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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



9-10 EDWARD VII., A. 1910 

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



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 



Name of Variety. 



Standwell 



Sidney 



Swedish Chevalier 

 Danish Chevalier. 

 Canadian Thorpe. 



Gordon 



French Chevalier.. 



Clifford 



Invincible 



Jarvis 



Beaver 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



lug. 8. 



u 6. 



„ 6. 



„ 3. 



,. 3. 



.- 1. 



„ 3. 



„ 3. 



t, 6. 



„ 1. 



M 8. 



No. of 



Days 



Maturing. 



109 

 107 

 107 

 104 

 104 

 102 

 104 

 104 

 107 

 102 

 109 



Length 

 of Straw, 

 including 



Head. 



In. 



30 

 30 

 26 

 30 

 26 

 32 

 30 

 32 

 28 

 36 

 S2 



Character 

 of Straw. 



Medium 



cS^ a 



« 3 2 'a 



■f, ^ M 01 S 



Lbs. 



53 



55 



54i 



53| 



51 



53i 



53i 



52 



55 



64 



49 



Average yield, 45 bush. 15 lbs. 



FIELD LOT. 



One and a half acres of Mensury barley were sown on May 29, at the rate of 

 about 14 bushels per acre. The field was irrigated on July 18. It yielded at the rate 

 of 30 bush, and 7 lbs. per acre. 



EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF SEED PER ACRE. 



The area of each plot was one-twentieth acre, and they were all sown with Mensury 

 barley April 22, and irrigated July 14. 



Lbs. 



15.. 



SO.. 



45., 



60.. 



75.. 



90., 

 105., 

 120., 



Aii.ount of Seed per Acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEAS. 



TEST OF VARIETIES. 



As on the non-irrigated farm, the peas did not do as well as expected. The 

 average yield per acre of the eighteen varieties grown on irrigated land is practically 

 the same as that of the seventeen varieties tested on the non-irrigated farm. 



The eighteen varieties were sown April 14, on sandy loam that had been backset, 

 at the rate of about two bushels of seed per acre, some varieties a little more, depending 

 on the size of the grain. The size of the plots was one-seventieth acre. They were 

 irrigated July 11. 



