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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Test of varieties all sown the same day. 



Twenty-eight varieties were sown the same day by drill on y 1 ^ acre plots of fallow 

 land, sandy loam ; all the plots were promising until dry weather set in. As will be 

 seen by the following results, the yield was small in every case. 



BARLEY TEST OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES SOWN THE SAME DAY. 



Name of Variety. 



Odessa , 



Oderbruch 



Danish Chevalier. . . 



Rigid 



Mensury 



Kinver Chevalier. . . 



Royal 



Rermie's Improved . 



Thanet . . . 



Phoenix 



Prize Prolific 



Petschora 



Trooper 



Beaver 



Common, six-row< <1 . 

 Baxter's six-rowed . . 

 Summit ....... 



California Prolific. 



Newton 



Improved Chevalier 



Bolton 



Surprise 



Victor 



Canadian Thorpe. . 



Sidney 



Duckbill 



Type L— Hyb 



Pioneer 



Date 



of 

 sowing. 



May 



Id 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



10 



10 



10 

 10 

 10 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 



Date of 

 ripen- 

 ing. 



be 



a 



o c 

 d 



1 

 28 



11 

 1 

 1 



10 

 1 



10 



12 

 8 



11 

 1 



10 



10 



1 

 1 



10 



11 



9 



11 



6 



11 



9 



11 



10 



11 



11 



1 



83 

 79 

 93 

 83 

 83 

 92 

 83 

 92 

 94 

 90 

 93 

 83 

 92 

 92 

 83 

 83 

 92 

 93 

 91 

 93 

 88 

 93 

 91 

 93 

 92 

 93 

 93 

 83 



he 



a 

 i-5 



O 



Ins. 



20 



18 



18 



19 



18 



18 



16 



18 



19 , 



18 



19 



16 



16 



ix 



16 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 is 

 18 

 22 

 15 

 2o 

 18 

 19 

 18 

 19 

 19 



Stiff 



0) 



o 



XI 



50 



C 



o 



Ins. 



2 

 2 

 3 



2i 

 2| 

 3 



2i 



2 

 3 



Ol 



3 

 21 



A 



3 



2 



2 



2* 



2| 



24 



3 



2| 



2i 



2* 



2} 



2$ 



2| 



2| 



24 



Kind 



of 

 head. 



6 rowed. 



c< 



2 " 



6 " 



it 



2 " 

 6 " 



St 



2 " 



6 " 



2 " 



G " 



it 



2 " 

 G " 



if 



ci 



bO 



'53 



Lbs 



125 

 109 

 116 

 109 

 113 

 111 

 103 

 109 

 120 

 108 

 119 

 102 

 101 

 114 

 99 

 119 

 121 

 112 

 110 

 112 

 lz8 

 6 

 122 

 115 

 121 

 110 

 122 

 119 



Yield 



per 



acre. 



Bus. lbs. 



23 

 22 

 21 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 11 

 10 

 6 



36 

 44 



42 



38 

 18 

 8 

 36 

 36 

 34 

 34 

 42 

 42 

 32 

 12 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 



24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 32 

 20 

 34 



be 



Lbs 



Result of sowing barley at different dates on -^ acre plots 



In this test Canadian Thorpe, a two-rowed sort, and Oderbruch, a six-rowed variety, 

 were used, The soil was clay loam. 



All the plots of two-rowed were poor ; the first two sown being very short and 

 weak in the straw. The six-rowed, on the other hand, while short in straw, stood the 

 dry weather much better and ripened evenly, in the order sown, several days earlier than 

 the two-rowed. 



The best time to sow barley, as indicated by the results of this test, is from 1st to 

 15th May, these dates being substantiated by the results of the same test for the past 

 three years. 



In addition to this year's test, the dates of seeding and yields for 1893 and 1892 

 are given with average yield for the '6 years. 



