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EXPERIMENTAL FARM 8 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



DIFFERENT CEREALS AS PRODUCERS OF DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS. 



A comparison of the different kinds of cereals as producers of digestible nutrients 

 per acre is interesting and the following table takes in every plot of the variety tests 

 since five years: — 



Digestible Nutrients furnished by different Grains per acre. — Average of 5 years. 



On account of certain i>eculiaritie3 of soil, bai'ley and wheat did not do as well as 

 they should until 1914, and it is possible that a few more years may bring them into 

 better positions. An important point is to find field peas at the head of the list; they 

 certainly deserve more consideration than they are now getting. 



exhibitions. 



Grain grown at this Station was exhibited at eleven different places during the 

 fiscal year: at four New England Fairs (for the Department of Interior) and at seven 

 shows in the province of Quebec. The exhibit at the Quebec Seed Fair elicited much 

 praise, and can be truthfully said to have been very good. 



Cap Rouge. 



