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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



OATS. 



Report of Trials for 1S87. 



Each variety of oats was sown broadcast on a fortieth acre plot, 



two quarts of seed to each plot. The seed was sown May 17th, on 



much the same kind of soil, manured in the same way, as in the 



case of the potatoes. In the next table can be seen a record of the 



(1) Date when the heads first began to show. 



(2) Date of cutting, which indicates date of ripening. 



(3) Yield of each variety per plot and per acre. 



(4) Weight of a measured bushel of each variety. It is impor- 

 tant to notice that a few varieties have a weight per bushel that 

 marks them as being of superior quality. Some of these varieties 

 having different names are undoubtedly the same. 



No 



Oats — Name of variety. 



Triumph 



Welcome 



White Probestier 



MoM's Ennobled 



Clydesdale 



Russian White 



Surprise 



Hopetown 



Henderson's Clydesdale 



New Race Horse 



White Belgian 



Black Tartarian 



White Schoener 



White Australian 



White Victoria 



Harris 



Hogan 



Challenge 



Wide Awake 



Japan . . 



White Centennial 



White Seizure 



Heads began 

 to show. 



July 14 



" 11 



" 12 



" 15 



'• 11 



" 18 



" 12 



" 22 



'• 10 



" 11 



" 11 



" 13 



" 13 



" 12 



" 11 



" 2 



" 11 



" 12 



'• 12 



" 15 



" 20 



" 11 



Date of cut- 



Yield 



Yield 



ting ripe. 



per plot. 



per acre 



' 



lbs. 



bush. 



Aug, 17 



24 



32 





8 



36 



48 





' 15 



iH 



62 





• 17 



32^ 



43.3 





8 



35^ 



47.3 





' 20 



41 



54| 





' 15 



^n 



56.6 





' 20 



19 



25J 





8 



34^ 



46 





' 10 



35 



46.6 





« 12 



34i 



45.6 





' 17 



37| 



50.3 





' 15 



38^ 



51 





' 15 



41 



54.6 





« 10 



35 



46.6 





' 1 



31^ 



42 





' 10 



34^ 



46 





• 10 



28 



37.3 





' 15 



32 



42.6 





«. 17 



29| 



39.6 





' 20 



17i 



23.3 





8 



22| 



30.3 



lbs. 

 18 

 33 

 24 

 21 

 34 

 28 

 24 i 

 IH 

 33 

 34 

 31i 

 26 

 25 

 26 

 32^ 

 20 

 26 

 29 

 22 

 25i 

 19 

 33 



