REPORT OF MR. A. MAC KAY. 



343 



BARLEY — RESULTS OP EARLY, MEDIUM AND LATE SOWING. 



Name of variety. 



Canadian Thorpe . 



Oderbruch . . 



Date 



of 



sowing. 



Apr. 24 



May 1 

 8 



" 15 



" 22 



" 29 



Apr. 24 



May 1 



" 8 



" 15 



" 22 



" 29 



Date of 

 ripen- 

 ing. 



60 

 -g 



sa 



Aug. 4 



" 20 



" 4 



" 20 



" 14 



" 14 



Aug. 1 



" 1 



" 4 



" 2 



" 9 



" 11 



103 



112 

 89 

 98 

 85 

 78 



107 

 93 

 87 

 82 

 80 

 75 



6D 



a 



CD 



- 



a 



O 



Ins. 



24 

 18 

 18 

 16 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 18 

 17 

 16 

 18 

 19 



Stiff 



T3 

 01 



bo 



s 



Ins. 



21 

 2§ 

 2| 

 2| 



2i 



2* 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Good. 



Fair. 



Good 

 Fair. 

 Good 





O 

 60 



Lbs 



90 

 82 

 96 

 95 

 93 

 85 

 96 



100 

 99 



100 

 97 

 96 



Yield 



per 



acre. 



Bus. lbs. 



11 12 



10 — 

 13 26 



13 26 



12 36 



11 32 



14 18 



20 20 

 19 28 



21 22 



15 — 

 15 — 



§3 2 



■+3 



60 



CD 



^_ 

 Lbs 



Average yield per acre, for three years, of barley sown in week-apart test, 1894-93-92. 



Name of Variety. 



Canadian Thorpe 



Oderbruch 



1894. 



Yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



11 12 



10 00 

 13 26 

 13 26 



12 36 



11 32 



14 18 



20 20 

 19 28 



21 22 



15 00 

 15 00 



1893. 



O 



3 



ft 



T3 

 CD 



J" O 



u u 



p 



Yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



35 00 



43 06 



42 04 



37 44 



32 34 



26 12 



36 42 



42 24 



40 00 



30 10 



30 00 



31 22 



3 Years. 



Average 

 Yield. 



Bush. lbs. 



21 33 



29 10 



27 39* 



27 10 



27 07 



23 04 



29 01 



34 34 



29 38* 

 31 05 



30 27 

 30 15 



Two years only. 



FIELD PLOTS OP BARLEY. 



Four field lots were sown on May 8th, in fields of 3 acres each. The varieties of 

 seed chosen for these were among the best two-rowed sorts. The soil was a clay loam. 



