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for large seed as against 23.9 bu. of grain and 1.1 tons of straw per acre for small seed. 

 Using the split pea seed as it came from the thrasher in comparison with whole 

 seed, the average yields were 10 bu. of grain for the former and 30.7 bu. for the lat- 

 ter. Only al)out 30 per cent of weevilly peas were found to germinate. In seed- 

 ing peas at different dates between April IS and May 23, the average yield for the 

 former date was 21 bu. per acre and for the latter 9 bu. per acre. There has been an 

 average increased yield in 30 experiments of 1.3 bu. per acre from seeding peas in 

 drills rather than broadcasting. 



Peas were grown in combination with a number of different crops for both forage 

 and grain. The average results of 6 years' experiments with 11 different mixtures 

 indicated peas and oats in the proportion of 2 bu. of oats to 1 bu. of peas as the best 

 mixture. The best results as to fodder were obtained when the Siberian oats and 

 Prussian Blue peas constituted the mixture. In cooperative experiments with farm- 

 ers throughout Ontario for a period of 5 years, a mixture of tares and oats has 

 exceeded in yield a mixture of peas and oats by about 600 lbs. of green fodder per 

 acre, and it is therefore recommended that in those portions of the province where 

 the pea weevil is troublesome spring tares be used instead of peas to mix with oats. 

 "Where peas and oats are grown together for green fodder in weevil-infested districts 

 it is recommended that the crop be cut when the peas have reached the blossoming 

 stage. As regards the yield of grain of several different mixtures, the best results 

 were obtained from a mixture of oats antl barley. Peas have been seeded with oats 

 as a pasture crop for cattle, but without very satisfactory results, the oats being eaten 

 much more readily than the peas. The mixture, however, is believed to be very 

 suital)le for either sheep or swine. The value of peas as a green manure for wheat is 

 shown in the average results ol)tained during the period of 4 years in whiirh wheat 

 grown after peas averaged 36.1 bu. per acre, after rape 30.4 bu. per acre, and after 

 buckwheat 29.6 bu. per acre. 



Grass peas have proved perfectly resistant to the weevil in Ontario and have 

 yielded at the rate of about 25.7 bu. of grain and 2.2 tons of straw per acre. One 

 year the yield was slightly over 43 bu. per acre. From the average results of 

 27 cooperative experiments conducted throughout Ontario in 1901, the Grass pea 

 yielded about | bu. per acre less than the Early Britain variety and A bu. more than 

 White Wonder variety. The yield of forage has been about the same as that 

 obtained from common tares. The Egyptian or chick-jiea ( Cicer ariefimrm) has been 

 grown at the station, yielding at the rate of about 35.6 bu. of grain and 1 ton of straw 

 per acre. This grain is slow in reaching maturity and the straw is of poor quality. 



Directions are given for destroying the pea weevil by the use of carbon bisulphid, 

 and it is recommended that the growing of both field and garden peas be discon- 

 tinued for at least 2 years in those districts where the weevil is now abundant, and 

 that such crops as Early Yellow soy beans. Grass peas, emmer, mixed grains, etc., 

 be substituted. 



Experiments with oats, Aberdeen, 1901-2, J. Wilson and W. M. Findlay 

 {Tnois. Jlif/h/iOKl (Old Agr. .%r. Srothw>I, 5. .sr/-., 15 {190S),pp. 1S3-196, fi(js. 9). 



Sisal, the Yucatan fiber, E. H. Thompson {Amer. Inrentor, 10 {190S), No. 13, pp. 

 239-J41, figs. 13). — An account of the culture and the manufacture of fiber from sisal. 



Sugar-beet investigations in Illinois, C G. Hopkins and L. H. Smith {llUnois 

 Sta. Circ. 62, pp. 6). — This is a brief report of progress on cooperative experiments 

 with farmers throughout the State and on investigations at the station. 



Macaroni wheat in South Dakota, E. C. Chilcott {South Dakota Sia. Bid. 77, 

 pp. o-JS, pi. l,Jigs. 2). — In addition to reporting experimental results this bulletin 

 describes macaroni wheat and discusses its adaptability to South Dakota and its 

 present and prospective market. 



A list of farmers who entered into a cooperative culture and variety test with 

 macaroni wheat is given, together with extracts from reports on the results obtained 



