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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD V!I., A. 1905 



date of ripening and the number of days required for maturing are^ tlierefore, not 

 recorded this season. 



The plots were all one-fortieth of an acre. The seed was sown on May 5 at the 

 rate of 1| bushels to the acre. Both the yield and the quality of the grain were satis- 

 factory. 



The yield per acre is expressed in ' bushels ' of 48 pounds. 



SIX-ROW B.VRI.KY— TEST OF VARIETIES. 



a 



2 



o 

 O 



4 

 5 

 f) 

 7 

 8 

 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 21 

 28 

 29 

 SO 



Name of Variety. 



Stella* 



Nugent* 



Baxter 



Yale* 



Escourgeon 



Sisolsk 



Common 



Odessa 



Argyle* 



Summit* 



Clauds* 



Mensury 



Black Japan 



Blue Long Head 



Empire* , 



Garfield* 



Rennie's Improved . . . 



Bere 



Brome* 



HuUess Black. . . . . . 



Oderbruch 



Albert* 



Roj'al* 



Norwegian 



Eclipse 



Trooper* 



Silver King 



Champion (beardless) . 



Mansfield* 



Cliine.se Hulless. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Julv 



Aug. 



July 



AUL'. 



July 



Aug. 



July 



AUET. 



Stiff . 



Medium, 



Stiff.... 



Weak 

 Stiff.. 

 \Veak 



Stiff.. 



Medium 

 Stiff .. . 

 Medium 



Stig.... 



Medium 



Lengtli 



of 

 Head. 



Inches 



4 -4i 

 31-31 



2 -''-}■ 



k-il 



3i-4 

 4 -4i 



3 -3.<F 

 m-H 



3.i4 



2 -2i 



3 -3^ 

 3i-4 

 Si-4 

 3 -32 

 3 -3i 

 2f-3| 

 3-3^ 



3 -3| 



4 -4| 

 Si-3i 

 3.W4 



o — 1>5 



3 -3i 

 .3i^4.t 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



•>4 



PQ 

 58 

 50 

 46 

 45 

 45 

 44 

 43 

 43 

 43 

 13 

 43 

 42 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 -10 

 40 

 39 

 :^7 

 37 

 36 

 30 

 34 

 34 

 32 

 27 

 26 

 22 

 17 

 14 





Rusted. 



Hi 



20 



36 

 16 

 10 

 16 

 16 

 24 

 3.-> 

 12 

 12 

 40 



"s 



24j 



4 



32 



12 



8 



8 



4 



4 



12 



24 



44 



28 



Lbs. 

 51 



51 



43 



54 



48i 



51 



49i 



49J 



495 



50 



49| 



^9i 



42 



48 



49^ 



5U 



45 



51 



61i 



50| 



49 



50 



47 



52 



49i 



48| 



42 



45 



59?! 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Siightly. 



r: 



Badly. 

 Slightly. 

 Considerably. 

 Siightly. 



Badly. 



*Cross-bred varieties produced at the Experimental Farms are marked with an 

 asterisk. 



Most Productive Varieties of Six-roiv Barley. — Taking the arerage of the returnt. 

 for the last five years, the varieties of six-rov/ barley found to be the most productivp 

 at this Farm are Stella, Blue Long Head, Odessa and Mensury. 



Earliest Varieties of Six-rnvj Borrley. — The dilferences in earliness to be observe • 

 among the varieties of six-row barley are not A-ery striking. Among the earliest sort-p 

 are Mensury, Common, Odessa and Stella. 



Beardless Slx-roiv Barley. — The tests carried on at this Farm indicate that Cham 

 pion is the best variety of beardless barley that has been grown here. It gives, how- 

 ever, rather a small yield. It ripens early. 



Hulless Six-row Barley. — The most productive variety of hulless barley which 

 has been tested at this Farm is Hulless Black. This is a bearded sort. 



