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Rosedale. — On sandy clay soil; no manure ; ^ acre. Sown 3rd May; IJ bushels per 

 acre ; ripe 10th Augu^it ; time to mature, 99 days; of uneven growth; straw rather 

 weak ; height, 3 to 3|- feet ; yield per acre, 30^ bushels ; weight per bushel, 36| lbs. 



Siberian — On tandy loam ; 18 to 20 tons manure per acre ; \ acre. Sown 

 16th May ; ripe 14th August ; time to mature, 90 days ; yield per acre, 23^ bushels ; 

 weight, 28^ lbs per bushel. 



Victoria Prize. — On sandy loam mixed with clay ; no manure ; If acres. Sown 



davs ; 



22nd April 



If bushels 



per acre ; ripe 2nd August ; time to mature, 102 



straw stands fairly well ; considerably rusted ; height, 4 to 5 feet ; yield per acre, 

 38J bushels ; weight per bushel, 41^ lbs. 



Waterloo. — On sandy soil ; no manure; 4 acres. Sown, 2nd May; 2 bushels 

 per acre ; ripe 13th August ; time to mature, 103 days ; straw bright; stands well ; 

 not much rust; height, 3 to 4 feet ; yield per acre, 20|- bushels, weighing 34 lbs. per 

 bushel. A second" plot of 1 acre, on sandy clay soil, no manure, was sown 24th 

 April ; 2^ bushels per acre ; ripe 4th August ; time to mature, 102 days ; yield per 

 acre, 26 bushels ; weight per bushel, 34 lbs. 



Welcome. — On sandy clay soil ; no manure ; 4 acres. Sown 28th April ; 2 bushels 

 per acre ; ripe 29th July ; time to mature, 92 days ; straw rather dark, but strong ; 

 a little rust and some smut ; height, 3 to 3| feet ; yield per acre, 38f bushels ; weight 

 per bushel, 42^ lbs. 



White Russian.— On mixed sandy and peaty soil; no manure ; 1| acres. Sown 

 2nd May ; 2 bushels per acre ; ripe 12th August; time to mature, 102 days ; straw 

 fairly bright and strong ; not much rust ; height, 3^ to 4J feet ; yield per acre, 37| 

 bushels, weighing 32^ lbs. per bushel. A second plot of 1 acre of mixed sandy 

 and clay soil, no manure, was sown 24th April ; 2 bushels per acre ; ripe 5th August ; 

 time to mature, 103 days ; yield per acre, 42^ bushels. 



A third plot of 8 acres, on sandy clay soil, with from 18 to 20 tons of manure 

 per acre, was sown 6th May ; ripe 13th August ; time to mature, 99 days ; yield per 

 acre, 36 bushels ; weight per bushel, 32 lbs. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



TWO-ROWED VARIETIES. 



Adjoining the one-tenth acre plots of oats, all sown the same day, was a similar 

 series of plots of barley, consisting of eleven two-rowed varieties and five six-rowed. 

 Particulars as to the character of the soil, treatment of the land and preceding crops 

 will be found under " Experiments with Oats." The grain on all these plots was more 

 or less rusted, and in most instances it was badly aflPected. The following table gives 

 the results of these barley tests. 



Date 



of 



Sowing 



Beardless ^ April 25. . 



Danish Chevalier do 25. . 



Danish Printice Chevalier do 



Earlv Minting i do 



English :Malting j do 



Golden Melon, Imported 18.5S do 



do do 1800. 



Goldthorpe do 1S!)(). 



Peerless White do 18S8. 



do do 18!I0. 



Prize Prolific do 188!). 



do do 18!)0. 



Saale do 1889 . 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



25... 



25... 



25... 



25... 



25... 



25.. 



25.. 



25.. 



25.. 



25.. 



25.. 



Number of 

 Days 



Maturing. 



Ill 

 107 

 107 

 107 

 111 

 111 

 105 

 109 

 107 

 106 

 105 

 102 

 105 



Yield per 

 Aci'e. 



Bu.^h. 



•xi 



2li3 



19 



24i 



20i 



1(5' 



14i 



22i 



28 



27i 



2H 



For weight per bushel of these varieties see larger field plots. 



