320 



EXPERIMEXTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



caught by frost before they came to maturity, and were destroyed. Tlie crop of crab- 

 apples, (Pyrus), was very satisfactory. Native fruit was a complete failure. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



Seventy-one varieties were tested on 1-20 or 1-40 acre plots ; eight of the same 

 varieties on plots ranging from 1 acre to 9| acres. Red Fife was used in the t^st of 

 fertilizers ; rotation test ; test of selected, well cleaned and small seed, and in the test 

 of blue-stone as a preventive of smut. 



TEST OF VARIETIES IN UNIFORM PLOTS, 



Seventy-one vai'ieties were sown on April 19, on 1-20 or 1-40 acre plots of well 

 prepared fallow. The soil was clay loam. The seed was sown by hoe-drill, at the rate 

 of 1^ bushels per acre. 



SPRING WHEAT — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Vaiiety. 



Goose 



Rio Grande 



Preston 



Red Fern 



Roumanian 



Colorado 



Plumper 



Percy 



Dion's ... .. . 



Herisson Bearded . . 



Stanley 



Pringle's Cham plain . 



Weldon 



Admiral 



Vernon 



Huron 



Hungarian 



Dufferin 



Wellman's Fife 



Red Swedish 



Ladoga 



Progress 



Byron 



Minnesota No. 149 .. . 



Mason 



Speltz 



Alpha ;. . 



Minnesota No. 1G3 . . 



Monarch 



Australian No. 27 . . . 



Beaudry 



Dawn 



Fraser 



Crown 



White Fife 



Cartier 



Early Riga 



Norval 



White Connell 



Blair 



Minnesota No. 169 . . 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Auf 



26 



29 

 25 

 29 

 28 

 29 

 25 

 26 

 28 

 29 

 26 

 28 

 26 

 25 

 28 

 22 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 28 

 25 

 25 

 20 

 30 

 26 

 28 

 26 

 30 

 28 

 27 

 28 

 24 

 25 

 27 

 27 

 26 

 20 

 26 

 28 

 26 

 30 





129 



132 



128 



132 



131 



132 



128 



129 



131 



132 



129 



131 



129 



128 



131 



125 



131 



131 



UO 



131 



128 



128 



129 



133 



129 



131 



129 



133| 



131 i 



130l 



bo 



131 



127 

 128 



i;50 

 130 ! 

 1291 

 123l 

 129! 

 131 

 129 

 133' 



So 

 O 





Strong. 



Weak 



Strong. 



In. 



52 



52 



50 



51 



51 



42 



39 



53 



48i M " 



42Weak 



49 Sti-ong, 



49 



50 



46 



5] 



44 



52 



48 



46 



52 



48 



44 



45 



3'.) 



42 



42 



47 Strong, 



40 



40 



45 



39 



42; Weak 



37iStrong. 



40 



44 



45 Weak 

 37 

 44 



46 Strong. 

 .30 j Weak 

 46, Strong 



Weak 

 Strong 



Weak 

 Strong, 



Weak 



Strong, 

 Weak 



I 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Bearded 



Bald . . . 

 Bearded 



In. 



2| 

 4 



3^ 

 3i 



2J 



oi; 



-4 



3 

 3 

 4 



2 



o 

 O 



3^ 

 2k 

 3 



o 

 O 



3 



3 



2i 



3l Bald 



23 'Bearded 



2ii 



3" Bald . . 



Bald . . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 Bearded 



Bald... 

 Bearded 



31 



3 



2 



Bearded 

 Bald . . . 



Bt-arded 

 Bald 

 3 



3.i 



3 I Bearded 

 2? Bald . . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 



2f 

 3 



3 'B(;arded 

 2 I Bald ... 

 25 Bearded 

 .^iiBald... 



2 j M ... 



3i' „ ... 



u 



tlD 



Lbs. 



4,900 

 4,400 

 4,860 

 5,280 

 4,440 

 4,400 

 4,520 

 3,800 

 2,760 

 3,800 

 3,320 

 2,900 

 3,240 

 4,100 

 3,140 

 2,780 

 2,120 

 2,100 

 3,760 

 4,380 

 4,160 

 2,880 

 3,140 

 3,560 

 5,160 

 3,180 

 3,860 

 3,260 

 2.530 

 4,2S0 



3, 069 

 2,680 

 2,300 

 5,120 

 3,440 

 2,080 

 3,160 

 2,840 

 4,100 

 3,060 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



P5 

 51 

 49 

 48 

 48 

 47 

 45 

 44 

 44 

 44 

 44 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 41 

 41 

 40 

 40 

 39 

 39 

 39 

 38 

 38 

 37 

 37 

 37 

 36 

 36 

 35 

 35 

 35 

 35 

 Sj 

 35 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 33 

 33 



40 

 40 



40 

 40 



40 

 20 



26 



20 

 20 



26 

 20 

 40 

 20 



26 



40 

 40 



40 

 40 

 20 

 20 



40 



■:r. >- 



'^ 



Lbs 



6H 



63 



03.1 



C3.V 



00' 



05 



65 ."t 



62"" 



GH 



60" 



C2i 



04 



03 



63f 



63 



63 



64i 



G3h 



62"" 



62i 



62 



63 



65 



03 



G4| 



'63i 

 64" 



m. 

 01 



65 



64 



64 



63 



62J 



6bh 



04" 



64 



63 



63i 



59i 



