REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



251 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Following were the yields obtained: — 



Six-rowed Barley — Test of Varieties, 



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a 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 / 



8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 



Name of Variety. 



bo 



a 



'a 



cS 



Q 



Nug^ent 



Stella 



Odessa 



Mensury 



Blue Long-head 



Trooper 



Mansfield 



Oderbruch 



Claude 



Albert. 



Champion 



Yale. 



Empire 



to 

 6 



Inches. 



90 

 91 

 88 

 91 

 91 

 88 

 91 

 88 

 88 

 90 

 86 

 91 

 90 



32 

 36 

 30 

 33 

 34 

 30 

 36 

 30 

 30 

 36 

 41 

 26 

 35 



to 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



36 

 40 

 36 

 [16 

 38 

 34 

 38 

 36 

 34 

 3S 

 45 

 30 

 38 



Stiff.. .. 



If ... 



Medium 



Stiff.. . . 



II ... 



Medium 



Stiff'.'. . . 

 Medium 

 Stiff.. . . 



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a) 



bo 



a 



Inches. 



2i 



to 



2i 



2i 



3 



2i 



2i 



3 



3 



2 



c3 



bo 



Lbs. 



3,880 

 4,240 

 2,680 

 4,000 

 3,400 

 2,600 

 3,600 

 3,200 

 2,440 

 2,800 

 3,080 

 3,000 

 3,120 



u 



O 

 2 



Ol 



bo u ^ 

 aJ 5 ea 



> 



.a 



pa i-:i 



45 40 



45 20 



43 16 



42 44 



42 24 



41 .32 



41 32 



40 40 



40 20 



33 16 

 37 24 

 36 32 



34 8 



Lbs. 



47 



48 



47i 



47 



41 



49 



47 



48 



47 



47i 



40 



46 



46 



Two-rowed Barley — Test of Varieties. 



EXPERBIENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



Fifteen varieties of spring wheat were sown in uniform test plots of one- 

 fortieth acre each, on a clay loam soil on which turnips were grown the previous 

 year (1907). The land was ploughed in the fall, thoroughly worked up in the spring, 

 and sown May 20, at the rate of 1| bushels per acre, together with 7 lbs. Mammoth 

 Red clover, 3 lbs. Alsike clover and 12 lbs. Timothy seed per acre. 



The seed wheat used was from selected heads of the previous year's crop. 



The grain made very good growth and ripened well. 



The straw was clean and no smut or rust was noticed. 



