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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



The young plants made good growth in the autumn, hut some of the plots suffered 

 rather severely during the winter and early spring. A good yield was obtained, how- 

 ever, from most of the varieties. 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in * bushels ' of GO pounds. 



Winter Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



.a 



g 



Name of Variety. 



1 American Banner, 



2 Dawson's Golden Chaff 



3 Jones' Winter Fife . 



4 Gold Coin 



5| Early Windsor 



6|Egypt|an Ajnber 

 y - 



8 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 IG 

 17 

 l.> 



Early Red Clawson. 



Abundance. 



Imperial Amber .... 



Invincible 



Red Chief 



Pro.sperity ... 



Reliable 



Red Velvet Chaff.... 



Silver Sheaf 



Tasmania Red 



Kharkov 



Turkey Red No. 380 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



July 19, 



I, 19. 



M 18. 



., 20 



,- 19. 



M 18. 



,■ 19. 



„ 19. 



„ 20. 



„ 20 



„ 23. 



„ 22 



,. 23. 



M 21. 



M 22. 



„ 23. 



„ 22. 



1. 24. 



as 



323 

 323 

 322 

 324 

 323 

 322 

 323 

 323 

 324 

 324 

 327 

 32G 

 ;-!27 

 32."i 

 320 

 327 

 320 

 328 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Straw, 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



Inches. 



52 



53 



54 



52 



50 



53 ♦ 



53 



50 



54 



52 



54 



52 



54 



53 



54 



52 



41 



46 



Strength 



of Straw 



on a Scale 



of 10 



points. 



10 



10 



10 



10 



9 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



9 



10 



8 



8 



8 



10 



Eld 



h o 



0) 



In. 



3i 



2i 

 3 



2h 

 2i 



3 



2i 



3 



3| 



'■it 

 3h 

 3| 

 31 



H 

 3 



2i 

 3 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Lbs. 



3,480 

 3,450 

 3,420 

 3,270 

 3,270 

 3,090 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 2,!^50 

 2,670 

 2,670 

 2,640 

 2,520 

 2,490 

 2,460 

 2,100 

 2,100 

 1,740 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



3 ^ 



pa ^-5 



58 .. 



57 30 



57 . 



54 30 



54 30 



51 30 



50 .. 



50 .. 



47 30 



44 20 



44 30 



44 .. 



42 . 



41 30 



41 .. 



35 . 



35 .. 



29 .. 



^-c. 



a.;: 





CL c; tio 



3.SJ 



Lbs. 



61 



60 



62 



61 



61 



62| 



60 



61 



62^ 



61i 



61 



61 



63 



61J 



6U 



62i 



62| 



61^ 



Rusted. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Recommended Varieties of Winter Wheat. — The climate of Ottawa being rather 

 too severe for the regular production of good crops of winter wheat, the average yields 

 obtained here would scarcely serve as a satisfactory guide for farmers in southern 

 Ontario. Some recommendations in regard to varieties of winter wheat may, how- 

 ever, be given. 



One of the best varieties in the field is Dawson's Golden Chaff (beardless). It 

 has the disadvantage, however, of giving flour which is low in baking strength and 

 therefore suitable for crackers, cakes, &c., but not for light bread. The gluten content 

 of this variety is not high enough to make it quite satisfactory for the production of 

 rolled wheat and other similar cereal products, though it is used for these purposes. 



Turkey Red (bearded) yields the strongest flour, but does not as a rule give in 

 Ontario as large a yield of grain per acre as some of the other sorts. 



Egyptian Amber (bearded) and Tasmania Red (bearded) give good yields of 

 grain and produce very good flour for bread making. 



Imperial Amber (bearded) is another variety which can also be recommended both 

 for its high yield and the very fair strength of its flour. 



EMMER AND SPELT. 



The plots of Emmer and Spelt were sown on May 6, the seed being used at the 

 rate of about 120 lbs. (or four bushels by measure) to the acre. The soil was a rather 

 stiff loam which became quite hard during the very dry weather. The yield of all the 

 varieties was therefore very poor. 



