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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII,, A. 1905 



EMMER AKD SPELT. 



The plots of emmer and spelt were one-fortieth of an acre. The grain was sown 

 on April 20ih, at the rate of about 120 lbs. ^per acre. The soil was a clay loam. 



Long Emmer and Single Emmer will be rejected from the plots next year on 

 account of their extreme lateness in ripening. 



Emmer akd Spelt — Test op Varieties. 



o 

 .a 



S 



3 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 



5 

 6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



White Spelt Aug. 11 



Smooth Spelt n 15 



Common Emmer n 1 



Thick Emmer u 3 



White Emmer n 8 



Red Emmer i ,i 8 



Long-Emmer I u 23 



Red Spelt I „ 14 



White Bearded Spelt i ■. 14 



Single Emmer n 30 



"? be 



•"5 



113 

 117 

 103 

 105 

 110 

 110 

 125 

 116 

 116 

 132 



Length 



of 

 Straw, 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



Character 

 of 



Straw. 



Inches. 



49 — 51 



44 — 46 



46 — 38 

 43 — 45 



45 — 47 

 41 — 43 



47 — 49 



46 — 48 



47 — 49 

 34 — 36 



Stiflf 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Lbs. 



2,400 

 2,120 

 2,060 

 2,060 

 1,920 

 1,880 

 1,660 

 1,620 

 1,6^) 

 1,380 



'^ a 



cS bo 



^ a 



J3 O 



LbB. 



27i 



28 



36i 



30| 



30 



32 



27 



29 



27i 



Knsted. 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



n 



Conaiderablv. 

 Slightly. 



OATS. 



The varieties added to the plots this season are: — 



Dinauer and Fichtel Mountain. — These were obtained from Germany. They are 

 white oats with loose, open heads. 



Kirsche. — This was obtained from Mr. A. Kirsche, of Pliffelbach-Apolda. It is 

 a white oat with a loose, oi^en head. 



Green Russian. — This variety is grown in some parts of Manitoba, but had not 

 been tested, previously, at this Farm. It is a mixture of at least two sorts, white and 

 yellow, both having loose, open head^. 



The plots were sown on April 26th and 27th; the seed being used at the rate 

 of two bushels per acre for most varieties, but in somewhat greater quantities when- 

 ever the oats were of unusually large size. The plots were one-fortieth of an acre. 

 The soil varied from a sandy loam to a clay loam. 



The yield per acre is expressed in ' bushels ' of 34 pounds. 



*Varieties produced at the Central Experimental Farm are marked with an 

 asterisk. 



Oats — Test of Varieties. 





s 



Name of Variety. 



Banner 



White Giant 



Uberfiuss , 



Bavarian 



Improved American 



Danish Island 



Golden Tartarian . . , 

 Pioneer (black) 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



July 31 



Aug. 1 



July 31 



Aug. 1 

 1 



July 31 



Aug. G 



July 26 



a.S 



dS 



96 

 97 

 95 

 96 

 97 

 95 



Length 



of 

 Straw, 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



Inches. 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



40 

 41 

 45 

 42 

 42 

 44 



101141 

 90 41 



42|Medium. 



43 M . 

 47 Weak . . . 

 441 Medium. 



44 Stiff 

 46 

 43 

 43 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Inches. ^ , 



ca "^ 



84 4 



84 4 



80 .. 



77 22 



77 22 



75 10 



75 10 



7i - 8^:74 24 



^ o a 



bo 



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tL$ 



Lbs. 



321 



33j 



3li 



32 



33i 



34| 



30 



33 



Rusted. 



Considerablj-. 



Badly. 

 Considerably. 



Badly. 



