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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Five acres of very wet newly cleared land were sown with 2 bushels of rough 

 buckwheat, 2 bushels of smooth (Silver Hull) and 2 bushels of barley or rye buck- 

 wheat on the 3rd and 5th July. Part of the crop was drowned out, and not much was 

 expected from the balance. It was cut on the 25th and 27th September, and threshed 

 out a total of 51 bushels. 



PEAS. 



One bushel of Golden Vine peas, inoculated with nitro culture, was sown on 

 one-third acre on June 8, and an equal quantity on the same area on the same date, 

 not inoculated. No difference between the two plots could be discerned at any time 

 and neither of them got sufficiently ripe to get them properly threshed. It was found 

 impossible to dry the threshed grain or to compute the yield. 



Arthur peas were sown on three-fifths of an acre on the 3rd June, and ripened 

 pretty well. The yield was 18 bushels. 



TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Five varieties each of wheat, oats, and barley were grown on plots of one-sixtieth 

 of an acre each. Each vai'iety was grown in quadruplicate; four plots scattered 

 over the area of the field bein^ used. In this way it was hoped to overcome the special 

 Boil conditions of any one plot and make a fair test between the different varieties, 

 The area allotted for this work needed drainage to make it independent of very wet 

 seasons, and as this work could not be overtaken till the spring of 1915, seeding had 

 to be delayed till the drainage was completed and the soil thoroughly cultivated. 



The land was made ready by June 1, was surveyed and staked into eighty-one 

 plots, and seeding was accomplished on the 3rd and 4th June. In 1913 the land was 

 planted to potatoes with 750 pounds per acre of a 4-8-6 fertilizer, and in 1914 it wns 

 planted to corn with 16 tons barnyard manure per acre. 



Seeding was done with a drill at the rate of 2 bushels wheat, 3 bushels oats, and 

 2 bushels barley per acre. 



Germination was rapid and the results were as follow;^ :— 



WHEAT. 



Prelude 



Early Red Fife 

 Huron 



Marquis 



Red Fife 



Date of 

 sowing. 



June 3 . 



" 3. 



" 3. 



" 3. 



" 3. 



Date of 

 ripening. 



Aug. 24. 



Sept. 4. 

 " 4 . 



16 



No. of 

 days 

 maturing. 



81 



92 

 92 



92 



104 



Yield 

 per acre, 

 of grain. 



Bush. 

 20 



27 

 28 



15 

 22 



Remarks. 



Straw and heads very short, 



but fine sample of giain. 



Slightly afTected with smut. 

 Good growth and good sample. 



Free from smut. 

 Extra good growth, good 



sample grain. Badly affected 



with smut. 

 Fair growth, straw and heads 



affected with fungus growth 



very shrunken grain. 



Slightly afTected with smut. 

 Good growth and fair sample 



grain, free from smut. 



Fredericton. 



