DIVISION OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The following table gives details about results of 1915. No figures are given for 

 the past five years, because this crop has practically been a failure until 1914 : — 



FLAX. 



Tvpo varieties were grown: Longstem and Novelty. The first mentioned was ripe 

 in 106 days and gave 664 pounds of seed to the acre, whilst the last was ripe two days 

 later but gave 878 pounds of seed per acre. The average length of the plants was 35 

 inches for Lengstem and 22 for Novelty. It seems by this one trial that one variety 

 would be more suitable for fibre whilst the other would give more seed. 



The following table gives details for 1915, the first year that flax was tried at this 

 Station : — 



PLANT BREEDING. 



Work was continued in isolating the heaviest yielding strains of Banner oats, 

 Huron wheat, Manchurian barley, and Arthur peas. As supposedly pure lines were 

 used to start with, it is not expected that any extraordinary results will be obtaiiv?d. 

 But it is hoped that by using rather easy methods of selection, a few good farmers 

 in many localities can be induced to do the same, thus avoiding the haphazard way 

 of buying new seed every two or three years. By 1917, both Banner oats and Huron 

 •wheat fr.jm the Station's selection will be tried in the variety tests. 



Cap Rouge. 



