REPORT OF MR. A. MACK AY. 



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When threshed, however, considerable difference was found in yield and quality of 

 the grain, but on account of the season being so unfavourable, a just estimate cannot be 

 made of their value from this year's results. Following will be found names, parentage, 

 date of sowing and ripening, weight and yield of the hybrids : — 



Name of Variety. 



Major . . . 

 Percy. . . . 

 Preston . . 

 Huron... 

 Crown . . . 

 Advance . 

 Alpha. . 

 Blenheim 

 Stanley . . 

 Ottawa. . 

 Captor . . . 

 A. No. 1. 



Parentage. 



Male. 



White Fife 

 Red Fife 



White Fife 



it 



Red Fife 

 White Fife 



it 



Red Fife 



a 



White Fife 

 Red Fife 



Female. 

 Ladoga . 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



61| 



62£ 



63 



62£ 



62£ 



62£ 



62£ 



62 



60| 



61? 



Gil 



61j 



GENERAL RESULTS OF WHEAT TESTS, 1894 AND 1892-93-94. 



1. In the result of the tests made the past season, no one variety of wheat has 

 proved much superior to the others as far as yield is concerned, but in quality the fol- 

 lowing were much the best : — 



Preston, Pringle's Champlain, Rio Grande, Wellman's Fife, Dions, Huron, Red 

 Fern, Red Fife, White Russian, White Connell, White Fife, Mars, Gehun, and Heris- 

 son Bearded. 



2. In the week apart tests, the average of three years points to the season between 

 20th April and 20th May, as being the proper time to sow wheat as far as yield is con- 

 cerned, but frost is not taken into account in these tests and should be considered. 



3. The average of three years' trial of Press-drill, Drill and Broadcast sowing is in 

 favour of the Press-drill very considerably. 



4. One bushel of seed per acre has given best results in three years' tests. 



5. Wheat sown three inches deep gave best results the past season, but the average 

 for three years is in favour of seeding 2 inches deep. 



6. No gain resulted from Cross-seeding in the test of the past season, and if time in 

 sowing is considered, a loss took place. 



7. Fallow-worked land, as it always has done, gave the best returns. 



8. Treating seed wheat with Blue-stone has again demonstrated its great value in 

 killing the smut-germs and saving the grain from being perfectly useless. 



BARLEY. 



Twenty-nine varieties of barley were sown last spring, of which 17 were old and 12 

 new sorts, 15 kinds being 2-rowed and 14 varieties 6-rowed. The 12 new sorts included 

 6 hybrids, produced at the Central Experimental Farm by crossing 2-rowed with 

 6-rowed barleys, some of which are very promising, but on account of the extremely dry 

 season gave poor returns. 



