REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACK17 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



BAULEY, TWO-ROWED — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



327 



Name of Variety. 



Sidiipy 



Invincible 



Standwell 



Clifford ... 



Danish Chevalier. 



Jarvis. 



Kinver Chevalier. 



Beaver 



Canadian Thorpe. 



Harvey 



Leslie 



Newton 



Prize Prolific 



Bolton 



Gordon 



Victor. 



French Chevalier . 



Fulton 



Logan 



Dunham 



Nepean 



Date 



of 



Riliening, 



Aug. 24. 

 Sept. 1. 

 4 

 Aug. 27. 

 Sept. 4. 

 Aug. 26. 

 Sept. 4. 

 4. 

 Aug. 28. 



27. 



23. 

 4. 

 4. 

 Aug. 2f). 



23. 

 Aug. 2g! 

 Sept. 4. 

 Aug. 27. 



26. 



24. 



28. 



Se«t. 



a a 





99 

 107 

 110 

 102 

 110 

 101 

 110 

 llOj 

 103 

 102 



98 

 110 

 110 

 101 



98 

 101 

 110 

 102 

 101 



99 

 103 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



42 

 37 

 37 

 50 

 36 

 48 



3(; 



35 

 38 

 50 

 42 

 35 

 36 

 38 

 43 

 36 

 34 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 38 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Strong. 



Weik . 

 Strong, 

 Weak . 

 Strong. 

 Weak . 



Strong, 

 ti 



Weak . 



(t 

 Strong. 



ti 

 Strong 

 Weak . 

 Strong, 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



3i 



3.V 



4" 



4- 



5 



4 



5 



4 



4 

 4 

 4 



4^ 

 4 



5 



3 



3| 



4 



4 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lb.s. 



2,760 

 3,520 

 2,580 

 3,500 

 .3,980 

 3,020 

 2, .560 

 3,200 

 2,760 

 3,800 

 3,000 

 3,4S0 

 2,480 

 .3,000 

 3,080 

 2,520 

 2,940 

 3,840 

 3,720 

 2,880 

 2,240 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



59 4 



57 44 



.55 24 

 5.5 



53 36 



52 24 



51 32 



51 32 



49 8 



48 .36 



48 .36 



47 24 



47 24 



45 40 



45 40 



43 36 



43 16 



42 44 



42 24 



42 4 



37 44 



Lbs. 



53i 



53 



52i 



52 



52A 



51" 



bU 



5il 



54 



54 



52i 



51" 



53i 



53$ 



51' 



5U 



54 



53 



52 



52i 



BARLEY FIELD LOTS. 



Name of Variety, 



Canadian Thorpe 



Sidney 



Invincible. . . . . 



Royal 



Rennie's Imprv'd 

 Standwell. ... 



Culti- 

 vation. 



Fallow 



Size 



of 



Plot. 



Acres. 



1 



4| 

 lto3 



Date 



of 



Sowing . 



May 17 



.. 17 



„ 26 



„ 26 



.. 16 



„ 26 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 





^ 



Sept. 



Aug. 

 Sept. 



1; 107 

 1 107 

 6 103 



4 



20 



6 



101 



96 



103 



-*-> J2 



a 

 I-:; 



Ins, 



40 

 41 

 42 

 38 

 42 

 36 



Char- 

 acter of 

 Straw. 



Strong, 



Weak 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



3i 

 3i 



3| 



34 



3| 

 3i 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



2-rowed. 



It 



•f 

 6-rowed. 



It 

 2-rowed. 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Weight 



jx-r 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



524 

 53A 

 53i 

 52| 

 53' 

 52^ 



The Canadian Thorpe was badly rusted. Total area occupied 13f acres. Total 

 yield of grain 829 bushels, 36 pounds, an average of 59 bushels 47 pounds per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEASE. 



Fifty-seven varieties of pease were under trial in 1002. They were sown io plots of 

 one-twentieth acre each, soil clay loam summer fallowed. Sown by hoe-drill at the i-ate 

 2 bushels of small pease, 2^ bushels medium and 3^ bushels of large pease per acre. 



