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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Banner are very close second and third. Victory for four years gave the highest, 80 

 bushels 17-5 pounds. 



The earliest and latest dates of sowing and cutting were May T, 1912; June 2, 

 1915; August 8, 1911, and September 22, 1915. The highest yield during the period 

 was obtained from Victory, 99 bushels 24 pounds. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BUCKWHEAT. 



Owing to insufficient acreage the buckwheat test was not made in duplicate. 

 Five varieties were sown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth of an acre in size. The 

 date of sowing was July 2, and the date of cutting September 2^ 



The following table gives the yields obtained:— 



The average of all plots of buckwheat was 43 bushels 4 pounds. Buckwheat, 

 unlike other varieties of grain, was not affected to the same extent by weather con- 

 ditions. In fact the yields above given are on the average 11 bushels 28 pounds more 

 than was obtained the previous season. 



AVER.i^GES FOR FOUR YEARS. 



All five varieties have been tested for four consecutive years. The following are 

 the average results obtained from each: — ^ 



Averages for Four Years. 



Name of Variety. 



1. Tartarian. . 



2. Silver Hull 



3. Rye 



4. Japanese... 



5. Grey 



No. of years 

 in test. 



Average date 

 of sowing. 



June 8 



Average date 

 of cutting. 



Sept. 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 

 9 



Yield per acre. 



Bush. 

 47 

 44 

 42 

 38 

 38 



Lb. 



4 

 38 

 24 

 46 



6 



Nappax. 



