270 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



ordinary threshing the chaS is not separated from the kernels as in other grain and 

 cannot well be compared with the other sorts which are threshed clean. 



Emmer and Spelt — Test of Varieties. 



S 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 



Ripening, 



Red SSjjelt 



White Spelt .... 

 Red Emmer. . . . 

 Common Emmer 



1905. 



Sept. 2. 



2. 



Aug.' 31. 



11 31. 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Beardless 



11 

 Bearded . 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



3,600 

 3,000 

 2,200 

 2,400 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Lbs. 



2,440 

 2,3G0 

 1,120 

 2,400 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FIELD PEASE. 



Thirty varieties of pease were sown in uniform plots of one-fortieth acre each, on 

 a clay loam. This was in a poor state of fertility, having been in pasture for many 

 years and no fertilizer having been applied for at least ten years. The land was 

 ploughed in the fall and worked up this spring with diss and s'pring-tooth harrows, 

 and sown with the drill seeder at the rate of from 2 to 3 bushels per acre, Mammoth 

 Red clover being sown at the same time at the rate of 10 lbs. per acre. 



The following yields per acre was obtained: — 



Pease — Test of Varieties. 



0) 



5 



1 

 2 



3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 10 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 



Name of Variety. 



Mammy 



Nelson 



Eno^Htfh Gray 



White Marrowfat 



Parngon 



White Wonder 



Black Eye Marrowfat. 



Duke ... 



Chancellor 



Picton 



Prince Albert 



A rthur 



Daniel O'Rourke 



Golden Vine 



Pride 



German White 



Cafleton 



Gregory 



Mackay 



Crown 



Wisconsin Blue 



Pearl 



Kent 



Prussian Blue 



Agnes 



Archer 



Prince ... ._ 



Early Britain 



Macoun 



Victoria 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Sept. 



Number 

 of 

 Days 

 Matur- 

 ing. 



Character 



of 

 Growth. 



9 



9 



14 



11 



■2 



2 



11 



13 



12 



11 



12 



2 



9 

 11 

 11 



6 

 11 

 11 

 14 



2 

 11 

 14 

 11 



9 

 12 

 13 

 11 



6 

 14 

 12 



109 



109 



114 



111 



102 



102 



111 



113 



102 



111 



112 



102 



109 



111 



111 



106 



111 



111 



114 



102 



111 



114 



111 



109 



112 



113 



111 



106 



114 



112 



Medium . 



Good...' 



II . . . . 



Medium . 



Good . . . '. 

 Medium. 



Good ...'. 

 Medium, 



Good.... 

 iVicuiuiu. 

 Good.... 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Medium . 

 Good.... 

 Medium . 

 Good.... 



Inches. Inches. 



36-40 

 30-40 

 37-42 

 36-42 

 .30-35 

 30-36 

 3(3-42 

 34-38 

 29-33 

 34-38 

 35-40 

 28-32 

 33-37 

 33-37 

 34-35 

 34-38 

 34-40 

 35-40 

 38-42 

 30-36 

 34-38 

 .30-34 

 36-41 

 33-38 

 38-44 

 34-38 

 36-40 

 33-36 

 38-43 

 36-40 



Size 



of 



Pea. 



Medium 



Large . . 

 Medium 



11 

 Large . . 



Small ; '. 

 Medium 

 Small . . 

 Medium 

 Small . . 

 II . . 

 ; Medium 



Large . . 

 Small . . 

 Medium 



II 

 Large . . 

 Small . . 

 Large . . 

 Medium 



11 

 Large . . 



Weight 



■jser 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



6Sh 



63J 



60| 



63| 



63 



63| 



62 



62 



64 



63i 



62| 



62| 



64 



63 



63 



63i 



63j 



62i 



63 



64 



64i 



62' 



63 



63 



62J 



63 



62 



62 



622 



62 



