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None of the varieties have this year come up to last' year in weight per bushel. 

 Although the yield is far better, the grain is not so plump or rounded, which was 

 probably caused by the large growth of straw. 



The following table shows the varieties sown and returns, &c : — 



Barley, 1890. 



Variety. 



Sown. 



Two-Rowed 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 

 Six-liowed 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Carter's Prize Prolific April 24 



Duckbill do 24 



Scaale do 



Thanet do 



Beardless do 



Danish Chevalier do 



Chevalier . do 



Golden Melon ' do 



Swedish do 



Peerless White do 



Peerless do 



Danish Printice Chevalier | do 



English Malting : do 



Early Minting do 



Selected Chevalier do 



Goldthorpe do 



New Zealand <lo 



Sharpe's Impro\ed do 



Mensurv do 



Baxter's do 



Odessa do 



Rennie's Improved do 



Sialkot (India) do 



Seoraj do do 



Kiilu do do 



Simla do do 



Palampur (India) do 



Bhagarmany Hills (India) do 



24. 

 24. 

 24. 

 24. 

 24. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 29. 

 29. 

 .30. 

 29. 

 29. 

 30. 

 30. 

 30. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 28. 

 30. 



Feed Barleys. 



Lahoul (India) do 30. 



Spiti Vallev do 29. 



Six Rowed Naked do 30. 



Large Two-Rowed Naked do 29. 



Test of Different Dates of Secdiny. 



Prize Prolific. 



do 

 Duckbill..... 



do 

 Beardless . . . 



do 



Matured. 



Aug.- 19. 



do 12. 



do 19. 



dn 19. 



do 19. 



do 16. 



do 18. 



do 17. 



do 17. 



do 17. 



do 14. 



do 17. 



do 17. 



do 18. 



do 17. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 26. 



7. 



6. 



do 



do 



do 15.. 



do 7.. 



July 31.. 



Aug. 15 . , 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 7. 



do 21. 



do 6. 



do 15. 



do 13. 



Yield. 



liush. 



49-6 



55 20 



.53-30 



49-4 



45 



46 '10 



43-25 



50-30 



53-9 



40 16 



39 10 



37-8 



37-26 



34 



25 



45 



.36 



46 



47 



41 



38 



39 



20 



25 



38 



■n 



30 

 31 



24 



32 



42 



17 



16 



5 



15 



24 



7 



30 

 42 



28 



37 10 

 .39-25 

 28 03 



Weight. 



Lbs 



52i 



5li 



50 



48| 



5l| 



47| 



49| 



50J 



5l| 



471 



47 



49i 



491 



49 



50^ 



48 



nil 



49^ 



m 

 m 



47| 



49$ 



49?, 



48i 



4S 



■A)h 



55' 



53i 



60 

 60 

 57.? 

 6l| 



52i 

 52i 

 5U 

 5l| 



nu- 



51 L 



OATS, 1890. 



Oats were a good ciop, but like the barley were very heavy in straw, and tho-^e 

 on fallow were badly lodged. Oats were sown on fallow and on fall and spring plough- 

 ing. The leturns from each are appended. 



Piize Cluster, this year, maintained its reputation for earliness, although not 

 80 decidedly as last. 



Flying Scotchman and Poland White were equal to it in this respect, but in this 

 only; as neither in grain nor straw did either ofthe!>e varieties equal tlie Prize Chistei-. 



The black oats have given the largest j-ield. This is somewhat remarkable from 

 the fact that they wei-e quite green when frost visited the Territories, and must have 

 I een injured to some extent. 



