254 



VARIETIES OF BARLEY. 



Sown on cla^^ loam soil, backsetting, with Press drill, 7 pecks per acre; size ol 

 plut.s, h and I acre. 



Variety. 



Prize Prolific . . . 

 Two-rowed Duckbill. 

 California Prolific. . . 

 Dauisli Chevalier. . . 

 Odfssa Si.x-rowed. . . 

 Webb'.s Ches'alier.. . . 



Goldthorpe 



Beardless 



Rennie's Six-rowed. . 

 Two-rowed Naked . . 



Sown. 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



Headed. 



April 23.. July 15.. 



do 

 do 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



8 

 9.. 



do 15. 



2.. 



8.. 

 16.. 

 16.. 



6.. 



5.. 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



50i 

 52| 



52 



53 



52i 



50"" 



50.^ 



48' 



60 



FALL AND SPRING PLOUGHING. 



A test of the comparative merits of fall and spring ploughing for wheat and oats 

 was made on the highei- portion.s of the farm. The plots were one-half acre each ; 

 soil, a light gravelly loam. The previous crop was wheat on back-setting. 



It will be seen from the following tables that fall ploughing has given the best 

 results with both Avheat and oats. This is an unexpected result and should not bo 

 acted upon until the ex])eriment has been repeated a number of times. It is quite 

 evident that the time of ploughing for, and the manner of sowing oats, largely alfect 

 the date of ripening. This was noticeable all through the experiment. Good 

 results have been obtained during the pa.st season b,y .sowing oats a few hours after 

 ploughing, before the soil has time to become dry. Further experiments on this line 

 ai e needed, for it is thought that much loss is sustained in the drying out of the 

 seed bed by the ordinary method, and the ploughing in of the seed apparently delays 

 ripening. 



Fall and sj^ring ploughing. Soil, light gravelly loam; size of plots, one-half acre 

 each. 



Variety. 



Wheat. 



Red Fife, ploughed in spring and sown with Press drill, 

 do in fall do 



Oats. 



Black Tartarian, plouglied in spring, sown with Press drill 

 do ploughed in fall do 

 do sown broadcast and ploughed in 



Sown. 



Aprill8. 

 do 18. 



April 20. 

 do 20 

 do 20 



Harvested. 



August 20 

 do 20 



August 22 

 do 16 

 do 30 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. 



20 

 27 



55 

 59 

 48 



Lbs. 



08 

 28 



22 

 07 

 13 



TEST OF DRILLS. 



Ari'angements were made (o continue the test of drills begun two years ago, 

 and nine plots were set apart for this purpose, but the late spring frost severely 

 injured the oats, and the returns from that grain being inaccurate, are not given. 



