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the crop to become very ripe. Sowing about 90 lhs. of winter wheat per acre 

 on average soil is recommended. In 1905 the greatesl yield of flaxseed per 

 acre, less the seed used, was obtained from - pks. per acre. Oats and barley 

 grown wiili red and alsike clover gave a slightlj increased yield of grain, and 

 when grown with timothy a slightly decreased yield per acre as compared with 

 growing the crops by themselves. 



During the p;isi 17 years 279 differenl varieties of oats were tested, and of 

 this Dumber the greatesl average yields per acre were produced by Joanette, 

 Siberian, Waterloo, Oderbruck, Probstei, and Bavarian. Prom 1898 to 1903, 86 

 varieties of barley were compared. Four varieties of 6-rowed barley now under 

 experiment for 16 years gave the following average yields per acre: Mand- 

 Bcheurl 69.8, Oderbruck 63, ( lommon Six-rowed 61.1, and Mensury 58.7 bu. Of 

 2-rowed varieties grown for the pasl 5 years Two-rowed Canadian, Selected 

 Canadian Thorpe, Jarman Selected Beardless, Duckbill, New Zealand Chevalier, 

 and French Chevalier have ranked highest. In the average results for o years 

 with Imlless barley the following varieties ranked first with the yields given: 

 Guy Mayle 51.8, Purple 48.5, Black Hulless 47.9, and Hungarian 46.8 bu. per 

 acre. In 8 out of the past 1.". years winter barley was successful, the average 

 yield for the 8 years being C.4.1 bu. per acre. 



Fifteen varieties of winter wheal ranged in average yield for 5 years from 

 4.">.!> to oT.:> bu., and in the yield of straw from 3.2 to 1 tons per acre. The lead 

 Ing varieties mentioned in decreasing order of yield were Dawson Golden Chaff, 

 Imperial Amber, Early Genesee Giant, Russian Amber, Early Red Clawson, and 

 Egyptian Amber, all yielding over 50 bu. per acre, in general the white wheats 

 yielded more grain per acre, produced a stronger straw, weighed a little less, 

 and were slightly softer in the grain than the red varieties. The leading 

 varieties of durum wheats grown for 5 years and their average yields were as 

 follows: Wild Goose 40.2, Sorentina 36, Medeab 35.7, Barl Tremenia 33.8, 

 Algiers 33.1, and Ontario 25.6 bn. per acre. In a 5-year average Wild Goose 

 produced about •;<> per cent more --rain per acre than Polish wheal {Triticum 

 polonicum ). 



The leading variety of spring rye. as determined by the average ivsnlts for 

 s years, was Dakota .Mammoth, which gave an. average of :;7. , .> bu. per acre. 

 Mammoth White rye in the average of 6 years' tests produced 60.4 bu. per acre. 



Various other Meld and forage crops were tested for different numbers of years, 

 the leading varieties being as follows: Buckwheat Silver Hull and Japanese; 

 field peas — Early Britain ; field beans- -Pearce Improved Tree, White Wonder. 

 Medium or Navy, Burlingame Medium. Schofield Pea. and Day Improved Leaf- 

 less; soy beans Early Yellow and Medium Green; corn for grain — King 

 Philip. Genesee Valley, and Longfellow; sorghum Early Japanese Broom Corn, 

 improved Evergreen Broom Corn, and California Golden Broom Corn: millet- 

 Siberian, Hungarian Grass, German or Golden, California, and Early Harvest; 

 sunflowers Mammoth Russian White Beauty and Black Giant. In 1905 Maui 

 toha and Common flax yielded 22.2 and 20.5 bu. of seed per acre, respectively, 

 while Russian yielded only 16.2 and Holland 13.1 bu. per acre. 



This season 1<>4 varieties of potatoes were compared. The results for the 



past •*'. years show that Robertson Champion, stray Beauty, Early Pinkeye, 

 Ilolhorn Abundance, Skerries, Green Bay, and Seedling No. -'■'." had less than 

 r» per cent of rot in the average crop, while Montana Bluff had over l<> per cent 

 and Beauty of Hebron, White Pinkeye, and Hanlan Beauty between .".7 and 4<> 

 per cent. The hest yields in 1905 were secured from Lightning Express and 

 Davies Warrior, producing 427 and 120 bu. per acre, respectively. Factor, the 

 lowest-yielding sort, produced i:;o hu. The medium-ripening sorts were most 



