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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 

 Two-Rowed Barley — Test of Varieties (Non-Irrigated). 



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Name of Variety. 



Swedish Chevalier. 



Invincible 



Sidney 



Stand well 



Danish Chevalier. . 

 French Chevalier. . 



Gordon ... 



Clifford 



Canadian Thor|)e. . 



Jarvis 



Beaver 



Date 

 of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



July 31 



H 30 



,. 30 



„ 31 



-. 30 



„ 30 



M 30 



„ 30 



» 30 



„ 30 



„ 30 



o 



6 



100 

 99 

 99 



100 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 

 99 



Length 



of 

 Straw 

 includ- 

 ing 

 head. 



Inches. 



28 

 34 

 37 

 34 

 41 

 38 

 42 

 38 

 27 

 42 

 37 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Medium 



Stiff. 



Medium 

 Stiff.... 



>- OS 



bo 



c 



^ <1> c/"j O 



Lbs. 



46 



49 



49f 



45 



49i 



53" 



53^ 



49 



45i 



53 



46 



Average yield 44 bush. 20 lbs. per acre. 



A test of different quantities of seed per acre was so interfered with by gophers 

 that the results were not considered worthy of record. 



WINTER BARLEY. 



Seed of an interesting novelty for this part of the country was received from the 

 Kansas Agricultural College, in the form of winter barley. A small plot was sown 

 August 31, along with winter wheats. A good stand was obtained in the fall, but 

 during the winter a considerable portion died. The remainder was ripe July 23, and 

 yielded at the rate of 23 bushels, 43J lbs. per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEAS. 



Although a fair stand of peas was obtained, they lacked vigour and thrift all 

 through the growing season and the results were disappointing. It has been suggested 

 that this lack of vigour may have been due to the soil being deficient in the proi)er 

 bacteria and that inoculation might have a beneficial effect. 



Seventeen varieties were sown on April 15 at the rate of about two bushels per 

 acre, this varying slightly on account of differences in the size of the grain, in plots 

 of one-seventieth acre each on sandy loam. 



