REPORT OF MR. A. MAG KAY. 



335 



Twenty-six varieties were sown on same day on fallow land, a sandy clay loam, by 

 drill, with the following result : — 



Name of Variety. 



Campbell's White Chaff 



White Fife 



Dion's 



Major 



Wellman's Fife 



Red Fern 



Herisson, Bearded 



Percy 



White Connell 



Rio Grande 



White Russian 



Preston 



Pringle's Cham plain . . . 



Red Fife 



Huron 



Mars 



Crown 



Advance 



Alpha 



Stanley 



Ladoga 



Ottawa 



Blenheim 



Captor 



C. No. 1 



Gehun 



Date of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 8. 



" 10. 



" 8. 



" 10. 



" 11. 



" 10. 



" 8. 



" 10. 



" 10. 



" 10. 



" 9. 



" 8. 



" 8. 



" 10. 



" 10. 



" 10. 



" 8. 



" 8. 



" 10. 



" 8. 



" 4. 



" 6. 



" 10. 



" 8. 



" 8. 



" 2. 



T3 3 



109 28 

 11128 



10931 



11128 

 112 28 



111 

 109 

 111 

 111 

 111 

 110 

 109 

 109 

 111 

 111 

 111 

 109 

 109 

 111 

 109 

 105 

 107 

 111 

 109 

 109 

 103 



o 



Stiff.. 



a 



Weak 



Stiff . 

 Weak 



Stiff .' 



Weak 

 Stiff . 

 Weak 



Stiff .' 

 Weak 

 Stiff . 

 Weak 



C« 



Stiff .' 

 Weak 



it 



Stiff .' 



tt 



Weak 



Stiff. 



Kind of Head. 



Beardless 



Bearded 



t< 



Beardless 

 Bearded 



a 



Beardless 



Bearded 

 Beardless 



Bearded 



a 



Beardless 

 Bearded 

 Beardless 

 Bearded 



a 



Beardless 

 tt 



Bearded 



Beardless 



is 



'5 



Lbs 



102 

 118 

 110 

 124 

 120 

 120 

 107 

 112 

 115 

 106 

 105 

 110 

 105 

 107 

 125 

 105 

 123 

 127 

 125 

 127 

 119 

 137 

 116 

 110 

 110 

 70 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



21 

 20 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 13 

 12 



20 



20 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



40 

 20 

 20 

 20 



30 



40 

 40 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 15 



20 

 30 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



Proportion 

 Rusted. 



No r st. 



Test of sowing plots a week apart. 



Two varieties of wheat, Red Fife and Stanley, were sown on same day of the week 

 for 6 consecutive weeks, on clay loam, size of plots ^ acre. 



The first sown plot of Red Fife was never promising and produced a small yield. 

 In none of the other plots was there much difference noted in the growing season and 

 the yields varied very slightly. 



In this test in 1892 and 1893, the earliest sown grain gave slightly the smaller 

 yield. 



To this year's result of tests is added date of seeding; and yield of same test in 1892 

 and 1893, for comparison and the average for 3 years is struck. This average shows 

 that very early or very late sowing is not advisable, but that from about April 20th, 

 to the 15th May wheat may be sown with the best resufts as far as yield is concerned. 



