1910.] Summary of Agricultural Experiments. 6i 



bushels ; Browick, 4 bushels ; Stand-up White, 3^ bushels ; Red Chaff 

 Squarehead, 4! bushels. Taking- into account the yield of saleable grain 

 and the straw, per acre, the following is the order of merit : — Browick 

 (average 67 bushels saleable grain), White Chaff Squarehead (65^ 

 bushels), Carter's Stand-up White (62! bushels), Webb's Standard Red 

 (6o| bushels). The yields of saleable grain of the Essex and East 

 Lothian seed of White Chaff Squarehead were identical, though the 

 Essex seed produced the greater weight of straw. The best standing 

 varieties were Carter's Stand-up White and Browick. Samples of the 

 varieties of grain were valued, and taking into consideration the quality 

 as well as yield, the most profitable varieties were White Chaff Square- 

 head (East Lothian seed) and Carter's Stand-up White. Browick and 

 the Essex White Chaff Squarehead were a few days later in ripening 

 than the others, and through being cut when less ripe were lower in 

 quality. 



Varieties of Wheat, Beds. C.C., Agr. Educ. Comm., No. 8, Report 

 upon the Wheat Plots, 1909.) — Eighteen varieties were grown on 

 -i-acre plots, the seed being drilled at the rate of 2 bushels per acre. 

 The following were the best yields in bushels per acre : — Rivet 47, 

 White Stand-up 39, Kinver Red 38, Browick White Chaff 38, Red 

 Stand-up 36, Red Standard 35. Of these White Stand-up was of poor 

 quality, much sprouted. The summer was not favourable, the majority 

 of the plots being more or less laid, and the harvest was late. The 

 results are said to confirm those of previous seasons, namely, the best 

 yields were obtained from those varieties that stood the best. They not 

 only filled and ripened better, but also were not attacked by pigeons and 

 other birds to any great extent, as was the case with the laid plots. 



Varieties of Oats and Barley (Aberdeen and N. of Scotland Coll. of 

 Agr., Leaflet 8.) — These trials have been carried on for a number of 

 years for the purpose of comparing the newer prolific kinds of oats 

 with those in more general cultivation. The plots in 1908 were 

 T L--acre in extent, and the grain was sown at the rate of 3^ million seeds 

 per acre, except in the case of the Potato oat, where on account of its 

 exceptional stooling power only 3 million seeds were used. At five centres 

 the following yields in bushels of dressed grain were obtained : — Banner 

 58, Thousand Dollar 56, Siberian 53, Beseler's Prolific 52, Highlander 51, 

 Potato 45. Mr. R. B. Greig observes that after hundreds of tests it is 

 impossible to avoid the conclusion that several varieties of oats avail- 

 able to the farmer are much more prolific than some which are in general 

 cultivation. The origin of the seed should be known, for it is 

 probable that some who have tried one or other of the American 

 varieties and found them unsuccessful have not obtained the kind they 

 paid for. During the five years, 1904-8, the average gain over Potato 

 by the use of Banner has been 11 bushels per acre. The best variety for 

 any particular district can not yet, however, be confidently recommended. 

 The individual results seem to show that Banner and its like do best 

 on the good land, Potato sometimes being more profitable where the 

 land is naturally poor, while in some cases one variety is exceptionally 

 well suited to a particular district or farm. 



It is sometimes asserted that while Banner and other grain-producing 

 varieties are suited to the better land and climate of Morayshire and 

 Nairn, they are failures in the later districts close to Aberdeen. Accord- 



