REPORT OF THE CEREALIST 



217 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Macaroni Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



S 



s 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 



Name of Variety. 



Roumanian 



13eloturka , 



Yellow (jrhaniovka 



Gharnovka 



Black Don 



Velvet Don 



Kahla 



Kubanka 



Goose 



Malnnoudi 



Medeah 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 3 



dS 



Length 



of 

 Straw, 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



Inches. 



105 48 

 105 4G 

 105;49 

 105'49 

 109 48 

 107|48 

 106l45 

 1]0;50 

 109 '4G 

 109:42 

 106144 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



50Sti£F 



48 Medium . 



51 Stiff 



51 ,. . . . . 

 501 Medium. 



50 Stiff 



47 II . . . . 



— 52 ,. . . . 



— 48 M .... 



— 44 '.Medium. 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Yield 



per 



acre. 



® £.5 73 



46'Stiff . 



Inches, j g 



2i — 3 40 

 2| — 2| 39 

 2| — 3i 37 

 2| — 3+ 32 

 2| — 2| 28 

 2| — 2||23 

 2| — 2im 

 2 — 2i 25 

 2i — 2| 20 

 2} — 2| 20 

 2* — 3! 19 



20 



20 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 20 



Lbs. 



62i 



64| 



62^ 



6U 



59S 



59| 



57 



62 



63 



58 



59 



Rusted. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 



II 

 Considerably. 



Roumanian, which stands at the head of the list this year, has also given the 

 highest average yield during the past five years. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



The plots of winter wheat were sown on September 8th, 1904. All the plots were 

 one-fortieth of an acre, and the seed was used at the rate of If bushels to the acre. The 

 soil was a clay loam. 



Owing to the cool weather which prevailed in September and October the growth 

 on the plots was less vigorous than usual when winter set in. The ample covering of 

 snow, however, prevented serious injury during the cold weather, and the plots made 

 good growth in the spring and early summer. An unusually heavy crop of grain was 

 harvested. 



The well-known variety, Turkey Red, is omitted from the plots this season, owing 

 to the fact that the seed was not in a satisfactory condition. Two new strains of 

 selected Turkey Red were obtained this past summer, one from the Kansas Experim.ent 

 Station (Turkey Red No. 380), and the other through the Department of Agriculture 

 at Washington. These were sown in the plots this autumn. 



Winter Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 



Name of Variety. 



American Banner 



Gold Coin 



Jones' Winter Fife 



Abundance 



Early Red Clawson 



Dawson's Golden ChafiF 



Prosperity 



Kharkov 



Red Chief 



Buda Pesth 



Early Windsor 



12 In vincible 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



Egyptian Amber. , 

 Red Velvet Chaff. 



Silver Sheaf , 



Imperial Amber. . 



Padi 



Reliable 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



05 r^ 





July 



21 

 20 

 20 

 21 

 21 

 20 

 21 

 23 

 21 

 20 

 21 

 21 

 24 

 20 

 20 

 24 

 22 

 25 



Length 

 of 



Straw, 



includ- 

 ing 



Head. 



316 

 315 

 315 

 31C. 

 31G 

 315 

 310 

 318 

 31C 

 315 

 316 

 316 

 319 

 315 

 315 

 319 

 317 

 320 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Inches. 



49 — 51 



49 — 51| 

 51 — 53 



50 — 52: 



54 — 56 



49 — 51 



51 — 53 

 46 — 48 



51 — 53 



52 — 54 

 46 — 48 

 48 — 50 



50 — 52 



45 — 47 



55 — 57 

 55 — 57 

 44 — 46 



46 — 48 



Stiff 



Weak 



Stiff 



Medium . 



Stiff 



Rutted. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably, 

 ti 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 

 Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



