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EXPERIUEXTAL FIRMS 



Barley. 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



GO-OPERATIVE TEST OF THREE VARIETIES OF OATS. 



A variety test of oats on a co-operative basis was commenced in 1912 with a num- 

 ber of farmers in the eastern part of the province. Three varieties were chosen and 

 duplicate plots of one-sixtieth acre each were sown under the supervision of the Seed 

 Division, on five farms. The grain from all of the plots was threshed and weighed at 

 the Experimental Station. 



Co-operative test of plots of oats : Test of Banner, Ligowo and Old Island Black. 

 The average of duplicate plots is here given. 



From the above data it will be seen that Banner maintains a good lead over the 

 other two varieties. The season of 1915 was favourable for Ligowo, as shown by the 

 fact that in four of the trials it led over Banner and in three it led over Old Island 

 Black. 



The Old Island Black is a very open-panicled oat with a much thinner hull than 

 either of the others and commands 2 cents more per bushel in all Maritime markets 

 than white oats. Its only failing is that its straw "is fine and weak. When grown on 

 good rich land it is liable to lodge badly. 



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