362 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 SPRING WHEAT — TEST OF VARIETIES — Concluded. 



Name of Variety. 



Vernon 



Byron . . 



Minnesota, No. 169 



Mason 



Pringle's Chainplain . . 



Beauty 



Red Fern 



Crawford 



Robin's Rust Proof 



Speltz. 



Australian, No. 9 



Harold 



J^ion's 



Countess 



Cartier 



Cassel - 



Huron . . . . 



Alpha 



Wellman's Fife 



Ebert 



Australian, No. 13. . . . 



Weldon . . 



Norval 



Japanese 





116 

 116 

 122 

 124 

 124 

 123 

 122 

 115 

 124 

 124 

 12.3 

 113 

 120 

 122 

 119 

 118 

 116 

 119 

 119 

 115: 

 122 

 119 

 115 

 115 



Character 



of 



Straw . 



Medium. . 



Stiff'&briglit 

 Weak . . . 

 Stiff & bright 



Weak 



Medium. . . . 



Weak 



Stiff & bright 



Medium 



Stiff & bright 



Weak 



Med iura 



Stiff & bright 

 Medium .... 

 Stiff & bright 



Weak 



Medium 



Stiff'& bright 

 Medium 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



In. 



42 

 36 

 48 

 40 

 40 

 44 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 41 

 40 

 42 

 42 

 40 

 48 

 40 

 44 

 44 

 38 

 43 

 42 

 42 

 36 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



In. 



3.^ 



3 



3^ 



2i 



3 



3i 



3^ 



2 

 3 



4 



2| 

 3 

 3i 

 3 



H 



3 



3 



2i 



3 



3 



2i 



Kind of 

 Head. 



Bearded . . 



II 

 Beardless . 



II . 

 Bearded . . 

 Beardless . 

 Bearded . . 



II . . 

 Beardless, 

 Bearded . . 

 Beardless, 

 Bearded . , 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



S Xi 



» h^ 



39 



38 45 



38 30 



38 15 

 38 



37 45 



37 45 



37 30 



37 15 

 37 

 37 



36 45 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



60 

 60 



60 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 59 

 60 

 60 

 60 



61 



60 



60 



60i 



61 



60 



60 



60 



GO 



60 



PEASE. 



Fifty -seven varieties of field pease were sown April 22 in plots of one-fortieth of 

 an acre. They were sown in one of the apple orchards and a strip of six feet on each 

 side of the rows of trees was left, yet the shade cast by the trees retarded ripening and 

 made curing the crop very difficult. The vines made rf. vigorous growth and blossomed 

 profusely, but the late bloom did not fill well. The soil v/as a light loam and had a 

 crop of clover turned under in .spring and was thoroughly disked and harrowed before 

 the seed was sown. There was no mildew on the vines, and as we had no insect pests, 

 the sample of grain is a good one. 



