261 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



Most Productive Varieties of Spring Wheat. — Excluding the macaroni -wheats, 

 which are considered separately, the most productive varieties of gpring wheat at thi» 

 Farm for the last five years have been Preston, Huron, Herisson Bearded and Pringle'a 

 Champlain. These are all bearded varieties. Preston, Huron and Pringle's Cham- 

 plain are of good quality for milling purposes. 



The most productive beardless variety, during the last five years, has been Whit3 

 Fife. Eed Fife (beardless) and Red Fern (bearded) have also given very good yields; 

 wiiile White Russian (beardless). Laurel (beardless), and Welbnan's Fife (beardless) 

 have proved almost equally productive. 



Earliest Varieties of Spring Wheat. — The earliest varieties of spring wheat grown 

 in the plots on this Farm are Harold, Ebert, Eraser, Gehun, Early Riga, Riga and 

 Downy Riga. These sorts are not yet available for general distribution, but the best 

 of them will be introduced as soon as possible. 



Pre?ton, Stanley and Percy are the earliest kinds which are now being sent out 

 from the Experimental Farms. They ripen at Ottawa about six days before Red Fife. 



MACARONI OR DURUM WHEAT. 



The term " macaroni '• wheat is generally employed to designate those extremely 

 hard varieties with large kernels of which ' Goose ' or * Wild Goose ' is the best- 

 known example in Canada. The different sorts of macaroni wheat are by no means 

 identical in quality, but for commercial purposes they are generally considered as 

 practically the same. 



They are looked upon with disfavour by millers; and farmers who grow any 

 wheat of this class should exercise great care to prevent it from becoming mixed with 

 wheat which is to be sold for flour-making. 



As a rule, these wheats suffer lees from drought and from rust than other sorts. 

 They may, therefore, in some cases, be grown to advantage, especially in rather dry 

 districts where rust is apt to be severe. Though these varieties were attacked by rust 

 during the past season at this Farm, it will be noticed that the evil effects of the dis- 

 ease were not nearly so marked as in the ease of spring wheats of the ordinary type, 

 the macaroni wheats being higher in yield arid in weight per bushel. They are not, 

 however, to be generally recommended for damp climates. It should also be borne 

 in mind that the market price of macaroni wheat is generally lower than that paid for 

 rarieties of wheat which are popular for milling purposes. 



The plots of macaroni wheat were one-fortieth of an acre in extent. The seed 

 ^was sown on May 2 at the rate of If bushels to the acre. 



The yield per acre is expressed in ' bushels ' of 60 pounds. 



