BE PORT OF THE DIRECTOR 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SIX-ROWED BARLEY TEST OF VARIETIES — Concluded. 



U 



u 



(D 



I 



30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 3G 

 37 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 41 

 42 



Name of Variety. 



Mansfield 



Empire 



Champion 



Parkin 



No. 8 from Norway 



Bfardless from Salzer 



Chinese HuUess 



Hordeum Chousk (Hulless] 



Claude 



Turkestan 



Phoenix 



Baxter 



Blue Short Head 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 



II 

 July 

 Aug. 



.Tuly 

 Aug. 

 •Tufy 



Aug. 



4 



1 



27 



1 



1 



27 



3 



28 



31 



28 



29 



20 



16 





109 

 106 

 101 

 102 

 102 



97 

 104 



98 

 105 



98 

 103 

 103 

 117 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



46—48 

 44-46 

 50—52 

 40—42 

 40—42 

 44—46 

 37—39 

 24—26 

 45—47 

 22—24 

 42—44 

 45—47 

 28—30 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Medium 



Stiff.. 

 Weak 



Medium 

 Weak . . 



Stiff.... 

 Weak . 

 Medium 



Stiff.... 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



22- 3i 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



ili QQ 



P3 t-5 



46 32 



46 32 



45 40 



45 40 



45 .. 



44 8 



40 ,. 



40 .. 



37 24 



36 32 



36 32 



35 .. 



27 24 





Rusted. 



Slightly. 



Lbs 



501 



5l| 



46 



45 



49 



45i 



61 



57 



50.L 



55i 



52" 



51^ 



41 jConsiderably. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



One hundred and nineteen varieties of this grain were under trial during 1902. 

 Tlie soil was adjoining that on which the oats were grown, was similar in character and 

 quality and received the same treatment and preparation. Most of the varieties were 

 sown on April 15, the remainder on April 21. The size of the plots was one-fortieth of 

 an acre each and the grain was sown in the proportion of 1|- bushels per acre. 



SPRING WHEAT TEST OF VARIETIES. 



o 

 ^ 



3 



1 



3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 



Name of Variety. 



Pringle's Champlain 



Dawson 



Rio Grande 



Preston 



Huron 



Red Fern 



Roumanian 



White Itussian. . . . 

 Herisson Bearded . . 



Admiral 



Blenheim 



Hungarian 



Dawn 



Crown 



Crawford.. 



Laurel 



Bishop 



Percy 



Countess 



Monarch .. . 



Aug. 



o =s 



8 

 15 

 13 



8 

 15 

 15 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 15 

 14 

 14 



8 

 11 



8 

 13 



8 



8 

 11 

 16 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



115 

 122 

 120 

 115 

 122 

 122 

 124 

 123 

 123 

 122 

 121 

 121 

 115 

 118 

 115 



Inches. 



54- 

 58- 

 58- 

 55- 

 54- 

 5.'- 

 56- 

 54- 

 49- 

 58- 

 59- 

 55- 

 56- 

 58- 

 53- 



56 

 60 

 60 

 -57 

 -56 

 ■54 

 ■58 

 -56 

 -51 

 ■GO 

 -61 

 -57 



120 58- 



115 Si- 

 ns 5.8- 

 118 53- 

 123 54- 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Medium. 

 Stiff 



Medium. 



Stiff... 



Medium. 



Stiff .... 



Medium. 

 -58 Stiff. 

 60 

 -55 

 -60 

 -53 

 ■60 

 55 

 -56 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



'-?! 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Bearded. . 

 Beardless . 

 Bearded. . 



Beardless . 

 Bearded. . 

 Beardless. 

 Bearded. , 



II 

 Beardless . 

 Bearded. . 

 Beardless. 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 





3 



46 

 44 

 44 

 43 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 39 



40 



20 

 40 

 40 

 40 



40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



20 



1-1 



61J 



61" 



63i 



63 



62 



64 

 64 



m\ 



COA 

 61 

 62i 

 63i 



m\ 



62 



60i 



Gl" 



62 



61 



61 



Rusted. 



Badly. 

 Slightly. 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



