DIVISION OF CEREALS 1081 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS AT GROUARD, ALBERTA. 



REV. ERO. LAURENT, EXPERIMEETALIST. 



Spring opened early, about fifteen days in advance of former years. 



Seeding was begun the first week in April. The wheat was sown on summer- 

 fallow, and the oats and barley on stubble. The small samples were sown on new 

 breaking. Hot, dry weather which occurred about July 15, when the grain was head- 

 ing out, checked the growth of straw to a marked degree, but the derelopment of the 

 grain was not seriously affected. 



All the grain except Victory oats was ripe and cut before August 21. 



Following are the results obtained from the different varieties of grain which 

 were tested this season : — 



WHEAT. 



Marquis, sown on April 15, ripened on August 14, and gave a yield of 26 bushels 

 15 pounds per acre. 



Preston, sown on April 16, ripened on August 17. 



Early Red Fife, sown on April 16, ripened on August 12. 



Pioneer, sown on April 14, ripened on August 16, and gave a yield of 40 pounds 

 from 4 pounds of seed. 



OATS. 



Ligowo, sown on April 17, ripened on August 2. 

 Abundance, sown on April 19, ripened on August 5. 



Victory, sown on April 14, ripened on August 21, and gave a yield of 70 pounds 

 from 3 pounds of seed. 



BARLEY. 



Odessa, sown on April 28, ripened on August 3. 



Manchurian, sown on April 28, ripened on August 5. 



Early Chevalier, sown on April 14, ripened on August 5, and gave a yield of 60 

 pounds from 4 pounds of seed. 



The yields of the plots of Pioneer wheat. Victory oats, and Early Chevalier barley 

 were considerably reduced owing to destruction by birds. 



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