743 



Experiments -with spring grain, T. Shaw and C. A. Zavitz {Onta- 

 rio Ayr. CoUcijc J'Jxpl. iStdlioii^ Jlul. So. 71, Fchnntri/ ;j:j, /.s,'al', pp. ,s). — 

 Notes iind tabulated data are given for 10 varieties of oats, 10 of wheat, 

 and 13 of barley, wliicli have been tested at the station for 3 years 

 (1889-91). There are also notes on other varieties which have been less 

 thoroughly tested. The varieties giving the highest yields in bushels 

 per acre were as follows : Oats. — .Toanette Black 85, Chenailles Black 81 , 

 Black Etampes 80, Houdan Black 79, Siberian 78. Wheat. — Herison 

 Bearded 26, Pringle Champion 23, Summer 22, Holben Imjjroved 22, 

 Odessa Ghirka 21. Bar la/. — Manshury 59, Chevalier 55, Em^iress 54, 

 Hallett Pedigree 53, Oderbrucker 52, Scotch Improved 52. Of the 

 foreign varieties of wheat tested, Pringle Champion has been placed 

 first for milling purposes. An account is given of an exi)eriment in 

 which barley, wheat, and oats were sown at six ditt'erent dates, from 

 April 22 to June G, inclusive. Barley and oats sown ]\lay 1 and 9 gave 

 the largest yields, but the earliest sowing of wheat was most produc- 

 tive. 



Roots, potatoes, and fodder corn, T. Shaw and C. A. Zavitz 



{Ontario Agr. CoUef/e Expt. Station Bui. Xo. 7\2, February ^H., t'^HJ, pp. 

 8). — Notes and tabulated data on tests of varieties of Swede turnips, 

 turnips, mangel-wurzels, sugar beets, potatoes, and corn for fodder. 

 The varieties which gave the best yields in 1890 and 1891 were as fol- 

 lows: Sicecle turnips (tons per acre). — Boyal Norfolk Purple Top 21, 

 Hazard Swede 21, Carter Elephant 20. Turnips (tons per acre). — Eed 

 Globe Norfolk 27, Eed Top Strap Leaf 23, Pomeranian White Globe 22, 

 all varieties with white flesh. Mangel-wurzels {ton»])ev &,CYe). — Norbi- 

 tau Giant 23, Long Eed 19, Carter Warden Orange 18, Potatoes (bush- 

 els per acre). — Empire State 193, Summit 117, Early Maine 141, Clark 

 No. 1 138. Corn for fodder (tons per acre). — Sheep Tooth 10, Chester 

 County Mammoth 10, Calico Dent 15, Learning Dent 15, Cranberry 

 White Dent 15, Compton Early 15, Wisconsin Yellow Dent 15, Mam- 

 moth Southern Sweet 15, Southwestern 14, Wisconsin White Flint 14. 



"While the average yield of the 11 varieties of whiteHeslied turnips 

 per acre was 853 bushels, that of the 4 yellow-Heshed varieties was but 

 673.3 bushels. 



"While the average yield of the 14 distinctively long varieties of 

 mangel-wurzels was 952 bushels per acre, that of the 6 globe varieties 

 was but 747 bushels. * * * 



"For quantity and quality of fodder and earliness in maturing, 

 Compton Early, Wisconsin White Flint, Leamiug Yellow, and Wis. 

 cousin Yellow Dent are probably the most suitable for the silo among 

 the 35 varieties tested here for the past 3 years. 



" In a test [of level and ridge culture] the mangel-wurzels grown on the 

 level gave a considerably larger yield than when grown on ridges, while 

 the difference with the turnips and sugar beets was but slight." 



