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SAUNDERS' CROSS-BRED WHEATS— Cuyiduded. 



Variety. 



Eed Ifo. 4~Con. 

 Anglo Canadian, 



Bed No. 3. 

 Carleton 



Ladoga. 



Bed No. 6. 

 Prince 



White Russian . 



o 

 m 



a 



J3 



3 





Apr. 24 



do 24 



do 24 



do 24 



do 24 





to 



a 



May 4 



do 4 



do 4 



do 4 



do 4 



Feet. 



3 to 3^ 



3| to4 



3 

 O 



o 



July]5 



do 6 



do 13 



do 



3 to 3^ do 12 





Sept. 3. 



Aug. 20 



do 2G 



do 27 



do 29 



o 



p 



O 



s 



3 

 O 



a 



< 



Ozs. 



8i 



n 



31 



2i 



10 



20 



O 



Remarks. 



9 



10 



20 



10 



11 



Anglo Canadian— 10 grains of this variety 

 germinated and 9 came to maturity ; 

 straw long and soft ; all down before 

 heads were filled ; heads long and very 

 ojien, but fairly well filled out to tips: 

 berry long but not plump. 

 (Carleton, 20 grains ; Ladoga, 10 grains.) 



Carleton, 13 gi-ains of this variety came up 

 but only 11 reached maturity. Headed 

 out seven days before Ladoga, which 

 was sown with it, and kept in the lead, 

 ripening six days before that variety. 

 Straw medium length and stood up well. 

 Heads medium and well filled out. Grain 

 plump, bright and fairly hard. A pro- 

 mising variety. 



Ladoga— 6 grains of this variety germin- 

 ated ; only 4 matured. Straw long, and 

 stood up well. Heads good length and 

 fairly compact. Considerable smut. 

 This was the only one oi the twelve var- 

 ieties in this test that had any smut. 

 None were treated in any way for smut. 



(Prince, 20 grs. ; White Russian, 10 gr.<<.) 

 Prince — This variety did not germinate 

 well, only 10 grains coming up, and only 

 C came to maturi ty. Straw long ; stood 

 up well. Heads long and very well 

 filled. Grain medium m size, but some- 

 what shrunken. 

 White Russian— 6 grains of this variety 

 germinated, but only 4 came to matur- 

 ity. Straw medium in length and stood 

 up well. Heads long, but very open. 



WHEAT, BARLEY AND OATS, ONE-TWENTIETH OP AN ACRE PLOTS. 



Tests of one-twenlieth of an acre plots of wheat, oats and barley. The land chosen 

 for these tests was ploughed for the fii-st time in July, 1890. There was a number of 

 fir trees grubbed out of this piece, and considerable levelling done which brought the 

 subsoil to the surface in many places, and although the ground was ploughed twice 

 afterwards and thoroughly worked up with the disc and dVag harrows the yield was 

 considerably leduced. None of the varieties made vigorous growth where the stumps 

 had been or where knolls had been levelled oflf. The soil was a clay loam, and in 

 every respect, except as above mentioned, all the plots were alike. 



"l^he plots of wheat were sown at the rate of 90 lbs., or 1^ bush, per acre; barley 

 96 lbs., or 2 bush, per acre, and oats 85 lbs., or 2^ bush, per acre. Following will 

 be found a record of the date of sowing, heading and ripening, with other notes as to 

 conditions of growth, &c. 



Although the seed was not treated for smut there was very little in this series 

 of test plots. Tho-^e that suifered most from inequality in the soil caused by the 

 grubbing and levelling are marked by a star. 



