326 EXPERIMENTAL FIRMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



OATS. COMPARATIVE TEST OF SELECTED, WELL CLEANIiD AND SMALL OATS FOR SEED. 



Name of Variety. 



Banner, selected seed 

 M well cleaned. 

 I, small seed . . 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Au». 



26 



2Cy 



2G 



Number of 

 Days 



Maturing. 



106 

 106 

 106 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



50 



50 

 46 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



11 

 11 

 11 



Weight 

 of 



Straw. 



Lbs. 



3,720 



3,800 

 3,840 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



86 16 

 80 20 

 72 2 



The seed sown in the above test was procured in the same manner as that used iii 

 a similar test with wheat. 



Sown May 12 on l-20th acre plots of fallow, by hoe-drill, at the rate of 2 bushels 

 per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Thirty varieties of six-rowed, and twenty-two varieties of two-rowed barley were 

 sown on plots of l-20th acre each, and six of the same varieties on plots of i to 5 acres 

 each. The land was fallowed and was prepared in the same manner as that for wheat 

 and oats. 



As with the oats, the barley seed wherever sown deep, rotted in low places, and a 

 number of the plots had to be resown. The yields, however, were very satisfactory. 

 The uniform trial plots were all sown May 1 7 on clay loam by hoe-drill, at the rate of 2 

 bushels per acre. 



BARLEY SIX-ROWED TEST OF VARIKTIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Clatide 



Odessa 



Empire 



Blue Long Head . . . 



Summit 



Royal 



Mansfield 



Nugent 



Surprise 



Garfield 



Mei^sury 



Common 



Brome 



Oderbruch 



Stella 



Trooper 



Yale 



HuUess, Black 



Rennie's Improved 



Argyle 



Pioneer 



Petschora 



Albert 



Baxter 



Vanguard 



*)'hoenix 



Excelsior 



Success 



Champion 



HuUess, White.... 



Date of 

 Ripening 



o s 



CM 



101 



99 



101 



101 



103 



99 



99 



110 



101 



99 



99 



101 



101 



99 



101 



99 



99 



107 



9J 



99 



102 



99 



99 



99 



99 



91) 



99 



99 



99 



107 



bo 



a 



In. 



38 

 40 

 39 

 38 

 39 

 38 

 40 

 40 

 38 

 40 

 45 

 37 

 38 



o g 

 cum 



O 



u 

 c8 



.a 

 O 



Strong. 



Weak . 

 Strong. 



37 I Weak 



36 Strong. 



38 



40 



28 



37 



37 

 39 

 37 

 37 

 38 

 37 

 39 

 36 

 33 

 36 

 28 



Weak . 

 Strong. 



Weak 



2i 



3 



3 



H 

 3 



3.1 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



H 



3 



25 



2 



3 



3 



4 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3^ 

 3 

 3i 

 24 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



tio 



Bush. Lb.s. ' Lbs. 



