DITWION OF CEREALS 



1047 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Fn'E-YEAR Averages. 



The average results witt these varieties are as follows: 



Varietv. 



Average No. of 

 days maturing. 



Average Yield 

 per acre. 



Marquis.. 

 Red Fife. 

 Prelude. . 



Bush. Lb. 



Marquis has now clearly demonstrated its superiority over Red Fife for most dis- 

 tricts in Manitoba. Not only has it surpassed the older variety year after year in these 

 tests, but in practical farm trials it has done equally as well and is now rapidly estab- 

 Kshing itself as the main crop of West-era Canada. The chief merit of Prelude is its 

 earliness; thovigh it has yielded well in this cool season, it has never done so here 

 before. It is recommended only for districts that are too frosty to grow Marquis. It 

 has faults that make it undesirable where Marquis or Red Fife can be grown success- 

 fully. 



OATS. 



Fifteen varieties of oats were tested this year. Two plots of each variety were 

 sown on land similar to that used for wheat, and similarly prepared. The oats were 

 sown on April 28 at 2^ bushels per acre. The results were as follows: — 



Test of Varieties. — ^Oats. 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 

 sowing. 



1 



2 



3 



i 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



OrlofT 



Ligowo 



Abundance Regenerated 



Daubeney 



Banner 



Gold Rain 



Newmarket 



Great French Lizo 



Tv/entieth Century 



Green Russian 



Eighty Day 



Victory (Seger) 



Swedish Select 



Garton's No. 22 



O. A. C. No. 72 



I 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



2« 



ID 



a; = 



April 



Aug. 



I 



® > . 





°. p cu*r ■~; 



^5 



13. 

 25. 

 23. 

 11. 

 24. 

 22. 

 24. 

 23. 

 26. 

 21. 

 12. 

 27. 

 25. 

 23. 

 29. 



-•^ o 

 0*3 



c p'o 

 500. 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 head. 



107 

 119 

 117 

 105 



lis 



116 

 118 

 117 

 120 

 117 

 106 

 121 

 119 

 117 

 123 



Inches 



46 

 55 

 57 

 46 

 57 

 57 

 67 

 56 

 66 

 54 

 46 

 56 

 57 i 

 59 

 60 



Yield of 

 Straw 



per 

 Acre, 



Yield of 

 Grain 



per 

 Acre. 



Bu. lb. 



141 1 



137 27 



138 6 

 135 25 

 134 19 

 132 22 

 131 16 

 131 16 

 130 30 

 130 .. 

 128 24 

 118 28 

 117 22 

 111 1 

 108 33 



Weight. 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lb. 



36-5 

 40-0 

 420 

 39-5 

 39-5 

 42-5 

 5 

 5 

 7 

 7 

 5 

 2 

 5 



39 



40 



41 



38 



36 



42 



41 



42-0 



42-0 



16—70 



Brandon. 



