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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



EXPERIMENTAL FAEM, BRANDON, MAN. 



W. C. McKILLICAN, B.S.A., SUPEKINTENDENT. 



The season of 1915 opened with an early spring and favourable weather for seed- 

 ing, which was completed at an early date. Then there came a long period of cold 

 weather. There were repeated hard frosts during May and until about the 20th of 

 June, and eren July was comparatively cold. During May and June the grain 

 appeared to be mating slow progress, but it was getting well rooted so that it was able 

 to make rapid development when favourable weather came. 



The season was a dry one; the total rainfall up to the end of August being only 

 8^ inches. Though this is considerably below average, it came when most needed, and, 

 on account of the cool weather, an inch of rain seems to have been, worth more than in 

 a year of greater heat and sunshine. August was a fine warm month, and the crop 

 ripened up quickly. Yields were above average all through Manitoba and on the 

 experimental plots here eonae unusually high yieldjs were obtained. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Only three named varieties of wheat were tested this year. In addition eleveji 

 new sorts originated by the Dominion Cerealist were tried out in comparison with the 

 standard varieties, but no public report is being made on them at present. The land 

 used for wheat plots is heavy clay loam, and was sumjner-fallowed the previous year. 

 Two one-fortieth acre plots of each variety were sown. The date of seeding was April 

 15 for all plots, and the rate of seeding. If bushels per acre. The results are shown in 

 tabular form as follows: — 



Test of Varieties. — Wheat. 



