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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 



would make little difference to the crop, but which with the dry, hot winds of July., 

 ripened the crop prematurely. This was specially noticeable in the Durum wheat, 

 which usually ripens along with Red Fife and other late sorts. The size of the plots 

 was -one-twentieth acre each. 



Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



u 







Name of Variety. 



1 Huron Selected. 



2 White Fife 



S Chelsea 



4 Marquis B 



5 H uron. ...... 



6 Bobs 



7 Bishop 



8 Stanley 



gjPercy A 



10 Preston. 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



White Russian 



Stanley A 



Red Fife H 



Riga 



Pringle's Champlain. 

 Hungarian White . . . 

 Red Fern 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 



21 

 20 

 21 

 15 

 21 

 13 

 21 

 15 

 15 

 15 

 16 

 15 

 21 

 15 

 16 

 15 

 21 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Strong . 

 Medium 

 Strong 



at 



X 



be 



In. 



3? 

 3i 



"h 

 3i 



3| 



3 



3 



3 



"2 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 4 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Bearded 

 Bald.... 



tf ... 



tl ... 



Bearded 



Bald.. . 



11 ... 



M ... 



II . . 



Bearded 

 Bald.... 



M ... 



M ... 



M ... 



Bearded 





be 



Lbs. 



5,260 

 3,080 

 4,420 

 5,210 

 5,5W 

 3,280 

 5,080 

 3,340 

 5,180 

 4,820 

 4,900 

 3,480 

 5,100 

 5,340 

 5,360 

 3,100 

 3,940 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



£ <^ bL 



t- 3 e« 



* o 



Bush. Lbs. 



50 

 50 

 48 

 46 

 45 

 43 

 41 

 38 

 37 

 36 

 36 

 35 

 35 

 33 

 32 

 32 

 31 



40 

 20 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



40 



20 



40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



Lbs. 



60i 



57| 



61i 



G3i 



60i 



5!>4 



62 



58| 



57 



62i 



58^ 



50 



59^ 



56 



58 



59 



58i 



Test of Wheat in Field Lots. 



Eight varieties were sown in field lots on April 13 to 16 on clay loam. The 

 fallowed land was ploughed 7 inches deep before the end of June, 1907, and cultivated 

 2 to 3 inches deep as required, to kill weeds during the growing season. 



The backsetting land was broken shallow in May and early June, and backset in 

 August, and disked several times before and after, to kill any roots of grass that 

 might have escaped in the ploughing. 



Wheat — Test of Varieties in Field Lots. 



Name of Variety. 



Marquis. 

 Preston . 



Bobs 



Stanley A 



Chelsea 



Huron Selected 



Red Fife 



Percy A 



Red Fife H... 



Size. 



Acres. 



II 



a 



2' 

 li 

 231 

 2| 

 4 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



April 13 



„ 13 



„ 14 



„ 14 



,. 13 



u 14 



„ 13 



.. 17 



n 14 



„ 13 



Aup 



17 

 23 

 21 

 11 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 31 

 17 

 29 



>> bo 



126 

 131 

 129 

 119 

 126 

 125 

 126 

 136 

 125 

 138 



^■^bo 

 bo o 



In. 



43 

 50 

 50 

 43 

 45 

 46 

 47 

 54 

 47 

 47 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Strong 



-a 



bo 



a 



1-^ 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



In. 



3 

 4 



33 



H 



3h 



3 



3 



^ 



Bald.. .. 

 Bearded . 



Bald....; 



11 . . • . 



II . . . . 

 Bearded . 

 Bald 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



<H — ;* 

 ■^ == g 



be ^ ^ 

 •t: :3 «*.< 



Bush . Lbe, 



37 

 33 

 32 

 32 

 30 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 25 

 22 



