11 

 7-5 

 8 



8 

 8-2 



7-7 



Yield 



of 

 grain 



per 

 acre. 



Lb. 



3,996 

 3,484 

 3,482 

 3,459 

 3,368 

 3,339 

 3,289 

 3,255 

 3,227 

 3,023 

 2,955 



3,435 

 2,749 

 2,723 



Yield 



of 

 grain 



per 

 acre. 



Bu. Lb. 



117 18 

 102 16 

 102 14 

 101 25 



99 

 98 



96 25 



95 25 



94 31 



88 31 



86 31 



101 1 

 80 29 

 80 3 



Weight 



per 

 measur- 

 ed 

 bushel 

 after 

 cleaning 



Lb. 

 33 

 36 

 34 

 35 

 35 

 36 

 37 



36-0 

 38-4 

 39-8 

 38-3 



37-7 

 38-0 

 340 



♦Note.— Gold Rain was badly damaged by sparrows; 20% probably injured. 



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Charlottetown. 



