DIVISIOX OF CEREALS 



1073 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Seventeen varieties of oats were planted April 12, on black loam soil tliat was in 

 roots the year before. Seed was used at the rate of 3J to 4 bushels per acre. None of 

 the numbered varieties of oats yielded above those reported on in the following table: — 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 





1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 1.3 



Name of Variety. 



Swedish Select 



Victory 



Irish Victor 



Banner 



O. A. C. 72 



Ligowo 



Tartar King 



Little Gem 



Danish Island 



Great French Lizo. 



Gold Rain 



Daubeney 



Eighty Day 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 22. 



" 23 



" 22. 



" 26. 



" 30. 



" 23. 



" 23. 



" 15. 



" 24. 



" 23. 



" 23. 



" 19. 



" 15. 





O M 



-0-5 



132 

 133 

 132 

 136 

 117 

 1.33 

 133 

 125 

 134 

 126 

 133 

 129 

 125 



-a 



M 





M 



c.S 



O O 

 ^ ft 



SI 



In. 

 61 

 60 

 64 

 61 

 68 

 64 

 60 

 50 

 61 

 64 

 67 

 56 

 52 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



9- 

 10 

 10 

 10 



9 

 10 



9- 

 10 



Average 

 length 



of 

 head. 



In. 



8-2 

 8-2 

 9-2 



10-7 

 9-0 



10-5 



11-7 

 5-7 



100 

 90 

 90 

 9-7 

 6-2 



Yield 



of 



grain 



per 



acre. 



lb. 



4,900 



4,880 



4,420 



4,2,53 



4,180 



4,040 



3,980 



3,910 



3,860 



3,790 



3,770 



3,640 



3,510 



Yield 



of 



grain 



per 



acre; 



Bu. lb 



144 4 



143 18 



130 .. 



125 3 



122 32 



118 28 



117 2 



115 .. 



113 18 



111 16 



110 30 



107 2 



103 8 



Weight 



per 

 measur- 

 ed 

 bushel 

 after 

 cleaning 



Lb. 

 43 

 44 

 42 

 43 

 40 

 41 

 40 

 37 

 42 

 42 

 44 

 39 

 38 



Oat.-;. — Test of Varieties. — Five-year averages. 



Variety. 



Victory 



Irish Victor 



Banner 



Abundance 



Daubeney (4 yr.) 



Tartar King ., 



Dani.sh Island 



Swedish Select 



Gold Rain (3 yr.) 



Ligowo (4 yr.) >, 



Eighty Day (4 yr.) 



CROSS SOWING. 



A new drill with runs 3 inches apart is being placed on the market and the claim 

 made that greater yields of grain can be secured from an acre when sown with the 

 same quantity of seed from this drill than from the common drill with runs 6 or 7 

 inches apart. A test was made this year of cross sowing which should amount to about 

 the same thing as using one of the new drills. A plot was sown first lengthwise and 

 then crosswise with a drill having runs 7 inches apart, using the same amount of seed 

 on this plot as on one that was seeded singly. No advantage was gained by cross 

 sowing last season, but it is purposed to make a further test of this before definite 

 results are published. 



Lacombe. 



