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ment of India in 1888 ; it is an early ripening sort, rather short in growth, with a 

 compact, heavy head, and, although it has not yielded heavily here, promises to be a 

 valuable variety foi- feeding purposes. 



LARGER FIELD PLOTS. 



Indian from Spiti Valley. — On sandy loam ; no manure ; 2J acres. Sown Ist 

 May ; 1| buslicls per acre ; harvested 26th July ; time to mature, 86 dajH ; straw 

 rather soft and weak ; many heads bent over ; height, 1^ to 2 feet ; v^ery little rust: 

 yield per acre, 16^ bushels ; weight per bushel, 54J lbs. 



Guymalaye. — On sandy loam ; no manure ; -^ acre. Sown 14th May ; 2 bushels 

 per acre ; ripe 7th August ; time to mature, 85 days ; straw bright ; stands well ; 

 very little rust ; height, 3 to 3|- feet ; yield per acre, 36^ bushels ; weight per 

 bushel, 56 lbs. This is also a hulless barley, which seems to be identical with what 

 is known as " six-rowed wheat barley." It is a very productive variety, and promising 

 for feed ; the kernel is of a dark amber colour, 



Hulless Black. — On sandy loam; no manure; \ acre. Sown 14th May, 2 bushels 

 per acre ; ripe 3rd August ; time to mature, 81 days ; straw very dark in colour ; 

 stands well; very little rust; height, 2^ to 3 feet; yield per acre, 22 bushels ; weight 

 per bushel, 62 lbs. This is a very heavy hulless barley, with a black kernel, which 

 is worthy of more extended trial as a feed bai-ley. 



Odessa Six-rowed. — On mixed clay and sandy loam ; no manure ; ^ acre. Sown 

 15th May ; 1^ bushels per acre ; ripe 14th August ; time to mature, 91 days ; straw 

 bright, with very little rust; height, 2|- to 3|- feet; yield per acre, 31^ bushels ; 

 weight per bushel, 49^ lbs. 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH SPEING WHEAT. 



The wheat plots enumerated in the following table, complete the series of one-tenth 

 acre plots of grain on similar clay loam, all sown on the same day and without manure. 

 The season proved to be very unfavourable for spring wheat, almost all varieties 

 showing a light yield. In most instances the third and last maturing kernel in each 

 group on the ear was empty, and those clusters forming the top of the ear were in a 

 similar condition. This has probably resulted from unfavourable hot and dry 

 weather, occuring just at the time when the floral ojgans within the husk were in a 



soft and critical stage of development, causing them to shrink and wither, 

 these plots the straw was much rusted, in some instances worse than others. 



In all 



Campbell's White Chaff 



Campbell's Triumph 



Carter's Cross-bred I or Anglo-Canadian 



Green Mountain 



Indian Hard Calcutta 



Judket 



Ladoga 



Red Fern 



Rio Grande 



Russian Hard Tag 



Saxonka 



White Delhi 



White Russian 



White Fife 



Red Fife 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



April 25. 



do 25. 



do 25. 



do 25 



do 25. 



do 25. 



do 25. 



do 25. 



do 25. 



do 25. 



do 25. 



do 25 . 



do 25. 

 do 25., 

 do 25.. 



Date 



of 



Harvesting, 



Aug. 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



8.. 

 10 .. 

 14 , 

 16... 



5... 

 10... 



7... 

 11... 

 16... 



8... 

 11... 



7. . . 

 14... 

 12... 

 12... 



Number of 



Days 

 Maturing. 



105 

 107 

 111 

 113 

 102 

 107 

 104 

 108 

 113 

 105 

 108 

 104 

 111 

 109 

 10!) 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. 



19 

 Hi 

 4 

 81 

 lOi 

 21 

 lOi 

 12 

 17 

 20^ 

 12 

 12 

 lOi 

 18| 

 12 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



58 



57 



54| 



57 



59i 



584 



56| 



55i 



59 



60| 



55i 



564 



56| 



55| 



56| 



