REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE. 



391 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



TWO-EOWED SOETS. 



The ground for these plots had been given a dressing of stable manure, and had 

 been -well prepared, but when the high water came in June, the land — although not 

 overflowed — became so wet that the plots were very seriously injured, some of them 

 being nearly killed out. 



Those showing the best results were on plots where the land was a little the highest, 

 and consequently did not suffer so much. The results this season cannot be taken as a 

 satisfactory test of the relative productiveness of the different varieties. 



Test of vaeieties — On plots of ^-th acre each. 



Name of Variety. 



California Prolific . . 



Duckbill 



Goldthorpe 



New Golden Grains 



Newton 



Canadian Thorpe . . . 



Beaver 



French Chevalier . . . 

 Improved Chevalier 



Prize Prolific 



Kinver Chevalier. . . 

 Thanet 



Sown. 



April 23 



' 23 



' 23 



' 23 



' 23 



' 23 



' 23 



' 23 



' 23 



' 23 



' 23 



' 23 



Up. 



May 



3 



7. 

 7. 

 7 . 

 G. 

 7. 

 4. 

 7. 

 7. 

 7. 



r- 

 i . 



7 . 



Headed 

 out. 



July 



2. 

 3. 

 8. 

 G. 

 5. 

 4. 

 4. 

 7. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 



Pipe. 



Augt. 10 . 



" 10. 



" 13. 



" 11. 



" 13. 



" 11. 



" 10. 



" 11. 



" 10. 



" 1G. 



" 13. 



" 10. 



Length 

 of Straw. 



Feet. 



2 to2i 

 lh to 2i 

 2" to 2l 

 2 to 2| 

 2 to2i 



n to 2i 



1" to if 

 li to 2 



if to 2i 

 1 to 2" 

 1 to 2 

 1 toli 



Number 



of days to 



Mature. 



109 

 109 

 112 

 111 

 112 

 110 

 109 

 110 

 109 

 115 

 112 

 109 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



37 4 



30 20 



29 43 



29 38 



28 41 



27 14 



23 41 



22 44 

 21 7 



18 31 



18 1G 

 12 4 



SIX-EOWED SOETS. 



These plots were also very much injured by water, and the results obtained under 

 such circumstances cannot be taken as correctly indicating the relative productiveness 

 of the different sorts. The soil chosen for this test was a sandy loam. 



Test op vaeieties — On plots of ^th acre each. 



Name of Variety. 



Odessa 



Oderbruch 



Baxter's 



Royal 



Petschora 



Common six-rowed 



Phoenix 



Rennie's Improved 



Date 

 of Sowing. 



April 23.. 



" 23.. 



" 23.. 



" 23.. 



" 23.. 



" 23.. 



" 23.. 



" 23.. 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



.July 31. 

 Aug. 1. 



1. 



3. 



1. 



2. 



2. 



2. 



No. of 



days 



Maturing . 



98 



99 



99 



101 



99 



100 



100 



100 



Length of 



Straw. 



Inches. 



24 to 30 

 24 to 30 

 24 



18 to 24 

 18 to 24 

 12 to 24 

 18 to 24 

 IS to 24 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Br't & stiff 

 Fair l'n gth 

 Br't & stiff 

 Short 



Length of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



2 to 3 

 Hto3 

 if to 2£ 

 if to 2| 

 1 T . to 2i 

 if to 2f 

 if to 2* 

 if to 21 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



12 



pq 

 31 

 20 - 

 18 16 

 17 4 

 16 32 

 16 7 

 15 00 

 11 12 



