DIYISIOX OF CEREALS 



1053 



SESSIONAL P.APER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL FARM, INDIAN HEAD, SASK. 



W. E. GIBSON, B.S.A., SUPERINTENDENT. 

 THE SEASON. 



Generally speaking the season of 1915 was favourable to the production of maxi- 

 mum cereal crops. The spring opened early, with the land in good tilth, and seeding 

 commenced on April 6. Sufficient rain fell throughout May and June to keep the 

 grain crop growing steadily throughout the season. 



During the past season tests were made of the following cereal crops: Fift6en 

 varieties of spring wheat, fourteen varieties of oats, twenty varieties of barley, eight 

 varieties of field peas, and three varieties of flax. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



One plot of winter wheat was sown August 29. The entire plot winter-killed. 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Fifteen varieties, including eleven unnamed sorts, were sown April 14, in plots 

 one-fortieth of an acre each, at the rate of 1^ bushels per acre. OnJy the named vari- 

 eties are recorded here. 



Spring Wheat. — Test of Varieties. 



