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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD Vll., A. 1906 



turns. The most productive of the pure yellow oats have heen Mennonite and Colum- 

 bus. The most productive black oat has been Black Beauty. 



Earliest Varieties of Oats. — Among the earliest varieties of oats should be men- 

 tioned Tartar King, "Welcome and Daubeney. These are all white oats and give a fair 

 crop, but farmers are advised not to grow them except in cases where earlin^s is bf 

 very great importance. The white oats mentioned in the preceding paragraph wiH 

 generally be found more profitable. 



SIX-ROW BARLEY. 



The Mandsclieuri barley introduced into the plots this year is a strain obtained 

 from Prof. Zavitz, of the Ontario Agricultural College. Mandscheuri and Mensury are 

 probably different strains derived from the same original Manchurian bar'.ey. While 

 it is tx) be r^retted that such remarkable names are in use, we must accept them as 

 they are. The two strains of this barley were grown side by side this year, and are 

 being carefully compared to determine, especially, which of them gives the larger 

 average yield in the climate of Ottawa. The results of the present season are very 

 striking, but, of course, a single test cannot be considered here as conclusive. 



The plots were all one- fortieth of an acre. The seed was sown on April 26, at 

 the rate of If bushels to the acre. An unusually heavy crop was obtained. The soil 

 was a clay loam. 



The yield per acre is expressed in * bushels ' of 48 pounds. 



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

 asterisk. 



Six-row Barley — Test of Varieties. 





Name of Variety. 



1 Nugent* 



2 Mensury 



3 Albert* 



4 Trooper* 



5 Oderbruch. . 



6 Odessa 



7 Common . . 



8 Sunimit* 



9 Claude* 



10 Brome * .... 



11 Mandscheuri 



12 Black Japan . .. . 



13 Silver King 



14 Escourgeon 



15 A.rgyle*' 



16 Stella* 



ITlRoyal* 



ISlSisjlsk 



19 Hulless Black . . . 



20 Yale* 



21 Mansfield* 



22iBere 



23 j Blue Long Head. 



24 Chinese Hulless 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



Rennie's Improved . . . 



Em])ire * 



Norwegian 



Rclipse ... 



Champion (beardless). 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



July 24 



M 21 



„ 24 



M 22 



u 24 



„ 21 



M 20 



„ 20 



„ 22 



„ 24 



• „ 23 



„ 20 



M 21 



M 23 



,- 24 



M 24 



M 22 



M 20 



,. 19 



„ 25 



„ 24 



„ 19 



„ 24 



M 27i 



M 23 



M 24 



„ 21 



>- 27 



.. 19 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



8942 

 86 39 

 89 40 

 8741 

 89 43 

 86 42 

 85 '39 



42 

 43 



38 



85 



87 



89 



88142 



85 32 



86 '40 



88 1 39 



89-13 



89144 



87140 



85 40 

 8437 

 90142 

 89 41 

 84'34 

 89 1 36 

 92:28 

 8837 

 89139 



86 41 



92 

 84 



43 

 45 



44 

 41 

 42 

 43 

 45 

 44 

 41 

 44 

 45 

 40 

 44 

 34 

 42 

 41 

 45 

 46 

 42 

 42 

 39 

 44 

 43 

 36 

 38 

 30 

 30 

 41 

 43 

 45 

 47 



Stiff..... 

 Medium. 

 Weak.... 

 Stiff 



Mediimi . 

 Weak.. . . 

 Medium. 

 Weak... 

 Medium . 



Weak.... 

 Medium. 



Stiff 



Medium. 



Weak. 

 Stiff., 



Mediu) 



Weak. 

 Stiff.. 



Weak. 



Stiff.. 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches, 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



3i:C5 

 3iG3 

 3^62 

 2f — 3i 61 

 3 — Sl'Gl 



1|- 

 3?- 



2|- 

 3 — 



2i60 

 3|58 

 3 l57 

 3 156 

 3i55 



2i 

 2i- 



— 2 



-H 



-3i 



— 3 



n- 

 11 = 



oil _ 



3 — 



2f 

 2i 

 •)S 



3 

 3 



H 



3i 



54 

 51 

 50 

 49 

 46 

 45 

 43 

 13 

 43 

 142 

 42 

 42 

 40 



24 

 12 

 40 

 8 

 16 

 12 

 20 

 36 

 24 

 12 

 12 

 40 

 36 

 24 

 12 

 20 

 28 

 32 



28 



32 



40 



36 



36 



16 



4 



4 



4 



Ui 



3 



00 



* . 

 <i a 



I-" ^ 



Lbs. 



46 



46 



47i 



47 



46i 



46" 



49 



45i 



47i 



48" 



46 



45 



47i 



4S| 



48" 



47 



46^ 



47 



62 



48A 



46i 



48 



40 



58 



49 



47 



m 



49 

 39 



Rusted. 



Slightly. 



Considerablv. 

 Slightly. 



Considerably 



Slightly. 



Considerably 



Slightly, 



Considerably 



Slightly. 



Coijsiderably 



Slightly. 



Considerably 



Slightly. 



