DIVISION OF CEREALS 



1029 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The Tartarian gave the highest with Silver Hull and Rye, second and third, 

 respectively. 



The earliest and latest dates of sowing and cutting are June 5, 1912;, 

 July 2, 1915; September 2, 1912; September 15, 1915, respectively. The highest yields 

 were obtained in 1912, the variety being Tartarian, and yielded 47 bushels 24 pound^^. 

 Silver Hull gave the poorest yield in 1915. 



PEAS. 



Owing to the lateness of the season it was not considered advisable to sow peas. 



FIELD CROPS OF SEED GRAIN. 



Some thirteen and a half acres were sown in acre lots of wheat, oats, and barley 

 for seed purposes. 



The land was clay loam, ploughed in the fall of 1914 and thoroughly cultivated 

 during the spring of 1915, in order to insure a perfect seed-bed. That on which the 

 wheat was sown was the same as that on which the plot grain was sown. Part of 

 the oats and barley were on the five year rotation. This land had received 25 tons of 

 barnyard manure per acre in 1912, receiving nothing since but one cm-n nf n^--^-^ 

 aftermath, which was ploughed under in the fall of 1914. The greater portion of this 

 field is in a good state of fertility. A small portion at one end is very wet; consequently 

 this reduced the yield considerably. 



The other field on which the oats and barley were sown is under a three year rota- 

 tion. This land received 15 tons of barnyard manure in 1914 and produced a crop of 

 turnips and mangels. The east end of this field is near a shelter belt, hence it is pro- 

 tected from the sunshioie, which results in a much poorer growth being obtained on it, 

 back to a depth of 30 feet, and consequently a lower yield per acre in grain threshed. 



The following table gives the acreage of each and yields obtained: — 



Wheat— 



1 acre Huron 



1 acre Red Fife 



i acre Marquis 



Oats— 



2 acres Banner (Ottawa) 



3 acres Banner (Nappan) 



3i acres Ligowo 



Ij acres Abundance 



Barley — 



1 acre French Chevalier, 

 I acre Manchurian. 



Date of 

 seeding. 



June 

 June 

 June 



June 

 June 

 June 

 June 



June 

 June 



Da+e of 

 ripening. 



Sept. 22 



Sept. 22 



Sept. 22 



Sept. 20 



Sept. 20 



Sept. 20 



Sept. 20 



Sept. 18 



Sept. 18 



Total yield. 



Bush. 



18 

 15 

 13 



73 

 121 

 101 



54 



33 

 13 



Lb. 



30 

 7 



33 

 37 

 28 

 14 



24 



Yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



18 

 15 

 17 



36 

 40 

 29 

 43 



33 



27 



30 

 28 



33 



23 



3 



18 



The seed from these acre lots of grain was put through the fanning mill twice and 

 some of it three times; then gone over carefully by hand, thus ensuring seed gTain of 

 a high standard, which is for sale in small quantities. 



Nappan. 



