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In Cheshire (Report of Cheshire Agricultural College, 1902), 

 the examination of, among others, rive well-known varieties 

 gave the following results, from which it appears that Waverley 

 and Newmarket have less husk than Potato, and give more 

 meal (by calculation) per acre. Storm King, with 7 per cent, 

 more husk than Potato, also gives more meal per acre. 



Percentage of Yield of Meal 



Husk. per Acre. 



Lb. 



Waverley 24*64 ... 1,669 



Newmarket ... ... ... ... 2 3'43 ••• r ,548 



Potato ... "... 25-39 ... 1,423 



Tartar King 30*65 ... 1,442 



Storm King ... ... ... ... 3 2 '5i ••• 1,612 



At the Garforth Experimental Farm at Leeds, a test covering 

 four years shows a similar state of affairs as regards the husk ; 

 and in 1901-02 Wilson and Findlay (Trans. H. and Agric. 

 Society), and in 1903 Hendrick (Bulletin 2, North of Scotland 

 Agricultural College) found average results in Aberdeenshire 

 confirming them. In 1904, however, for the first time in such 

 tests, Potato showed less husk than any of the eight other 

 varieties tried. If the proportion of kernel to husk is a criterion 

 of the milling property of a variety, the numerous laboratory 

 tests made by independent observers in different parts of the 

 country with oats grown under varying conditions plainly 

 show that Newmarket and Waverley are better millers than 

 Potato, Tartar King and Storm King. That the first two 

 and last two will, as a rule, produce more meal per acre no one 

 will deny. 



Actual Milling Tests, — Several comparisons of meal-producing 

 power have recently been made by actually milling the grain 

 of different varieties. The Irish Department of Agriculture 

 tested nine varieties, using 1 ton of each. Details are given 

 in the Journal of the Department, Vol. 11, No. 3, and although, 

 unfortunately, all the grain was not grown on one farm, most 

 of it came from one district ; and apart from this drawback 

 the comparison is an excellent one. • 



In this test we find Waverley and Abundance, which closely 

 resembles Newmarket, at the top of the list, as in the laboratory 

 tests, and better than Potato. Waverley also produced the 

 greatest quantity of grain per acre. 



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