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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



Both Red and White Fife were hadly lodged, but Preston stood up fairly well, and no 

 doubt this fact accoiints largely for the better returns obtained from the latter variety. 



In many parts of this province the injury from smut in wheat has been greater 

 this year than usual, and much loss has resulted. On this Farm all seed grain is 

 treated with either bluestone or formalin, and there has been no injury whatever from 

 this cause. Where the wheat has been treated and smut appears it is evident, either 

 that the proper proportion of the drug has not been used or the work has been done 

 carelessly. 



Thirty varieties of spring wheat were sown this season on April 10 and 12, side by 

 side, on black loam fallowed, the plots being one-twentieth of an acre each. 



Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



u 



CD 



^ 



Name of Variety. 



1 Preston 



2 Laurel 



3J White Fife 



4 Huron 



5 Advance 



6 Red Fife 



7 Wellman's Fife 



8 Haynes' Bine Stem . 



9 Po\vej-'s Fife 



10; Minnesota No. 1G3. . 



lliPercy 



12|Riga 



ISjBishop 



14, Stanley 



ISjPringle's Chaniiilain 

 IG Dawn 



17 Monarch 



18 Australian No. i) 



19|Herisson Piearded. . . 



20 Downy Riga 



2l|McKendry's Fife... 



22! Chester 



23] White Ru.ssian 



24! Hungarian White. . . 



25! Early Riga 



2G,Colorado 



27|Weldon 



28jCountess 



29 Clyde : 



30 Red Fern 





136 

 138 

 141 

 136 

 138 

 141 

 142 

 141 

 139 

 141 

 137 

 134 

 129 

 136 

 136 

 136 

 142 

 140 

 139 

 128 

 142 

 136 

 141 

 138 

 130 

 137 

 140 

 137 

 138 

 136 



bCu 



In. 



54 

 54 

 51 

 54 

 51 

 49 

 57 

 54 

 52 

 53 

 53 

 47 

 48 

 53 

 47 

 53 

 50 

 50 

 47 

 47 

 52 

 54 

 48 

 52 

 52 

 52 

 48 

 53 

 61 

 50 



o 



C3, 



izn 



Q 



StifiF. 



Fair. 



Stiff.' 

 Fair. 



M 



Fair. 



Stiff. 



Weak 



Fair 



Stiff 



Weak 



Stiff. . . 

 Weak . 



tl 

 Fair. . . 



to**:! 



In. 



3| 



4 



3i 



4" 



3h 



^ 



4 



4 



3h 



4 



4 



34 



34 



4" 



4 



3f 



4 



4 



4 



3 



4 



4 



4 



4i 



3h 



.->2 



4 



3^ 

 4 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Bearded 

 Bald . . . 



ri . . . 



Bearded 

 Bald . . . 



I* . . . 



tl . . 



M ... 



tl ... 



II . . 



M ... 



tl ... 



It ... 



Bearded, 

 Bald . . . 



M ... 



tl ... 



Bearded 

 Bald . . . 



II ... 

 II ... 

 II ... 



Bearded. 

 Bald . . . 

 Bearded. 

 Bald . . . 



It ... 



II ... 

 Bearded, 





Lbs. 



5,480 

 7,260 

 5,960 

 6,480 

 5,600 

 3,680 

 (),800 

 6,120 

 (),760 

 6,980 

 6,100 

 5,()40 

 5,480 

 5,780 

 5,700 

 6,100 

 6,800 

 7,340 

 5,340 

 4,900 

 6,200 

 6, .560 

 7,360 

 5,400 

 5,000 

 5,400 

 6,140 

 4,640 

 5,640 

 4,600 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



3 .Q 



cq 1-1 



52 .. 



47 40 



47 20 



47 .. 



46 40 



45 20 



45 .. 



44 40 



44 .. 



43 40 



43 20 



42 40 



42 .. 



42 .. 



41 40 



41 40 



41 .. 



41 .. 



41 .. 



40 .. 



40 .. 



39 .. 



39 .. 



38 20 



38 . . 



36 40 



36 .. 



36 .. 



34 20 



33 20 



■51 £ 



■Jpq 



Lbs 



GO 



584 

 564 

 604 

 60^ 



584 



614 



60 



59 



57 



57 



551 



59 



61 



57 



604 



CO' 



5Si 



56 



(;o 



584 



554 



57" 



58 



58 



57 



604 



55 



60 



Rusted. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Cimsiderably. 



11 

 Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 



Barlly. 



Sligntly. 



Con irider ably. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MACARONI WHEAT. 



As rust was not as prevalent as usual this year Macaroni wheat gave only a slight 

 increase in yield over the ordinary wh-eats. It is unsaleable for milling purposes in 

 this country, and for that reason we do not recommend it for general cultivation. 



The size of the plots for this test was one-twentieth of an acre, the soil a black 

 loam, summer-fallowed. All were sown on April 12. 



