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EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



I GEORGE V, A. 1917 

 Spring Wheat. — Test of Varieties. — Four-year Average. 



Marquis, although not occupying a prominent place in the list of spring wheats 

 when they are arranged in the order of their yields, has qualities that make it superior 

 to the other varieties of wheat. Maturing earlier than Red Fife, it is equal to it in 

 milling value, and grows in the field with a perfect strength of straw. The grain is 

 clean, plump, and weighs well per measured bushel, and is not at all liable to rust or 

 smut. Marquis can therefore be recommended for all districts where the season is 

 sufficiently long to allow it to mature. Where an earlier wheat is desired. Prelude 

 should be grown as it ripens about fourteen days earlier than Marquis, and has good 

 milling value. Prelude is a bearded wheat and yields from ten to fifteen bushels less 

 grain per acre than Marquis. 



Spring Wheat. — Field lots suitable for seed. 



FALL WHEAT. 



Field six on rotation " L " was broken from sod in July and seeded to Kharkoff 

 winter wheat on August 12, 191i. A splendid crop of wheat was cut August 27, 1915, 

 that yielded 36-7 bushels of grain per acre. 



SPRING RYE. 



One plot of spring rye was sown on April 10, at the rate of 3 bushels per acre, on 

 land that had previously grown roots. This plot was cut August 31, and yielded at 

 the rate of 58 bushels and 20 pounds to the acre. 



Lacombe. 



