1080 



EXPERIMENTAL FA AM/ »S 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Barley. — Test of Varieties. 



Success, Champion and Hulless White belong to the class of "hooded" barleys, having no awns. 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH FIELD PEAS. 



Two varieties of field peas were sown in uniform test plots of one-sixtieth of an 



acre on land that was summer-fallowed the previous year. The plots were sown on 



April 23, at the rate of 2 bushels per acre. The season was favourable for a really fair 



test of the varieties. The following i-esults were obtained. The yields of straw obtained 



were : 



Tons. Lb. 



Arthur 2 1,810 



Prussian Blue 2 740 



Peas. — Test of "Varieties. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Two varieties of buckwheat. Silver Hull and Japanese, were sown in plots of one- 

 gixtieth of an acre on May 20, but were completely killed out by the frost in June. 



EoRT Vermilion, 



