AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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Report of Trials for 1888. 



The barley trials for 1888 were made under the same conditions 

 as to size of plots, manuring, etc., as the oat trials for that year. 



Barley — Variety. 



Imperial 



Mensury 



Chevalier 



Nepaul 



Melon 



Purple Hullees 



Champion Two Rowed. 



^^ QQ 



*j 3 

 .5*73 



36.0 

 36.0 

 39.0 

 49.0 

 41.0 

 53.5 

 41.5 



Attention is called to the fact that only two of the varieties of 

 barley are up to the standard weight of 48 pounds per bushel. 



PEAS. 



Report of Trial for 1887. 



The soil on which the peas were planted was similar to that used 

 for the varieties of potatoes and grains and it was manured in the 

 same way. 



Each variety occupied a row fort}' feet long, the rows being three 

 and one-half feet apart. The seed was sown so as to secure about 

 the same number of plants in each row, consequently as the peas 

 differed much in size the amount of seed used varied greatly with 

 the different varieties. The length of time required to produce 

 marketable peas, productiveness and quality are the main consider- 

 ations in studying varieties of peas. It was not possible to test the 

 quality for table use of all of these varieties, but information on 



the other two points is obtained by noticing the 



(1) Date of first blossoms and at which some pods were ready 

 for the market, and 



(2) The weight of dry peas produced. (The dry peas were 

 weighed in March, 1888). The color, size and shape of the differ- 

 ent peas are in general a fairly good test of quality-, the small, 

 smooth, white varieties being as a rule, least palatable, and the 

 large, wrinkled, green varieties, most so. 



