DITI.^IOX OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER N'o. 16 



OATS. 



Six varieties were tested: Banner, Daubeney, Eighty Day, Gold Rain, Ligowo, 

 Victory. The highest yielder was Banner with 2,404 pounds per acre, and it matured in 

 ninety-two days. The earliest was Eighty Day which ripeaed in eighty days, but it 

 was the lowest yielder with 1,758 pounds per acre. The average of five years places 

 Banner first with 2,381 pounds per acre, but it is eleven days later than Eighty Day, 

 which gave 1,830 pounds per acre. Banner is unquestionably the best variety of oats 

 for this district and is strongly recommended. The average yield for the six varieties 

 tried in 1915 was 2,092 pounds per acre, and the average number of days to come to 

 maturity was eighty-nine. 



The following tables give details about results of 1915, and also about all varieties 

 tested during three years or more: — 



Oats, 1911-15. 



G; 

 P 



B 



1 



2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Name of variety. 



Banner 



Gold Rain 



Victory 



Daubeney 



Siberian 



Ligowo 



Twentieth Century 



Eighty Day 



Abundance 



Thousand Dollar. . . 



Number 

 of years 



under 



test. 



5 



4 



5 

 3 

 5 

 3 

 5 

 3 

 3 



Average 



number 



of days 



maturing. 



96 



99 

 95 



90 

 107 

 102 

 106 



87 

 106 

 106 



Average 

 j'ield of 



grain 

 per acre. 



2.381 



2,299 

 2,199 



2,017 

 1,980 

 1,950 

 1,890 

 1,830 

 1,765 

 1.550 



Average 

 yield of 



grain 

 per acre. 



Lb. Bush. Lb. 



70 1 



67 21 



64 23 



59 11 



58 8 



57 12 



55 ^ 



53 28 



51 31 



45 20 



Years under 

 test. 



1911-13-14-15 



1911- 

 1911- 



12-13-14-15 

 13-14^15 



1911-12-13-14-15 



1911-12-13 



1911-12-13-14-15 



1911-12-13 



1911-12-13-14-15 



1911-12-13 



1911-12-13 



Remarks. 



Did not ripen in 

 1912. 



Did not ripen ia 

 1912. 



Cap Rouge. 



