DIYTSIQN OF CEREALS 



1035 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. t6 



OATS. 



Date of 

 ^sowing. 



Date of 

 ripening. 



No. of 



days 



maturing. 



Yield 

 per acre 

 of grain. 



Remarks. 



Eighty Day 

 Daubeney . . 

 Banner 



Victory 



Ligowo 



June 3 



" 3 



" 3 



" 3 



" 3 



Aug. 23.. 



" 24. 



Sept. 16. 



" 16 

 " 21. 



80 

 81 



104 



104 

 109 



Bush. 

 55 



47 

 58 



71 

 51 



Straw very short, but good 

 heads, free from sm.ut. 



Straw medium with good 

 heads, free from smut. 



Straw good length and fair 

 heads, badly lodged and 

 badly affected with smut. 



Straw good length and stood 

 up Tsell, good heads, practic- 

 ally free from smut, only 5 

 heads being discovered. 



Stout straw. Fair heads, no 

 lodged, free from smut. 



BARLEY. 



Two samples of flax seed were sown in small plots on 4t}i June, from which to test 

 the adaptability of stalks for linen fibre. These were " Longstem " and " Xovelty." On 

 July 30 Longstem had reached a height of 36 inches and was in full blossom. Novelty 

 at that date was only 22 inches high and just beginning to bloom; the latter grew 6 

 inches more by 15th August, and was not quite through blossoming when pulled, 1st 

 October. Longstem had a height of S8 inches, and Novelty 30 inches. Sample 

 bundles of eacli were forwarded to Ottawa for fibre test. The land was a sandy loam 

 ■which was manured in 1914, for corn, with 16 tons barnyard manure per acre. 



raEDERICTON. 



