REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SEARPE 



861 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



Seventy-one varieties of sprin<i; wheat were under trial all sown on plots of one- 

 fortieth of an acre each. The land devoted to these plots was adjoining that on which 

 the oats and barley were grown and was of similar character. The straw at harvest 

 time was mixed in this case also with a considerable quantity of fern and on this 

 account the weight of straw has been omitted. These plots were all sown on April 18, 

 using grain in the proportion of 1 ^ bushels per acre. There was no rust or smut on 

 any of the varieties. 



SPRING WHEAT. TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Rio Grande 



Colorado 



Ladoga 



Minnesota, No. 181 



Progress. ... 



Campbell's White ChaflF. 



Minnesota, No. 149 



Dawn 



Captor 



Early Riga 



Clyde 



Red Swedish 



Australian, i^o. 27 



Red Fife 



Australian, No. 10 



Admiral 



Plumper . . . . 



Goose 



Preston 



Beaudry 



Blenheim 



Essex 



Monarch 



Laurel 



White Fife 



Stanley 



Advance 



Benton 



Crown 



White Russian 



Herrison Bearded 



Chester 



Blair 



Minnesota, No. 163 



Rideau 



Roumanian 



Australian, No. 19. 



Fraser 



Dufferin 



Angus 



Australian, No. 23 



Hastings 



Australian, No. 25 



Hungarian 



Per(^y 



White Connell 



Bishop 



Date of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 



3 



19 

 15 

 11 

 19 

 15 

 16 

 20 

 11 

 11 

 9 



18 

 20 

 14 

 19 

 15 

 19 

 19 

 16 

 11 

 16 

 16 

 20 

 15 

 16 

 18 

 12 

 11 

 20 

 12 

 19 

 16 

 18 

 16 

 18 

 18 

 20 

 18 

 11 



n 



19 

 18 

 11 

 18 

 18 

 16 

 15 

 11 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Medium. . . 

 Stiff & bright 



123 Stiff & bright 



119 



115 



123 



119 



120 



124 



115 



115 



113 



122 



124 



118 



123 



119 



123 



123 



120 



115 



120 



120 



124 



119 



120 



122 



116 



115 



124 



116 



12;^ 



120 



122 



120 



122 



122 



124 



122 



115 



115 



123 



Weak .... 

 Medium. . 

 Stiff & bright 

 Medium. . 

 Stiff & bright 



Medium. . 

 Stiff & bright 



Medium. . 

 Stiff & bright 

 Medium. . 

 Weak .... 

 Stiff & bright 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



Weak .... 

 Stiff & bright 

 Medium. 

 Stiff & bright 

 Medium . . 



Weak ..'.'. 



Stiff & bright 

 II It . . 

 Medium .... 

 Stiff & bright 

 Weak 



122 Stiff & bright 



115 

 122 

 122 

 120 

 119 

 115 



Weak 



Stiff & bright 



tl It 



Weak .... 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



Kind of 

 Head. 



Bearded. 



Beardless , 



Bearded . . 



II 

 Beardless . 



M 

 M 

 II 



Bearded . . 



u . . 



M . . 



n . . 



Beardless . 



Bearded . . 



Beardless. 

 Bearded . . 

 Beardless. 

 Bearded . , 

 Be.ardless 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



3 



Xi 



59 15 



57 30 

 57 



56 30 

 52 

 51 



50 30 

 60 



49 30 



49 15 

 49 



48 45 



48 30 



48 15 

 48 



47 30 



47 15 

 47 



46 45 



46 15 

 46 



45 45 



45 30 



45 30 



45 15 

 45 



44 45 



44 30 



44 15 

 44 



43 45 



43 30 

 43 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



CO 



60 



60 



OOi 



61 



60i 



61' 



61 



GOi 



CO 



60 



61 



61 



61 



CO 



60^ 



60 



60 



60^ 



61 



60^ 



60 



60 



61 



60 



60 Jf 



CO" 



60 



CO 



60 



CO 



60 



50 



60 



60 



60i 



61 



60 



60i 



60 



60 



60 



60 



61 



CO 



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CO 



