Dins I ox OF CEREALS 



1027 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The following were the results obtained: — 



Oats. — Test of Varieties. 



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E 



3 



2 



'Name of Variety. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



Siberian 



Victory 



Banner (McKay)... 



Pioneer 



Banner (Chisholm). 



Lincoln 



Danish Island 



O. A. C. No. 72 



Gold Rain 



Ligowo 



Banner 



Twentieth Century. 



Swedish Select 



Abundance 



Daubeney 



Date 



of 

 sowing. 



03 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



•Average 



June 2 Sept. 22 

 22 

 22 

 IS 

 22 

 22 

 20 

 22 

 20 



o y, .ength 



.S lof straw 

 c 'S j iiK-lud- 



111 .'"8 

 5 £ ' head. 



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Strength 

 of straw Average 

 on a length 



scale 

 of 10 

 points. 



of 

 head. 



112 

 112 

 112 

 lOS 

 112 

 112 

 110 

 112 

 110 



201 no! 

 20| no; 

 2i! nil 



2l! Ill' 

 20 110! 

 14i 104 



Inches. 



50 

 52 

 52 

 48 

 52 

 51 

 54 

 46 

 48 

 50 

 55 

 50 

 50 

 54 

 48 



Inches. 



80 

 70 

 8-0 

 8-0 

 80 

 70 

 8-0 

 80 

 7-0 

 7-5 

 8-0 

 70 

 7-5 

 7-0 

 70 



Yield 



of 

 grain 



per 

 acre. 



Lb. 



2,580 

 2,520 

 2,490 

 2,490 

 2,4C0 

 2,415 

 2,280 

 2,279 

 2,250 

 2,220 

 2,175 

 2,055 

 2,010 

 1,830 

 1,440 



Yield 

 of 



grain 



per 



acre. 



Bu. Lb. 



75 30 



74 4 



73 8 



73 8 



72 12 



71 11 



67 2 



67 1 



66 6 



65 10 



63 33 



60 15 



59 4 



53 28 



42 22 



Weight 



per 

 measur- 

 ed 

 bushel 

 after 

 cleaning 



Lb. 



34-0 

 370 

 370 

 38-0 

 37-0 

 370 

 35-0 

 340 

 370 

 34-0 

 350 

 35-0 

 .35 

 340 

 300 



The average yield of all plots of oats was 65 bushels 22 pounds, which is much 

 below the average of a year ago, due principally to bad weather conditions; also to 

 the fact that the grain ripened too rapidly to fill properly. 



AVERAGES FOR FHE YEARS. 



The following are the average results obtained from eleven varieties of oats 

 grown for five consecutive years, from 1911 to 1915, with the exception of Victory, 

 which has been grown only four years: — 



Oats. — Averages for Five Years. 



Name of Variety. 



1 . Victory 



2. Pioneer 



3 . Swedish Select 



4. Banner 



5. Danish Island 



6. Lincoln 



7. Twentieth Century 



8. Gold Rain 



9. Ligowo 



10. Siberian 



11. Abundance 



No. of years 

 in test. 



4 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 



Average date 

 of sowing. 



Average date 

 of cutting. 



Sept. 8 

 Aug. 28 

 Sept. 4 

 Aug. 27 

 Sept. 1 

 Sept. 2 

 Aug. 31 

 Aug. 31 

 Sept. 3 

 Sept. 2 

 Aug. 27 



Yield per acre. 



Bush. 

 80 

 77 

 76 

 75 

 75 

 75 

 75 

 74 

 73 

 73 



79 



Lb. 



17 



22 



27 



31 



31 



24 



21 



22 



23 



11 



25 



From the above table it will be noted that of those grown for five years Pioneer 

 led with an average yield of 77 bushels 22 pounds, and that Swedish Select and 



Nappan. 



