358 



EXPEIilMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



not seem to have been lessened, though the cost o£ harvesting was increased, as nearly 

 every acre on the farm had to be cut one way. 



Barley harvest commenced August 11, and everything was in stook on Septem- 

 ber 8. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH WHEAT. 



Thirty-four varieties of wheat were sown in uniform plots of one-twentieth acre 

 on April 6 on fallowed land. In all cases the yield of straw was excsssive and lodged 

 badly, and the early sorts were struck by rust and injured to a great extent. 



The land on which the uniform plots of wheat, oats and barley were sown was 

 manured for roots three years ago, which no doubt was one of the causes of the exces- 

 sive yield of straw on all the plots, and probably helped the rust in its work. 



Spring Wheat — Uniform Test of Varieties. 





Name of Variety. 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 



Minnesota No. 103 



Huron (Ottawa Seed) 



Haynes' Blue Stem, Minn. 169 



White Fife 



McKendry's Fife, Minn. 181 



Bishop 



Welhnan's Fife 



Dawn 



Percy (Ottawa Seed) 



Australian No. 9 



Stanley (Ottawa Seed). 



Laurel (Ottawa Seed). 



Power's Fife, Minn. 149 ... 

 Huron (Indian Head Seed).. 

 Laurel n n .. 



Stanley n n .. 



Chester 



Preston (Ottawa Seed) 



Red Fife 



Preston (Indian Head Seed) 



Monarch 



Countess . 



Colorado ... 



Clyde 



Advance. 



Percy (Indian Head Seed). . 



Pringle'a Chami^lain 



Red Fern 



Herisson Bearded 



Riga .... • • • 



Downy Riga 



Weldon 



Early Riga 



Hungarian White 



* These varieties were not fully ripe when cut, but were cut on account of being badly 

 affected with rust. Number of days from sowing to cutting, 135. 



WHEAT — TEST OF VARIETIES IN FIELD LOTS. 



Nine varieties of wheat were sown in field lots, on fallowed land, clay loam, at the 

 rate of 1^ bushels seed i>er acre. Huron and Preston, sown alongside each other, gave 



