REPORT OF MR. W. H. FAIRFIELD 



383 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



WINTER WHEAT. 



A field lot of 3^ acres of Kharkov was the only winter wheat sown on the irri- 

 gated farm. The rate of seed used per acre was thirty pounds. On account of the 

 seed-bed not being in the best of condition, only a fair stand was obtained in the 

 fall of 1907. In the early winter, some horses broke in and pastured the young plants 

 o5f very closely, so, taken as a whole, the field did not have as favourable conditions 

 as did the various field-lots of wheat on the non-irrigated farm. The field was irri- 

 gated once on July 10 and was cut August 3. The yield was 41 bu. and 5 lbs. per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



Thirteen varieties of spring wheat were sown April 14 in Vio acre plots on sandy 

 loam that had been backset. The seed was used at the rate of about one bushel and 

 one peck per acre. The plots were irrigated once on July 11. 



Spring Wheat — Test of Varieties (Irrigated). 



s 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 



Name of Variety. 



Chelsea 



Percy A 



Pringle's Champlain 



Marquis 



Preston . 



Hungarian White. . . 



Huron 



Bishop 



Red Fern 



Red Fife H 



White Fife 



Stanley 



White Russian 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Medium 

 Strong . 



II . . 

 Medium 

 Strong . 

 Medium 

 Strong . 

 Medium 



II 

 Strong . 

 Medium 



fep3 i 



® CO c« 



Lbs. 



64 



63i 



63^ 



64 



63 



62^ 



63 



64 



63 



62i 



63' 



61i 



61 



Average yield per acre 37 bushels 20 lbs. 



FIELD LOT. 



One acre of Red Fife was sown April 15 at the rate of one bushel and two pecks 

 per acre. The field was irrigated July 15 and cut August 22. The yield was 38 bush, 

 and 20 lbs. per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OP SEED PER ACRE. 



The area of each plot was one-tenth acre and they were all sown with Red Fife 

 wheat on April 20 and irrigated July 15. 



