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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Twenty-one varieties of two-rowed and thirty of six-rowed barley were sown May 

 16 in plots of one-fortieth acre each. The seed was sown with the seed-drill, at the rate 

 of 2 bushels per acre. Timothy and clover seed was sown at the same time at the rate 

 of 3 lbs. Alsike, 7 lbs. Mammoth R.ed, and 12 lbs. of Timothy per acre. No fertilizer 

 was used with these plots. 



BARLEY, TWO-ROWED — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Dani&h Chevalier. . 

 Canadian Thorpe. . 



Newton 



French Chevalier . 



Stand well 



Victor. 



Sidney 



Hervey 



Clifford 



Kinver Chevalier. . 

 Beaver 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Nepeau 



Logan 



Gordon 



Jarvis 



Dunham 



Invincible 



Prize Prolific. 



Bolton 



Fulton 



Leslie 



Aug. 29. 



„ 28. 



., 27. 



M 29. 



H 30. 



u 27. 



„ 23. 



„ 26. 



„ 27. 



., 29. 



M 27. 



„ 26. 



„ 27. 



n 26. 



u 27. 



.. 26. 



M 27. 



n 27. 



.■ 27. 



„ 27. 



„ 26. 



el 







Length 



of 

 Straw. 



105 

 102 

 10.3 

 105 

 106 

 103 

 102 

 102 

 103 

 105 

 103 

 102 

 103 

 102 

 103 

 102 

 103 

 103 

 103 

 103 

 102 



Inches. 



42 

 46 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 43 

 45 

 46 

 46 

 42 

 42 

 43 

 45 

 45 

 44 

 44 

 42 

 42 

 41 

 43 

 42 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff. 



Medium. 



Stiff 



Weak ' '. '. 

 Stiff. . . . 



It . . . 



It . . , 



II . • . 



It . . . 



t( . . . 



M . . . 



Medium, 

 Stiff 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



50 



52 



50 



51 



50 



49i 



50^ 



49i 



50 



48J 



50 



50 



48 



49 



48 



50 



49 



49 



50 



49 



49 



BARLEY, SIX-ROWED — TEST OP VARIETIES. 



Common 



Royal 



Garfield 



Stella 



Mansfield 



Empire 



Trooper 



Surprise 



Baxter .... 



Nugent 



Oderbruch 



Argyle 



Yale 



Odessa 



Excelsior 



Kennie's Improved 



Mensniy 



Vanguard ........ 



Brome 



Claude 



Success 



Hulless Black 



Albert. 



Champion 



Pioneer . 



Hulless White . .. 



Summit 



Petschora 



Blue Long Head . . 

 Phoanix 



Aug. 22. 



„ 23. 



M 22. 



M 28. 



M 25. 



„ 27. 



„ 23. 



., 28. 



M 22. 



M 28. 



. 22. 



„ 22. 



M 25. 



.. 22. 



., 20. 



„ 23. 



„ 27. 



„ 23. 



u 27. 



u 27. 



u 20. 



- 20. 



„ 22. 



,. 20. 



H 25. 



„ 20. 



H 28. 



M 23. 



" 27. 



M 25. 



48 



46 



48 



48 



48 



46 



47 



49 



48 



47 



48i 



48 



47 



48 



40 



49 



48 



47i 



47 



47 



49 



61 



49 



39 



49 



60 



48 



48 



45 



48 



