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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH FLAX. 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Five varieties of flax were sown on snmmer-fallow on non-irrigated land. The 

 area of each plot was one-sixtieth of an acre. 



Flax (Non-irrigated). — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Common 



S.J. 30 Mocassin (Montana 



Longstem ■. . 



Golden 



Novelty 



Date of 

 Sowing.' 



Number 

 Date of 1 of days 

 Ripening. I Maturing. 



105 

 105 

 124 

 139 

 122 



Average 



Length 



of Plants. 



Yield 



of Seed 



per Acre. 



Yield 



of Seed 



per Acre. 



In. 



30 

 30 

 37 

 34 

 32 



Lb. 



1,740 

 1,380 

 1,200 

 1,140 

 990 



Bush. Lb 



31 4 



24 36 



21 24 



20 20 



17 38 



Weight 



per 

 measured 



bushel 



after 

 Cleaning. 



Lb. 



54-5 

 56 

 540 

 55-5 

 54 



EXPERIMENTS WITH RYE. 



A plot of winter rye sown September 1, 1914, and spring i-ye on April 15, 1915, 

 The yields, as will be noted, are particularly high. In this connection it might not be 

 out of place to say that our usual results with spring rye, so far as yield is concerned, 

 have not been particularly satisfactory. Spring rye is often planted by newcomers for 

 green feed, it being selected because it can be sown late. Our experience has been that 

 oats will produce even more green feed than will tlie spring rye. On the other hand 

 winter rye does particularly well for green feed. When sown on summer-fallow about 

 the first of September it comes on early and produces considerable crop in very dry 

 seasons. 



Rye (Non-irrigated). — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety, 



Winter Rye. 

 Spring Rye., 



Letiibridge. 



