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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 

 Test of varieties. — All sown on plots of -^th. acre each. 



Name of Variety. 



White Fife 



Cross-bred. Red Fife 



with Club Bombay, 



plant 1. 



Campbell's WhiteChaff 



Progress 



Preston 



Cross - bred. Ladoga 



with White Fife. 

 Abundance 



Cross - bred. Ladoga 



with White Fife. 

 Crown 



Cross-bred. Red Fife 



with Ladoga, plant 2 



Rio Grande 



Well man's Fife 



Beauty.... , 



Cross - bred. Ladoga 

 with White Fife, 

 (sport) . 



Stanley 



Alpha 



Advance 



Rideau 



Red Fife 



Bearded Alpha 



Huron 



Pringle's Cham plain . . 



Cross-bred. Spiti Val- 

 ley with Red Fife, 

 plant 2. 



Percy 



White Connell 



Cehun 



Cross-bred. Red Fife 



with Ladoga, plant 3 



Herisson Bearded 



Dion's 



Ladoga 



Dufferin 



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tJD 



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April 25 

 " 25 



Aug. 



25 

 25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



2o 

 25 

 25 



25 

 25 



25 



25 

 25 



25 



25 

 25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



17 



21 



14 



21 



18 

 21 

 14 

 21 

 16 

 21 

 21 



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114 

 118 



111 

 118 



115 



118 



111 



118 



113 



21 

 17 



1G 

 18 



17 



21 



21 

 21 



17 



16 



21 



16 



21 

 14 



21 



21 



17 



14 



22 



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Inch. 

 30 36 

 36 42 



36 



42 



30 

 24 

 36 

 30 

 30 





so 



c 

 © 



Inch. 



2 24 

 21 4 



453 34 



483 4" 



36 2 24 



4212 3i 

 45 2} 3J 

 42 2 31 



30 24 3 



118 30 

 11836 



42 



48 

 118J24 36 

 118 30 36 



114 



113 

 115 



114 



118 



118 

 118 



114 



113 



118 



113 



118 

 111 



118 



118 



114 



111 



119 



36 42 



30 36 

 30 36 



24 42 



30 36 



30 42 

 36 42 



24 36 



24 30 



24 30 



18 24 



24 36 

 24 36 



24 36 



18 24 



24 30 



30 42 



2 3 

 3! 4 

 2 2\ 

 2 3 



2 3 



2 3 

 2 3 



21 31 



2 3 



2 24 

 2 3| 



2 31 



2 21 



24 3 



2 21 



2 24 



2 24 



2 3 



1 21 



2 21 

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Beardless , 



Bearded at 

 tip. 



Beardless. 

 Bearded . . 



Beardless. 



Bearded . . 



Bearded at 



tip. 

 Bearded . . 



Beardless . 



Slightly 

 bearded 



at tip. 

 Slightly 

 bearded 



at tip. 

 Beardless. 



Bearded . 

 Beardless 



Bearded . . 



CI 



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 Beardless 





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£ 



24 



45 



23 55 



Remarks. 



Stooled very well. Heads 

 plump and well filled. 



Stooled well. Heads compact 

 plump and well filled. 



Bearded 



22 10 Heads open but very plump. 

 91 10 Heads open, but plump and 



well filled to tip. 

 20 50 Heads short, but very plump 



and well filled. 

 20 40 Straw uneven. Heads compact 



and well filled to tip. 

 20 30 Did not stool well. Heads com- 

 pact and well filled. 

 20 10 Straw clean and bright. Head 



well filled but not compact. 

 19 50 Heads open, but plump and 



well filled. 

 19 50 Stooled well. Heads open, not 



well filled to tip. 

 19 20 Medium stand. Did not stool. 



Heads open but very plump. 

 19 20 Heads compact, but not well 



filled. 

 18 50 Stooled fairly. Heads open 



and not plump. 



18 30 



18 

 18 



17 



17 



17 

 17 



17 



17 



16 



20 

 15 



55 



40 



25 

 20 



10 



10 



45 



15 

 14 



14 



13 



13 



12 



10 



50 

 30 



55 

 5 



15 

 25 



Straw bright and clean. Heads 



compact and well filled to 



tip. 

 Heads open, but fairly plump. 

 Stooled well. Heads compact 



but not well filled. 

 Uneven crop. Heads compact 



and fairly plump. 

 Heads compact, plump and 



well filled to tip. 



Heads compact but not plump. 

 Stooled well. Heads slender, 



not well filled. 

 Straw weak. Heads open, well 



filled to tip. 

 Did not stool well. Heads open 



but well filled. 

 Did not stool well. Heads 



compact and plump. 



15 55 Heads short, but plump and 



compact. 

 A thin stand and poor heads. 

 Did not stool well. Heads 



open, not well filled. 

 25 Did not stool well. Heads 



compact but not plump. 

 Straw short. Did not stool well. 



Heads short but plump. 

 Heads open, but plump and 



well filled. 

 Straw weak. Heads not well 



filled. 

 Did not stool well. Heads 



slender, not well filled. 



