REPORT OF THE CEREALIST 



221 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Most Productive Varieties of Six-Row Barley. — Taking the average of the re- 

 turns for the last five years, the varieties of six-row barley found to be the most pro- 

 ductive at this Fami are Stella, Odessa, Nugent, Mensury and Blue Long Head. 



Earliest Varieties of Six-Row Barley. — The differences in earliness to be observed 

 among the varieties of six-row barley are not very striking. Among the earli^t sorts 

 are Odessa and Mensury. 



Beardless Six-Row Barley. — The tests carried on at (this farm indicate that Cham- 

 pion is the best variety of beardless barley that has been grown here. It ripens early 

 but gives a poor yield and is not to be recommended. 



Hvlless Six-Row Barley. — The most productive variety of huUess barley which 

 has been tested at this farm is Hulless Black. This is a bearded sort. It ripens early 

 but has weak straw and gives a small yield. 



TWO-ROW BAELEY. 



Archer Chevalier is a strain of the well-known Chevalier barley. It was obtained 

 from Ireland and was sown in the plots for the fij^t time this year. 



The plots of two-row barley were sown on April 25th, the seed being used at the 

 rate of two bushels to the acre. The plots were one-fortieth of an acre. The soil varied 

 from a light loam to a clay loam. 



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



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

 asterisk. 



Two-row Barley — Test of Varieties. 



c 

 5 



Name of Variety. 



1 Swan's Neck 



2 Danish Chevalier.. 



3 French Chevalier. . . 



4 Hannchen 



5 Fichtel Mountain . . 



6 Stand well ... 



7 Bestehorn's Kaiser. 



8 Clifford* . 



S Archer Chevalier.. . 



10 Swedish Chevalier. 



11 Harvey* 



12 Logan* 



13 Primus 



14 Beaver* 



15 Jar vis* . . 



10 Princess 



17iInvinci'ole . . 



ISjMaltster 



19| Canadian Thorpe. . 



20 Sidney* 



2l[Princess Sv.ilof.. . . 



22|Gordon* 



23 Dunham* 



24[Neu-ton 



25 Brewer's Favourite. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



July 



Aug. 

 July 



Aug. 

 July 



1^ 



22 

 25 

 25 

 24 

 25 

 27 

 31 

 26 



1 

 26 

 26 

 26 

 31 

 25 

 25 



1 

 31 

 31- 

 31 

 27 

 3l! 

 27 

 27 

 31 

 31 



88 

 91 

 91 

 90 

 91 

 93 

 97 

 92 

 98 

 92 

 92 

 92 

 97 

 91 

 91 

 98 

 97 

 97 

 97 

 93 

 97 

 93 

 93 

 97 

 97 



Length 



of 

 Straw, 

 includ- 

 ing head 



Inches. 



38 

 45 

 44 

 33 

 39 

 37 

 41 

 47 

 34 

 3G 

 46 

 47 

 38 

 50 

 50 

 35 

 40 

 40 

 41 

 44 

 36 

 45 

 44 

 39 

 36 



to 40 

 II 47 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Medium. 

 Stiff 



40 „ 



35 „ 



41 „ .... 



39 „ 



43 1 Medium. 



4'.» 

 36 

 38 

 48 

 49 

 40 

 52 

 52 

 37 

 42 

 42 



Stiff.. .. 



Weak . . . 



It . . . 



Medium. 



Stiff....; 



Weak... 



Med ium . 



Weak . . . 



.. 43|Stitf 



II 46| II . . . . 

 II 38 Weak... 

 I, 47 Stiff 



4(>! 



41; Medium. 

 38!Stiff 



Length 



of 

 Head- 



Inches. 



2i to 3 

 35 II 4 



3i „ 3i 



3| II 4 



23 ,1 3| 

 3i ,1 3g 

 3 II 3i 



3 „ 3^ 

 ?i I. 4 

 3i M 3| 

 2h ,1 3 

 4" ,1 4i 



4 ,1 4i 

 '6\ II 3| 

 3 „ ^ 

 3 11 3i 

 2| „ 3| 



t> II O2 



3 „ H 

 2\ „ 3 

 3 11 Sf 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



^z II ."t 

 3 I, 34 



65 .. 



(-.2 44 



60 .. 



58 161 



56 12 



54 8 



53 36 



53 IG 



52 4 



50 40 



50 .. 



50 .. 



47 41 



47 24 



46 12 



45 20 



45 .. 



'43 IG 



42 24 



!42 24 



'4a 24 



141 12 



40 40 



m 16 



I3I 32] 



4) " 01 



O! 



a> 



S.O'o 



I 



Lbs. 



49i 



49 



51 



50| 



50J 



49| 



48 



49i 



48 



47 



50 



51 



51 



49i 



50| 



4C| 



48l 



44| 



48* 



50 



45 



49 



in 



49i 

 48 



Rusted. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably, 

 i Slightly. 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 

 Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



II 

 Considerably. 



iSlightly. 



Most Productive Varieties of Two-row Barley. — Taking -the average of the returns 

 for the past five years, the varieties of two-row barley found to be the most productive 

 at this Farm are: French Chevalier, Danish Chevalier and Canadian Thorpe. Other 

 very productive sorts are Standwell, Beaver and Princess Svalof. The latter is, how- 

 ever, late in ripening. 



