Camelina, a member of the mustard family, exceeded flax and rape in yield of seed per acre at Ottawa, Ontario, and at Fort Vermilion, Alberta. The oil content of the 10 varieties in the test ranged from 34.3 to 38.7 per cent at Ottawa and from 37.1 to 42.0 per cent at Fort Vermilion. The average fatty acid composition in percentage of methyl esters was: palmitate 5.0; stearate 2.1; behenic 1.7; palmitoleic, trace; oleic 14.8; linoleic 16.4; linolenic 36.1; eicosenoic 17.5; eicosadienoic 2.3; erucic 3.7. The seed contained 33.1 per cent protein, 9.6 per cent crude fiber, only a trace of isothiocyanate, and no thiooxazolidone.Camelina matured 3 to 4 weeks earlier than flax. This is a valuable characteristic for northern areas as it would prevent damage by early fall frost and would permit extending the northern limits of the oilseed-producing area.

Three different methods for extracting coefficients of linear regression analyses are presented. The focus is on automatic and easy-to-use approaches for common statistical packages: SPSS, R, and MS Excel / Libre Office Calc. Hands-on examples are included for each analysis, followed by a brief description of how a subsequent regression coefficient analysis is performed.

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The performance of Mandarin (Ottawa) soybeans was tested over a 4-year period in fifteen planting patterns resulting from five row spacings \i,74,21,28 and 35 inches) and-three plant spacings (1,2, and 3.inches) within the row. Response of yield and oil percentage to spacing was considerable. The combination of narrowest row and widest pllnt spacing within the row (7 X 3) gave the high.est yield, whereas highest per cent oil was obtained from the widest row and the widest plant spacins (35 X 3)' One year of testing of l-,2-,3-,4-, and 5-irrch plant-sp-acing,s in}-inch rorvs suggested that ttre"differcnti;l respons': of oil ahd yieid mifht be reconciled to the best advantage in a 7 X 4 patte:rn,Protein showed ]ess response io sp,acing. It was highest at the closesr spacins. The onlv siEnificant differ:ence occurred berween the 1and