440 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Variety tests and fertilizer experiments with tobacco are tabulated 

 and notes on curing and fermentation are given. The result of variety 

 tests of cotton and forage plants are given in tables. 



Experiments with varieties of grain, C. A. Zavitz (Ontario Agr. 

 Col. and JEJxpt. Farm Bpt. 1896, pp. 122-110). — During the past 8 years 

 all varieties obtainable in Canada and many leading sorts obtained from 

 Egypt, Japan, the United States, and the principal countries of Europe 

 were tested. 



Forty-four selected varieties of barley were sown in 1896. Vermont, 

 Champion, and Jarman Selected Beardless yielded the heaviest grain. 

 Mandscheuri (seed obtained from Bussia) yielded on an average for 7 

 years 66.3 bu. per acre. The varieties which gave the greatest length 

 of straw were Kinnakolla (39 in.), New Zealand Chevalier (36 in.), and 

 the Mandscheuri (35A in.). Success, Four Eowed, Northwestern, and 

 Manitoba Six-rowed matured first, the Mandscheuri and Oderbrucker 

 being about 3 days later. Among the hulless varieties Guy Mayle and 

 Smooth Hulless yielded the best average for 4 years, 47.23 and 43.94 

 bu. per acre, respectively. On a number of plats barley was sown 

 broadcast and in drills on different dates. Broadcasting on April 22 

 produced the best yield and, taking the average of the whole experi- 

 ment, drilling produced 3.6 bu. per acre more than broadcasting. 



Among 46 new domestic and foreign varieties of peas, White Wonder, 

 Early Briton, and Field were the most productive. White Wonder, 

 imported from New Zealand, is very promising. Egyptian-or Brazilian 

 Coffee pea and ( J rass pea were completely free from inj tiry by the weevil. 



Bart Tremenia and Herison Bearded stand first in productiveness 

 among 48 varieties of spring wheat. Drilling and broadcasting on 

 April 18 and 22 and May 1, 9, 18, and 25 resulted in a larger yield aud 

 heavier grain from the drilled plat sown on April 18. 



A test of 95 varieties of oats showed Joanette, a French variety, 

 and Siberian, a variety obtained from Russia, the most promising. The 

 average height of the former was about 40 in., while that of the latter 

 was about 50 in. Drilling gave better results than broadcasting, and 

 April 26 was found to be the best date for sowing. 



For 4 years oats, wheat, barley, and peas were grown separately and 

 in various combinations for the production of grain and straw. In 10 

 cases out of 11 the grain grown in mixtures gave larger yields than the 

 same kinds grown separately. Mixtures of peas and oats, and peas, 

 wheat and oats gave the largest yield of straw in the average of the 

 4 years' test. Large plum]), small plump, shrunken, and cracked grains 

 of wheat, oats, and barley were used as seed. The largest yields and 

 largest kernels were obtained from the large plump seed. Sowing bar- 

 ley, spring wheat, and oats on April 21 gave better returns than sowing 

 on other dates. Drilling was more profitable than broadcasting. 



Silage and forage crops, C. A. Zavitz (Ontario Agr. Col. ami Expt. 

 Form Rpt. 1896, pp. 182-202). — This is a report of experiments with 

 corn, millet, rape, sunflowers, grasses, clovers, and miscellaneous crops. 



