DIVISION OF CEREALS 



1061 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Spring WHEAT.-^Test of Varieties. 



Name of variety. 



Date 



of 

 sowing. 



Date 



of 

 ripeiK 



ing. 



No. of 

 days 



matur- 

 ing. 



Average 

 length 



of straw 

 includ- 

 ing 

 head. 



Strength 



of straw 



on a 



scale 



of 10 



points. 



Weight 



per 



niea- 



sured 



bushel 

 af-pr 



cleaning 



Marquis.. 

 Huron. . . 

 Red Fife. 

 Pioneer. . 

 Prelude.. 



April 13 

 " 13 

 " 13 

 " 13 

 " 13 



Aug. 21 



" 21 



" 27 



" 17 



" 12 



130 

 130 

 136 

 126 

 121 



Inches 



510 

 510 



57-0 

 49-0 

 430 



8 

 9 

 G 

 6 

 9 



Lb. 



64-5 

 62-4 

 62-8 

 63 

 65-0 



OATS. 



Nine varieties of oats were sown ou April 27. The seed was used at the rate of 

 2i bushels per acre. 



The Victory has, for the third time on this Station, headed the list in yield of 

 grain per acre. The Twentieth Century and Ligowo are almost equal in the four-year 

 averages. The former is rather coarse in the straw and has a fairly hig-h percentage of 

 hull. The Ligowo has been recommended by the Dominion Cerealist, for nortiiwestern 

 Saskatchewan; it is usually a little earlier maturing than most of the very heavy 

 yielding sorts. The kernel is short and plump, and this season this variety weighed 

 S^ pounds more per measured bushel than -any of the others under test. . The straw of 

 the Ligowo is fine, but not so strong as the straw of the Banner. The Abundance 

 variety was dropped from the tests as past experiments have proved this oat to be 

 inferior in point of yield. 



In the seed plots, where Ligowo, Victory, and Banner were gi'own under field con- 

 ditions, a special strain of the Ligowo was used, with the result that Ligowo gave the 

 heaviest yield, with Victory second, and Banner third. 



Oats. — Test of Varieties. 



Scott. 



