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last 2 years Tennessee winter barley has given decidedly the largest yield of 

 grain per acre as compared with other varieties. 



The varieties of oats producing an average yield of more than 00 bn. per acre 

 based on the results for 5 years are Banner, New Zealand, Yellow Russian, and 

 Peerless. Scarboro produced the largest yield of straw, being 3.27 tons per 

 acre for this period. In experiments conducted on 115 farms throughout the 

 Province in 1908, Yellow Russian gave an average yield of 46.4, Irish Victor 45, 

 and Daubeney 43.1 bu. per acre. Yellow Russian produced the largest amount 

 of straw, and was the most popular of the varieties. A comparison of the 

 strength of straw of a few varieties shows that Liberty possesses the strongest 

 straw of the varieties in the tests. American Banner also made a good showing. 

 Tartar King was found to lodge badly on low land. 



A table is given showing the average weight per measured bushel for 12 years, 

 the yield of grain per acre for 1908, and the average yield of both straw and 

 grain per acre for 13 years of 15 varieties of winter wheat grown for flour pi-o- 

 duction. The average results for the 15 varieties are as follows: Weight per 

 measure<l bushel 62.8 lbs. for 1908, and 61 lbs. for the 13-year period, and the 

 yield of grain per acre 31.9 bu. for 1908, and 47.7 bu. for the 13-year period. 

 Dawson Golden Chaff stood first In average yield for the 13 years with .55.4 bu. 

 per acre. Among 21 varieties of spring wheat Minnesota No. 163 ranlvcd first 

 In average yield for 5 years, Hungarian stood second in average yield, but 

 ranked first in weight per measured bushel, weighing 62.1 lbs. or 3.2 lbs. more 

 than Minnesota No. 163. Among 7 varieties of durum wheat grown for 5 years 

 in succession. White Goose ranljed first with 36.7 bu. per acre, followed by 

 Kubanka with 30.3 bu. As a grain for feeding purposes emmer proved much 

 more satisfactory than spelt. Three varieties of emmer showed an average 

 variation of 261 lbs. per acre, and 4 varieties of spelt 402 lbs. Common emmer, 

 the leading variety, produced 3,145 lbs. per acre on an average for 7 years, 

 while Red spelt, the leading variety of spelt, produced only 2,271 lbs. Polish 

 wheat (Triticum polonicum) and Turgid wheat (Triticiim tHrgidfim) were 

 found much inferior in production to varieties of winter, spring, and durum 

 wheats. 



In a series of experiments with different crops the following varieties gave 

 the largest average yields : Mammoth White winter rye grown for 5 years 

 63.3 bu., Saatroggen, classified as spring rye, grown for 5 years 30 bu.. Rye 

 Buckwheat grown for 4 years 32.7 bu., Early Britain field peas grown 9 years 

 38.3 bu.. Pierce Improved Tree field bean grown for 10 years 24 bu.. Medium 

 Green soy beans grown for 4 years 1,031 lbs., Manitoba flax grown 4 years 

 18.9 bu., Siberian millet grown 4 years 55.2 bu., corn grown in 1908, Farmers' 

 Surprise 70.1 bu., jNIammoth Russian sunflower grown for 10 years 76.1 bu.. 

 Early Japanese sorghum average for 6 years 29.1 bu., Holborn Abundance 

 potato In 1908, 272.5 bu., Yellow Leviathan and Criewen mangles grown for 

 5 years 32.6 tons. Giant White Feeding sugar beet average for 5 years 30.2 tons. 

 Steel Improved Short White field carrot grown for 5 years 30.5 tons. Early 

 White Vienna kohl-rabi grown for 7 years 19.5 tons. New Ideal Hollow Crown 

 parsnips average result for 5 years 10.6 tons, Pennsylvania Early D^nt corn 

 average for 5 years experiments 27.58 tons. Black Giant sunflower grown for 

 13 years 6 tons of heads, Japanese Panicle millet, average for 5 years 4.6 

 tons of hay, and Sutton Earliest Drumhead cabbage grown for 5 years 27.8 tons 

 per acre. 



In *the experiments with different kinds of sorghum it was found that the 

 broom corn stootl high in the yield of seed per acre, while the sugar canes 

 occupied the highest place in yield of green crop. In 1908 Early Minnesota 

 sugar cane gave the greatest yield per acre, and Orange furnished the lai-gest 



