LARGE OAT CROPS
ACRE YIELDS 95| BUSHELS CANADIAN GOVERNMENT FARM The largest yield of oats ever secured from the fields of tho Canadian Government Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa was harvested this year, according to a statement issued by farm officials. A one-acre field of Banner oats yielded 95i bushels. These oats were grown on a three-year rotation of corn, oats and clover. For the corn crop, which preceded the oats, a dressing of farm manure was applied. No manure of fertilisers of any kind were applied to the oats. Another acre of Banner oats in a four-year rotation of corn, oats, clover, and timothy yielded 91 bushels per acre. As in the former case, no manure or fertilisers were applied for the o'at crop, but the corn crop which preceded was given a good dressing of farm manure.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19435, 22 October 1925, Page 9
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139LARGE OAT CROPS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19435, 22 October 1925, Page 9
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