DIVISION OF CEREALS 



1021 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



COMPARATIVE 



EXAMINATION OF STRAINS OF REGISTERED GRAIN 

 IN THE PROVINCE. 



Seven members of the Canadian Seed Growers' Association forwarded samples of 

 the strains of registered grain that they have improved. These were grown side by- 

 side with the uniform test plots of cereals on one-sixtieth acre plots. 



A meeting of the Prince Edward Island branch of the Canadian Seed Growers' 

 Association was held in the Cereal Division of the Experimental Station on August 

 26, 1915. Among those present, besides the members and farmers interested in regis- 

 tered seed, were the Dominion Cerealist, the Secretary of the Canadian Seed Growers' 

 Association, the Maritime Representative of the Seed Division, and the District 

 Representative for Kings County. 



A careful examinatioTi was made of all the different strains and^they were found 

 to be wonderfully uniform. The growers were complimented on the trueness of their 

 strains. 



The following data were obtained from the test: — 



Wheat. 



Oats. 



Barley. 



O. A. C.21 . 

 Total.. 



64 



22 



4 Average of all plots 



66 



65 



11 



I wish to thank all the men who supplied this Station with samples of their regis- 

 tered strains of cereals, and the men who have co-operated with us, for the very care- 

 ful and painstaking assistance which they have given in connection with the above 

 tests and experiments. 



Charlottetown. 



