REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. 8HARPE 



405 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 

 Nineteen varieties of six-rowed barley, and fifteen of two-rowed were tested this 

 year. The land selected for the barley plots was a light loam which was in clover in 

 1903 ; this received a light dressing of stable manure in the autumn of that year, when 

 the clover, with the added manure, was turned under. It was planted with potatoes in 

 1904, and was in very good condition for grain in 1905. The plots were one-fortieth 

 of an acre each, and the grain was sown on April 15, at the rate of two bushels per acre. 

 The barley is very bright, but owing to the very hot weather which prevailed when the 

 grain was in the dough stage, and which hastened the ripening, it is not as plump as 

 it was in 1904. There was no smut on any of this grain. 



Six-rowed Barley — Test of Varieties. 



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n 



Name of Variety. 



1 Nugent . 



2 Argyle. 



3 Mensury . 



4 Brome . 



5 Albert 



6 Stella 



7 Oderbrueh 



8 Blue Long Head . . . 



9 Yale 



10 Empire 



11 Rennie's Improved, 



12 Odessa 



13 Common 



14 Mansfield 



15 Champion 



16 Claude 



17 Royal 



IS Summit 



IQiTrooper 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



July 



Aucr. 



2<J.. 



20.. 



26.. 



27.. 



27.. 



29.. 



27. 



27.. 



28.. 



29.. 



24 . 



24.. 



27.. 



29.. 



22.. 



26.. 



27.. 



1 . 



1.. 





O 



105 

 102 

 102 

 103 

 103 

 105 

 103 

 103 

 104 

 105 

 100 

 100 

 103 

 105 

 98 

 102 

 103 

 108 

 108 



o 



to 



a 

 <u 



1-3 



In. 



44 



42 

 46 

 42 

 42 

 40 

 44 

 40 

 42 

 44 

 48 

 45 

 42 

 46 

 46 

 44 

 44 

 40 

 46 



Strong. 



Character 



of 



Straw. 





o 



S 

 (D 



1-5 



In. 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



6,800 

 6,800 

 6,400 

 6,960 

 6,600 

 8,000 

 5,520 

 6,400 

 6,400 

 6,440 

 5,520 

 5,400 

 5,600 

 6,000 

 7,000 

 5,400 

 5,440 

 5,440 

 5,120 





bi 3 



.bp 

 '5 



Lbs. 



50i 



49| 



46i 



50 



51| 



6l| 



mi 



42 



50 



50 



53 



50i 



49j 



50"" 



45 



51^ 



51 



51 



49J 



Two-rowed Barley — Test of Varieties. 



S 



Name of Variety. 



1 Newton 



2 Swedish Chevalier. 



3 Canadian Thorpe . 



4 Beaver 



5 fnvincible 



6 Stand well 



7 French Chevalier. 

 Clifford 



9 Harvey 



10 Sidney 



11 -Jarvis 



12 Dunham 



13 Danish Chevalier.. . 



14 Gordon 



15 Logan ... 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Strong 



Medium 



Strong 



Medium 



Strong 



II 



II 



Very strong, 

 Strong , 



Medium . 



Strong. 



w 



o 

 xi 



be 



a 



In. 



3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 



4i 

 4 



3-4 

 3 



'4 

 4 

 4 



3-4 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



168 

 153 

 151 

 167 

 160 

 148 

 158 

 156 

 148 

 136 

 138 

 146 

 140 

 123 

 118 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



w 



.a 

 to 



1^ 



m 

 r-s 



52 

 51 

 51 

 49 

 46 

 46 

 42 

 41 

 39 

 37 

 36 

 35 

 29 

 25 



24 

 32 

 12 

 28 

 32 

 22 

 24 

 32 



8 

 34 

 12 

 40 



8 

 40 



Lbs. 



&U 



6U 



52* 



50 



50h 



5li 



51 



49^ 



51 



49 



50 



50^ 



51 



48i 



