YIELD OF CEEEALS. 



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the six-rowed sorts was that of the Imperial Improved American, which gave 1,365 fold ; 

 the most productive of the two-rowed sorts in this class being the New Zealand, which 

 gave as the average of three plants 918 fold, the av erage yield of the 198 selected plants 

 being 76-t fold. From the unselected plants which comprised the entire remainder, 

 numbering 2,146 in all, the average yield was 442 fold. The best yielders of the two- 

 rowed sorts were: — 



Varieties. 



Danish Chevalier 



New Zealand 



Screened French 



Italian 



Swedish 



Peerless White. . 



Yield op 



Single Selected 



Plants. 



1,203 



1,114 



1,014 



962 



943 



913 



Yield of 



1 OB 4 Selected 



Plants. 



733 

 918 

 672 

 490 

 939 

 777 



Average Yield 



I'F Unselected 



Plants. 



512 

 692 

 390 

 452 

 591 

 540 



Oats. 



The highest yield of oats from among the 98 selected plants was from a variety 

 known as Scotch oats, from British Columbia, which gave 3,539 fold, the lowest was 

 from an unnamed variety obtained from Oregon, which gave 355 fold, the average of the 

 plants of the first selection being 1,458 fold. From the second selection, containing 319 



Varieties. 



Scotch from British Columbia . 



Hopetown 



White Oats from Lincolnshire- 



Russian Black 



Black Oats from Lincolnshire . 



Egyptian 



Red Crowned 



North Dakota 



Bohemian HuUess 



Georgia Early White 



Rust Proof 



Clydesdale 



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