REPORT OF MR. G. H. BUTTON 



349 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH BAKLEY. 



All comparative test-plots of barley were grown on fall-ploughed timothy sod. 

 The yields and quality were both satisfactory, though the former did not reach as 

 high an averageas in 1907. Birds reduced the yields of most varieties to quite an 

 extent, these being the first plots to mature. No allowance has been made, however, 

 for loss sustained in this way. Seed was sown at the rate of about two bushels per acre. 



Thirteen varieties of six-rowed barley were sown on April 17, in plots of one- 

 sixtieth of an acre each on fall-ploughed timothy sod. The soil, as with other plots, 

 was a black clay loam. 



Eleven varieties of two-rowed barley were sown on April 17, under similar con- 

 ditions. No rust occurred on any of these plots. 



Six-Rowed Barley — Test of Varieties. 



i 



Variety. 



Date 

 Ripened. 



1 Mansfield. ..: . Aug. 5.. 



2 Blue Long Head I n 7.. 



3 Mensury i 7.. 



4 Odessa n 4. 



5 Stella I. 5., 



6 Albert 5.. 



7 Claude n 5., 



8 Nugent n 4 . , 



9 Champion n 4 . , 



10 Yale M 6., 



Xl En>pire ■> 4. , 



r2|0derbrucli n 5.. 



IS'Trooper i> 5. , 



Days 



Maturing . 



110 

 112 

 110 

 109 

 110 

 110 



no 



109 

 109 

 111 

 109 

 110 

 110 



Length 

 of Straw. 



47 

 36 

 40 

 37 

 36 

 44 

 40 

 39 

 38 

 36 

 39 

 38 

 35 



Character 

 of Straw. 



Stiff.. 



Fairly 



Stiff.. 



11 



ir 



Fairly 



Stiff.'. 



Lencrth 

 of Head. 



2i 



2| 

 H 



3 

 2i 



2| 

 2i 



2| 

 2| 



Kind of 

 Head. 



Bearded 



Beardless 

 Bearded 



Weight 

 of Straw. 



5820 

 41'80 

 6.20 

 4440 

 3780 

 41120 

 4200 

 4!'20 

 4200 

 3600 

 6060 

 4110 

 .S600 



Yield. 



3 -^ 



pa K-i 



62 24 



60 00 



47 24 

 45 



43 36 



43 36 



41 12 

 40 



33 36 



33 36 



31 12 



29 » 



23 36 



Two-EowED Barley — Test of Varieties. 



s 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 



Name of Variety. 



Invincible 



Sidney 



Standwell 



Swedish Chevalier 



Gordon 



French Chevalier. . 

 Canadian Thorpe . . 

 Danish Chevalier. . 



Clifford 



Jar vis 



Beavtr 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Aug. 12., 

 n 10., 

 „ 11. 

 ,. 12., 

 8., 

 8., 

 7. 

 „ 12. 

 5. 

 6. 

 4 



>.3 



=* -s 



/^ ci 



— kr-l 



o 

 6 



117 

 115 

 116 

 117 

 113 

 113 

 112 

 104 

 110 

 111 

 109 



Length 



of 

 Straw, 

 includ- 

 ing 

 head. 



Inches. 



43 

 43 

 42 

 38 

 46 

 42 

 42 

 41 

 38 

 36 

 46 



Character 

 of Straw. 



Medium to weak 



Medium 



Stiff. 



Medium 



Stiff'.' . "".'.'.'. 



It 



Medium. Stiff. 

 Stiff 



•a 



to 



a 



In. 

 3 



H 



2| 

 2i 



n 



3 



H 



3i 



Kind 

 of Head. 



Bearded 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



S J2 



pa J 



56 42 



5.) . . 



53 36 



52 24 



43 36 



37 24 



33 36 



32 24 



27 24 



21 12 



18 36 



