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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



Spring Wheat. — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Marquis 



Early Red Fife 



Red Fife 



Huron 



Prelude 



Pioneer 



Date 

 of 



Sowing 



April 9 



" 9 



" 9 



" 9 



" 9 



" 9 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 



4 

 4 



" 6 



" 4 



July 29 



Aug. 3 



No. of 

 Days 

 Matur- 

 ing. 



117 

 117 

 119 

 117 

 111 

 116 



Average 

 Length 

 of straw 

 includ- 

 ing 

 head. 



Inches. 



54 

 52 

 52 

 53 

 40 

 50 



Strength | A verage 

 of straw Length 



on a of 



scale of Head 

 10 points 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 9 

 10 



Inches. 



30 

 3-5 

 3-5 

 3o- 

 2-0 

 30 



Yieid 



of Grain 



'per 



Acre. 



Lb. 



1,500 



1,516 

 1,085 



990 

 1,110 



915 



Yield 



of Grain 



per 



Acre. 



Bu. Lb. 



25 .. 



25 15 



17 45 

 16 30 



18 30 

 15 15 



Annual 



average 



yield 



per 



acre 



for 3 



years. 



Lb. 



22 20 



21 25 



17 45 



15 50 



OATS. 



Fifteen varieties of oats were tested. The yields of all varieties were good and 

 well in advance of the ordinary years. The Danish Gul-Nesgaard, which matured in 

 one hundred and sixteen days, gave vis the heaviest yield. This oat has only been 

 tested two years, and in 1914 was second only to Gold Rain. Comparing yields from 

 a five-year average, the Lincoln, which matured in one hundred and seventeen days 

 this year, gave us the highest yield, followed closely by Banner, Danish Island, and 

 Gold Eain. Of the earliest varieties. Eighty Day, which matured in one hundred and 

 two days, gave the highest yield. 



Oats. — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Lincoln 



Banner 



Danish Island 



Gold Rain 



Irish Victor 



Twentieth Century. . . . 



Eighty Day 



Daubeney 



Swedish Select 



Danish Gul Nesgaard.. 



O. A. C. No. 72 



Victory 



White Wave 



Ligowo, Swedish 



♦Average over a period of 4 years. 

 fAverage over a period of 3 years. 



Agassiz. 



