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side by side, sown on September 4th and cut on August 10 th. Dawson's Golden 

 Chaff straw had a length of 3 ft. 4 in. and yielded 30 bus. per acre. Imperial 

 Amber had a length of 3 ft. 9 in. and yielded 33 bus. per acre. Grand Prize had a 

 length of 3 ft. 6 in. and yielded 45 bus. per acre. The grain was bright in colour, 

 a good size and plump. 



Spring Wheat. — Three varieties were tried, namely, Marquis, Prelude and Wild 

 Goose. All were sown on April 29th on fall plowed soil. The Marquis and Wild 

 Goose varieties were harvested on the 20th August; Prelude ripened almost two 

 weeks earlier. It is a small headed wheat and a light yielder. Neither varieties 

 were touched with summer frosts. 



Barley. — Barley yielded exceptionally well. The grain was particularly bright 

 and plump and weighs well. From II/2 acres we thrashed 75 bus. of barley. It 

 was sown on May 26th and harvested August 20tli. 



Peas. — A plot of Improved Crpwn Peas were sown on May 26th and harvested 

 on August 26th without damage from frost. One plot of Golden Vine Peas went so 

 much to straw that they were caught by the frost before ripening. Peas where 

 sown with a mixture of oats yielded 55 bus. per acre. 



Oats. — Different varieties of oats were sown, namely, O.A.C. No. 3, O.A.C. 

 No. 72, Siberian, Banner, Rennie's Early Yielder and Ligawa, on May 26th and all 

 harvested before the first frost. The O.A.C. No. 3 and No. 72 were the heavier 

 yielders. The Siberian gave a splendid yield, while the Early Yielder was the 

 lightest. The average yield for the entire crop was about 45 bus. per acre. 



Clover. — Red clover made a remarkable showing and gave a heavy yield of cured 

 hay. From one acre of pure red clover the first cutting gave a yield of 2 tons 

 600 lbs. of cured hay. One-half acre was set aside to procure seed from ; the sample 

 of seed is good. The second cut of clover gave a yield of 1 ton 400 lbs. of cured 

 hay. 



Alfalfa. — A plot of alfalfa seeded on June 1st attained a length of 14 inches 

 during the season. 



Roots. — The turnips and mangel crop was the best in our experience. The 

 soil was plowed in the fall and manured in the fall as well, when possible. Good 

 spring cultivation and early planting is found to give the best results. The 

 mangels were sown on May 24th, turnips on May 24th, June Isl, June 8th and 

 June 13th. The turnips sown on May 24th gave the heaviest yield and special 

 (mention might be made of the Holborn, Kangaroo, Swede and the hardy Prize 

 Winning Swede turnips. 



Potatoes. — The potato ground was plowed in the fall and well worked up in the 

 spring. Just as soon as the soil has sufficient warmth in the spring, planting com- 

 menced and is continued at intervals, as a rule from May 24th until June 20th. 

 During the past three seasons our first planting was made on May 20th. Planting 

 on this early date has never been interrupted by the frost. During the season of 

 1916 we planted at late as June 27th and a yield of 226 bus. per acre was obtained. 



