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EXPEEIMENTS WITH SPEING WHEAT. 



Adjoininaj the ^^^ acre plots of oats and barley there was a similar group 

 of plots of spring wheat, all sown on the same day. The particulars as to the 

 character of the soil and its preparation are given under experiments with oats. 

 The wheat plots, which consisted of 38 varieties, followed barley. 



Test of Varieties of Spring Wheat, all sown same day. 



The weight of Ihe grain in these plots, and in some instances the yield also, was 

 lessened by the prevalence of rust, from which nearly all the varieties sutfered more 

 or less. 



Larger Field Plots. 



Anglo Canadian. — On sandy loam mixed with peat; no manure; fourth crop; 

 ploughed in the autumn of 1890, disc harrowed in the autumn of 1891 ; ^ acre. Sown 

 2nd May, 1^ bushels per acre; ripe 19th August ; time to mature, 109 days. Yield 

 per acre, 20 bushels 42 lbs.; weight per bushel, 57|- lbs. Length of head, 3^ inches; 

 bearded; straw 3^ to 3f feet long, all standing well ; slightly rusted. 



