REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



OATS — TEST OP VARIETIES — Concluded. 



y. 



Nan:e of Variety. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



00 



cS 



61 Golden Giant 



62 Bonanza 



63 Milford, Black 



64 Early Blossom 



65|Milford, White 



eOUberfiiiss 



67 1 Russell, Brancbinp. . 



68|Lenten\vitzer 



6'J^Oderbruch 



70, Black Mesdag 



7l|Tartar King 



72| Abyssinia 



73 California Prolific. 

 I Black.. 



74 Sorgenfrei 



7i>!S\vedish Select IS'o 



2788 



7G]Oxford 



77|King , 



7S!Aitken Black 



79 Black No. 6 Summer 



80 Rosedale 



81 Karly Archangel.. 



82 Olive, White 



83 Rennie's Prize White 



84 Cromwell 



85 Pioneer . 



8() Miller 



87 Beseler 



88 Russell 



89 Victoria Prize 



90 Dixon 



91 Kendal White . .. 



92 Zhelanni, No. 2903 



93 Eureka 



94 Liberty 



95.Tobolsk No. 2800.. 



96 Scotch Potato 



97 Longhoughton... . 



Aug. 



IS 



7 

 13 

 15 

 15 

 14 

 18 

 12 

 14 



2 



10 

 13 



14 

 12 



19 

 13 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 14 

 IG 

 14 

 14 

 10 

 13 

 13 

 14 

 7 

 15 

 16 

 13 

 18 

 20 

 13 

 17 

 16 



122 

 111 

 117 

 119 

 119 

 114 



lis 

 lie 



118 

 106 

 114 

 117 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



54- 



49- 

 51- 

 54- 

 53- 

 50- 

 53- 

 51- 

 56- 

 47- 

 53- 

 53- 



119 

 117 

 117 

 118 

 114 

 117 



lis 



116 

 114 

 118 

 114 

 117 

 117 

 118 

 111 

 115 

 116 

 113 

 118 

 120 

 117 

 121 

 120 



-56 

 -51 

 -53 

 -56 

 -55 

 -52 

 -55 

 -53 

 -58 

 -49 

 -55 

 -55 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff 



Weak . . . 



Stiff 



Medium . 

 Stiff 



Medium . 



Stiff..... 

 Medium . 



118 52—54 Stiff.. 

 112 46—48 Weak 



48- 

 51- 

 50- 

 53- 

 58- 

 51- 

 53- 

 56- 

 44- 

 53- 

 44- 

 51- 

 56- 

 56- 

 46- 

 58- 

 50- 

 51- 

 44- 

 51- 

 54- 

 58- 

 53- 



-50 

 -56 

 -52 

 -55 

 -60 

 -53 

 -55 

 -58 

 -46 

 -55 

 -46 

 -53 

 -58 

 -58 

 -48 

 -GO 

 52 

 -53 

 -46 

 -53 

 -56 

 -60 

 -55 



Medium . 

 Weak . . . 



Stiff 



Vv^eak . . . 

 Stiff 



Medium. 

 Stiff 



Medium. 



Stiff 



Weak . . . 



Stiff...".'." 



Weak . . . 



Medium. 



II . 



Weak . . . 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



10 —Hi 



10 -III 

 9 —11 

 9.^-11 



9|-10l 



11 -12^ 

 10 —Hi 



9i— 11 



9"— 10 



10 —111 



8^-10 



10 —n\ 



8i-10 



Sided 



Branching 

 Half bided 



Branching 



Half sided 

 Branching 



Sided 



Half sided 



8^ 



11 - 



9 - 



lU- 



9i- 



9 - 



11 - 



9 - 



8 - 

 lU- 



9 - 

 8i- 



lOA- 



lOi- 



9^ 



9i- 



9i- 

 10 - 



sv 



9i- 

 10 - 



Si- 

 ll - 



Sided. . . 

 Branching 



It 

 Half sided 

 Branching 



Sido'ci 



H.ilf sided 

 Branching 

 Half sided 

 Branching 

 Half sided 

 Branching 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 







61 

 60 

 CO 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 58 

 58 

 56 

 56 



- 9), 

 -12 

 -lOi 

 -13| 

 -10 

 -lOi 



-12); 



-lOi 



- 9i 

 -13 

 -lOi 

 -10" 

 -12 

 -12 

 -lOi 



-lOi Sided. 

 -10^, Half sided 



-Hi 



-10 

 -11 



-Hi 



-m 



-12i 



Branching 



56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 55 

 55 

 54 

 54 

 54 

 54 

 54 

 54 

 52 

 52 

 52 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 48 

 45 

 45 

 36 

 31 



28 

 28 

 16 

 16 



5« 16 

 56 16 



16 



16 



16 



16 



10 



10 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



4 



32 



32 



32 



20 



20 



20 



8 



30 



30 



IG 



26 



28i 



32i 



34i 



27 



33 



32 



32 



301, 



29 



36 

 33i 



32 



35 



34 



311 



28i 



30 



26| 



3U 



35| 



30 



34 



33 



33 



30 



32 



33i 



33 



32i 



34 



26i 



32" 



29 



3U 



28" 



33 



Rusted. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Seventy-three diiferent sorts of barley have been tested in the trial plots at the 

 Central Experimental Farm during 1902. Thirty-one of these have been two-rowed 

 sorts and forty-two six-rcwed. The land on which the bai-ley was sown, was adjoining 

 that used for oats and was of the same character and quality and had similar manuring 

 and preparation. The size of the plots was one-fortieth of an acre each, fifty of them 

 were sown on April 17, the remainder on April 21. Tlie two-rowed sorts were sown at 

 the rate of two bushels per acre, and the six-rowed at the rate of one and three-quarter 

 bushels per acre. 



It will be seen that both the two-rowed and six-rowed sorts have given larger crops 

 than usual. 



