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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



Spring Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



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Name of Variety. 



Bishop A.* 



VVhite Russian . . . , 



Preston H.* 



Stanley A.* , 



Red Fem 



Percy A.* 



Red Fife M.* 



Yellow Cross* 



Chelsea* 



Pringle'sChamplainC 



Red Fife H.* 



White Fife C* 



9G.* 



Early Red Fife* 



Yellow Queen* 



Spence Yellow* 



Yellow Fife* 



Prospec-t * 



Huron Selected * . . . . 



Gatineau* 



Marquis* 



Early Russian * 



Outlook* 



Date 



of 



Rijien- 



iug. 



Aug. 2. 

 M 10. 



o 



II O. 



M 7. 



,- 10. 



« 7. 



„ 14. 



., 1. 



„ 3. 



„ 3. 



„ 14. 



.. 14. 



,1 10. 



.. 7. 



n 3. 



July 29. 



,, 29. 



M 31. 

 Aug. 6 



H 20. 



.. 10. 



M 2. 



M 10. 



C3 

 CO 



Q ^ 



to 



96 

 89 

 93 

 96 

 93 



100 

 87 

 89 

 89 



100 



100 

 96 

 93 

 89 

 84 

 84 

 86 

 92 



106 

 96 

 88 

 96 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Straw, 

 Includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



Inches. 



36 

 36 

 34 

 40 

 40 

 36 

 38 

 37 

 34 

 33 

 38 

 38 

 39 

 36 

 38 

 33 

 36 

 32 

 30 

 28 

 36 

 32 

 34 



Strength 

 of Straw 



on a 



Scale of 



10 Points. 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

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 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

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 10 



d 

 > o 



In. 



H 



Sh 

 3| 

 3i 

 3| 

 4 



3i 

 3 



34 

 3.^ 



3i 

 3i 

 3 



H 

 H 

 3i 



3 



I 



3| 

 32 



Yield 



jjer 

 Acre. 



Lbs. 



1380 



1320 



12!(0 



1290 



1260 



1230 



1230 



1230 



1200 



1200 



1140 



1140 



1110 



1050 



1020 



930 



900 



840 



780 



750 



750 



720 



720 



(U 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 





23 .. 



22 .. 



21 30 



21 30 



21 .. 



20 30 



20 30 



20 30 



20 .. 



20 .. 



19 .. 



19 .. 



18 30 



17 30 



17 .. 



15 30 



15 .. 



14 .. 



13 .. 



12 30 



12 30 



12 .. 



12 .. 



ei oi a 



Lbs. 



60.i 



60 



59 



58 



62i 



60i 



59| 



62| 



6l{ 



61| 



60^ 



60^ 



57 



62 



61i 



63| 



62 



eoi 



59i 

 59" 

 60| 

 62i 

 59| 



Rusted. 



Badly. 

 Considerably. 



Badly." 

 Considerably. 

 Badly. 

 Considerably. 



Badly. 



II 



Slightly. 



Considerablj'. 



Badly." 

 Considerably. 

 Badly. 

 Considerably. 



Most Productive Varieties of Spring Wheat. — Excluding the durum wheats, 

 which are considered separately, the following varieties of wheat have shown unusual 

 productiveness for a series of years on this farm : Preston, Pringle's Champlain, Red 

 Fern, Huron and Bishop. The first four of these are hard red wheats with bearded 

 heads. Bishop is a very early white wheat and is beardless. Of the five varieties 

 Red Fern and Pringle's Champlain are probably the best for the production of strong 

 flour. 



Somewhat lower in yield, but superior in the strength of their flour are Red Fife 

 and White Fife, both beardless. 



Among the varieties which have not yet been tested for many years in succession, 

 but which have proved very productive, may be mentioned Chelsea and Marquis, both 

 early, beardless sorts. Marquis produces the stronger flour of the two for baking 

 purposes. 



Earliest Varieties of Spring Wheat. — Some of the very early kinds of spring 

 wheat grown on this farm are not at present being distributed or recommended for 

 general cultivation. Farmers applying for very early sorts should remember that 

 extreme earliness is frequently associated with a rather small yield, short straw, 

 liability to rast, or some other defect to which the more vigorous wheats are less 

 subject. 



The earliest wheats which are included in the regular distribution of seed grain 

 from this farm are Marquis, Stanley and Chelsea (beardless and having red kernels), 

 and Preston, Huron and Pringle's Champlain (bearded and having red kernels). 

 Bobs and Bishop are early beardless sorts which are not generally distributed, because 

 the pale colour of their bran would cause them to be graded below their actual value 

 in the Manitoba Inspection Division. Bishop is perhaps the earliest of the eight 

 varieties mentioned; but they are all earlier than Red Fife. 



