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Wheat, 1890. 



Variety. 



Drill vs. Broadcast — Test. 



Red Fife, drill 



do broadcast. 

 Ladoga drill 



do broadcast . 



Test — Cutting Wheat immediateUi after Frost and Cutting when 



Matured. 



Red Fife 



do 

 Lado^'a. . 

 do .., 



Result of Wheat Soion on Summer Fallow — Fall and Spriag 



Ploughing. 



Red Fife, fallow 



do spring ploughii: 

 do fall do 



Yield. 



Bush. 



35 16 

 32 00 

 19-8 

 8-50 



15-00 

 19-8 

 14-40 

 18-50 



35 S 

 30 10 

 23 00 



Weight. 



Lbs. 



.59 

 59 

 54 

 54 



51 

 54 

 56 

 56 



69 

 59 

 5S| 



BARLEY. 



Thirty-two varieties of this grain were sown last spring from 24th to 30th of 

 April. Except the India sorts all were very heavy in straw and a good deal was laid 

 down by rain storms before harvest. The only barley not lodged was Duck-bill 

 and this although having more straw than any other was not in the least injured in 

 this respect; it was, however, more discoloured than any other sort, from having fewer 

 beards and the exposed position of the grain in the heads. 



Seven varieties woi-e sown in acre lots on 24th April. All were cut down liy 

 frost after coming up a few inches above the ground and were retarded a few days 

 in their growth from this cause, but in the end suffered no loss from it. Each acre 

 was very heavy in straw, taking from 5 to 6 pounds of twine to bind them. For 

 earliness, yield, good straw, vigorous growth, and general .appearance none equalled 

 the Duck-bill. 



Mensury, a six-rowed variety, approaches the Duck-bill in straw, bujrjs-^iodi 

 equal in yield and the stiaw crinkles down as it approaches maturity, which is not 

 the case with the Duck-bill. 



Goldthorpe is very like the Duck-bill in straw and formation of head and will, 

 no doubt, be a very productive barley for the North-West. 



Three of the seven varieties were sown again on the 29th or five days later ihan 

 the first seeding. These were not quite so heavy in straw and a large proportion of 

 each lot except Duck-bill was badly lodged. 



Although the yield was not quite so large as from the early seeding, the berry 

 was somewhat better on account of the straw not being so thick on the ground. 

 Both were sown with the same quantity of seed per acre, but the spring frost had 

 the effect of causing the early sown to stool out one-third more than the kite. 



Early seeding of barley on the Experimental Farm has invariably produced the 

 best crop. Though on one occasion the early growth was cut back by frost three 

 times; yet in the end the crop turned out the be.^t, and in view of the probability of 

 there being a large increase in the acreage sown next spring of this grain, it is re- 

 commended to sow as soon as possible after the spring opens. 



One and one-half bushels is sulScient seed per acie where sown early, as it will 

 almost certainly be cut back by frost and will then stool out more than if sowu 

 later; If to 2 bushels per acre is necessary if sown late. 



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