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 EXPERIMENTAL FARM NOTES 
 
 No. 1. 
 
 THE GERMINATING POWER 
 
 Ok- 
 
 GRAIN GROWN IN CANADA 
 
 I>CniN(i THE 
 
 SEA.S0:N^ of 1893 
 
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 GOVERNMENT PRINTING BUREAU 
 
 1894 
 
 
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 EXPERIMENTAL FARM NOTES. 
 
 THE GERMINATING POWER 
 
 OF 
 
 GRAIN GROWN IN CANADA 
 
 DURING THE SEASON OF 1893. 
 
 By Wm. Saunders, Director, Experimental Farms, 
 
 The question a^ to the vitahty and germinating power of seed 
 grain is a most important one for fanners, and associated with tins 
 is that of the relative vigour of the young plants after the seeds 
 have started. These qualities in the seed will necessarily have a 
 large influence on the crop of the coming year. 
 
 The testing of the germinating power and vigour of samples of 
 grain grown in the several provinces of the Dominion during 1893 
 began on the 9th of December, 1893, and since that date 1,153 
 samples have been placed under test. The testing is conducted 
 in duplicate ; in one case the grain is planted in the soil, in the other 
 in a suitable apparatus between folds of linen kept constantly 
 moist. With 686 samples the tests are now completed, and while 
 thus far the average vitality stands higher than in the crop of 1892, 
 which is very gratifying, there is, nevertheless, a serious drawback 
 in connection with the samples of barley which have been received 
 from Manitoba, the North-west Territories, New Brunswick and 
 Quebec in the unusually large proportion of plants of weak 
 growth. The percentage is small in the samples from Prince Ed- 
 ward Island, Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia. 
 
 The following table shows the number of tests thus far com- 
 pleted in each of the provinces of the Dominion with wheat, 
 
KXPKHIMKNTAL KAHM \OTKH. 
 
 barley and oats, giving the highest, lowest and average per- 
 centages of vitality, also the proportion of plants of strong and 
 weak growth : 
 
 ONTARIO. 
 
 Kind of (J rail 
 
 Nninbcr 
 
 (if 
 
 Te«ts. 
 
 Wheat 
 
 Barley 
 
 Oats 
 
 Wheat 
 
 Barley 
 
 Oats 
 
 Wheat 
 
 Barley 
 
 Oats 
 
 Wheat 
 
 Barley 
 
 Oats 
 
 Wheat 
 
 Barley 
 
 Oata 
 
 Jli^hest 
 
 I'.r- 
 eeiitagc. 
 
 41 
 
 54 
 50 
 
 1(M)0 
 100 
 100 
 
 L(.we«t P'''-«"'t- 
 Per- "ff" "f 
 
 " : (iiuwtn. 
 
 (WO 
 500 
 
 84 
 
 !t<*-5 
 70 
 02 !1 
 
 Percent- 1 
 
 fiKc of ' Average 
 
 Weak , Vitality. 
 
 (irowtli. 
 
 3-5 
 
 J.S5 
 
 4 
 
 04-0 
 
 !t2-5 
 00-0 
 
 QUEBKC. 
 
 08 
 107 
 
 100 
 
 00 
 
 85 '3 
 
 5 
 
 1000 
 
 47 
 
 54 G 
 
 33 5 
 
 1000 
 
 03 
 
 80 !) 
 
 3-5 
 
 MANITOBA. 
 
 14 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 I 
 
 1000 ! 
 
 00 
 100 
 
 28 M) 
 75 
 500 
 
 SO '2 
 31-2 
 87-0 
 
 2 2 
 
 (11-2 
 
 6-7 
 
 NORTH- WP:ST TERl? ITORIES. 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 12 
 
 98'0 
 
 90 
 
 100 
 
 flOO 
 080 
 (iOO 
 
 85-5 
 44 G 
 8G-2 
 
 ir5 
 
 54 
 
 NOVA SCOTIA. 
 
 12 
 30 
 40 
 
 100 
 1000 
 100 
 
 50 
 «3 
 520 
 
 82-4 
 7G-H 
 85G 
 
 50 
 
 11 7 
 
 50 
 
 00 -3 
 88-1 
 03-4 
 
 01-4 
 02-4 
 04-3 
 
 07-0 
 08 -G 
 03-2 
 
 87-4 
 88-5 
 91 5 
 
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 NEW BRUXHWICK. 
 
 Kind of (Jniin. 
 
 Wli.-iit 
 Tifti'luy 
 
 OlltM... 
 
 Wheat 
 Barley 
 Oats... 
 
 Wheat 
 Barley . 
 Oats... 
 
 Nniiit)er 
 
 of 
 TuHts. 
 
 22 
 
 IH 
 
 lli>,'lieHt 
 
 I'er- 
 eenta(?e. 
 
 Li iweHt 
 
 Per- 
 centage. 
 
 Percent- I Percent- 
 
 aK'e of ajfe of 
 
 Strong Weak 
 
 (Jrowtli. (Jrowtli. 
 
 100 (I 
 !«)0 
 
 54 
 7t>0 
 78 
 
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 !)0-9 
 
 4(1 
 
 M 7 
 
 5 3 
 
 I'KINCK KDW.VHl) ISLAND. 
 
 13 
 
 5 
 10 
 
 070 
 
 !»()0 
 
 100 
 
 500 82fi 
 
 .S4 87 -2 
 
 7«0 1 8(j 6 
 
 •BRITISH COLUMBIA. 
 
 Average 
 
 Vitality. 
 
 87-0 
 01 '8 
 0(i-2 
 
 () 
 
 !i7-4 
 
 
 
 08-0 
 
 12 
 
 0()'8 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
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 Kind of Grain. 
 
 Number 
 
 of 
 Tests. 
 
 Highest 
 
 Per- 
 centage. 
 
 Wheat 
 Barley. 
 Oats . , 
 
 178 
 229 
 270 
 
 100 
 1000 
 100- 
 
 Lowest 
 
 Per- 
 centage. 
 
 Average 
 
 Strong 
 
 Growth. 
 
 28 
 47 
 50 
 
 80-4 
 63-4 
 80() 
 
 Average 
 
 Weak 
 (Jrowtli. 
 
 4-5 
 
 2fi-7 
 
 50 
 
 Total . 
 
 080 
 
 Average vitality of the whole. 
 
 Average 
 Vitality. 
 
 00-9 
 00-1 
 94-6 
 
 01 -9 
 
 It is doubtful if any other country in the world could show so 
 high an average as 91 -9 per cent in 686 tests of samples -eceived 
 
6 KXPKHIMENTAL FARM NOTKH. 
 
 indiscriminately from all parts of its territory, especially since 
 many of these were sent because they were ,suspecte(l of being de- 
 ficient in germinating power. 
 
 The provinces and territories at present stand thus in order of 
 merit : 
 
 No. of Samples Av»'rftffn 
 Tt'Hted. Vitality. 
 
 British Columbia 21 97*4 
 
 North-west Territories 18 96 3 
 
 Ontario 145 94-5 
 
 Manitoba 35 927 
 
 New Brunswick 115 92* 
 
 Prince Edward Island 37 90 '.8 
 
 Quebec 225 906 
 
 Nova Scotia 91 89-1 
 
 The fact that in this series of tests samples of wheat have gone 
 as low as 28 per cent, barley 47 per cent, and oats 50 per cent, 
 should be sufficient to induce those fanners who are holding seed 
 of doubtful vitality for spring sowing to send samples at once to 
 the Central Experimental Farm so that they may be tested and re- 
 ported on before the time for seeding arrives. These samples are 
 tested free of charge, and the reports of the results can usually be 
 sent witliin two weeks from the date of receipt of the samples. 
 About one ounce of the grain is sufficient for the test, and the 
 samples can be sent from any part of the Dominion to the Central 
 Experimental Farm through the mail free. 
 
 WM. SAUNDERS, 
 Director, Experimental Farms.