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EXrERIMEKTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. i9l7 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, FORT VERMILION, ALTA. 



ROBERT JONES, MANAGER. 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH SPRIKG WHEAT. 



Nine varieties of spring -wheat were sown in uniform t-est plots of one-sixtieth of 

 an acre each. 



All wheat sown on land on which a hoed crop had been grown the previous year, 

 seeded at rate of li bushels per acre, sown on April 15 to April 17. These dates are 

 the earliest on which wheat has been sown in this locality. The season throughout was 

 quite dry, with only a moderate amount of rain-fall during the growing period. After 

 the 15th of June, when the frost occurred, the weather was very warm and continued 

 so throughout the balance of June and all of July and August. The first wheat was 

 cut on August 4 and we continued cutting until the 17th Avhen all wheat was cut at the 

 station. 



The yields of straw per acre from the plots were as follows: — 



Red Fife. . 

 Marquis. . . 

 Prelude. . . 

 Bishop. . . . 

 Stanley . . . 

 Preston. . . 

 Ladoga. . . , 

 Early Riga. 



Spring Wheat. — Test of Varieties. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Five varieties of oats were sown in uniform plots of one-sixtieth of an acre each, 

 on land that was in hay crop the previous year. The hay on this land was cut in the 

 early part of July, 1914, and as soon as cured was hauled off and the land ploughe^. 

 Manure was then applied at, the rate of about 15 tons per acre, and disced in and the 

 harrow run over a number of times during the autumn to conserve the moisture. 



