KEPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SPEI.VG WHEAT TEST OF VAUIETIES. 



S7S 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Australian No. 9 



Red Fife 



Crawford 



Australian No. 19 



Power's Fife (Minn. 149). 



Chester 



Monarch . 



Preston 



Benton , 



Huron 



Pr ingle's Cham plain 



White Fife 



Fraser 



Advance 



Admiral 



Hungarian 



Dawn 



Early Riga 



B\'ron 



Hastings 



Hayne's Blue Stem (Minn, 



1G9) 



White Russian 



W'pjdon 



Wellmau's Fife 



Stanley 



Percj' 



Clyde 



Minnesota No. 163 



Laurel 



Countess 



Red Fern 



Plumper 



Herisson Bearded 



Colorado . . . 



Rio Grande 



McKendrv's Fife 



I Sept. 



Aug. 

 Sept. 



Aug. 

 Sept. 



1? 

 Aug. 

 Sept. 



Aug. 



(I 



Sept, 



-si 



S5 



6 



7 

 1 

 8 

 8 

 6 

 8 

 4 

 1 



29 

 2 

 7 



27 

 li 



1 



4 

 24 

 29 



4 



5 



H 2 



4 

 6 

 1 

 Aug. 31 



Sept. 



Aug. 29 

 Sept. 2 

 6 

 2 





« <« 



o 



I 



In. 



125 

 120 

 120 

 127 

 127 

 125 

 127 

 123 

 119 

 117 

 121 

 12G 

 115 

 120 



fi 125 



120 

 123 

 112 

 117 

 123 



124 

 121 



1241 

 120 



119 

 31j 120 

 4 123 

 4! 123i 

 1! 120; 

 l! 120! 

 3 122; 

 117! 

 12ll 

 125| 

 1211 



53|rair.. 

 53 Stiff. . 



4'l! ,. .. 

 50i ., .. 



51 i Weak 

 52;Stiff. . 

 51 1 Fair.. 

 53|Stiff.. 

 471 M .. 



52 Fair.. 

 50i I, .. 

 53'Stiff. . 

 41 „ .. 

 51 „ .. 

 53| „ .. 

 471 M . . 

 5l| „ .. 

 43 Stiff.. 

 50! „ .. 

 49' ., .. 



W^eak. 



Stiff".! 



50 



47 



53 



53 



51! Fair. . . 



50;Stiff.. 



50| „ ... 



52;Weak. 



53,Stiff.., 



50lFair. . . 



51 Stiff.., 



49 .. ... 



46 Weak. 



51, Fair.,, 



60| ,. ... 



521 ., .. 



In. 



4 



3A 

 S" 



H 



4 

 4 

 3^ 



3^ 

 4 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Beardless 



Bearded . 

 Beardless 

 S.^Bearded., 



3|l .■ .. 

 3 Beardles.s 



3 

 3 



Si 



3 



3 



3 



3i 



3 



Bearded . , 

 It 



Beardless , 

 Bearded . , 

 Beardless , 



11 

 Bearded . . 

 Beardless . 



4 

 4 



H 

 4 



4 



4 



6 



4 



4 



3 



3i' Bearded.. 



3 



2 



^ 



4i 



Beardless. 



•5" 



<« 



,02 



Lbs. 



6,550 

 6,700 

 5,840 

 6,840 

 6,800 

 6,2(i0 

 6,8S0 

 C,420 

 5,520 

 6,520 

 6,120 

 5,600 

 0.140 

 5,840 

 6,420 

 5,940 

 6,160 

 5,4201 

 5,380 

 4,880 



7,380 

 7.200 

 7,120 

 7,520 

 7,100 

 6,420 

 6,140 

 6,500 

 0,180; 

 5,5801 

 6,700i 

 6,800 

 5,800 

 6,080 

 6,920 

 6.520 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



« 

 30 

 30 

 3(; 

 36 

 '.'■o 

 34 

 33 

 33 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 29 

 29 

 29 

 28 

 27 

 27 



27 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 26 

 26 

 20 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 23 

 23 

 22 

 22 

 19 

 16 



J3 



40 

 40 



40 



20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



40 

 20 



40 



40 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



40 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 



40 

 20 





Lbs 

 59i 



mi 



59i 



59 



59i 



58g 



50 



58 



50^ 



58 



57^ 



58f 



57i 



5Ci 



57| 



50.^ 



58^ 



57 



Rusted. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 



Badly." 

 Considerably. 



Badly. 



Considerablv. 

 ! Badly. 

 Considerably. 



55i 



585 



57" 



55i 



50 



.051 



5-ii 



50| 



50 



50 



5H 



50i 



5.5i 



54"| 



52ii 



57 



Badlv. 



Considerably. 



Badly. 



Considerably. 

 Badly. 

 Considerably. 



Badly. 

 Considerably. 



Badly." 



MACAEOXI WHEAT. 



This class of wheat has proved almost free of rust, and for that reason it has 

 during the past few years been much more productive than other varieties. 



As this kind of wheat is unsaleable for milling purposes in this country, we do 

 not recommend it for general cultivation. 



The size of the plots used for this test was one-twentieth acre. The soil a clay 

 loam, summer-fallowed. All were sown on May 4. 



MACARONI WHEAT — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 

 Ripeu- 



Googe 



Roumanian 



Yellow Gharnovka. . 

 Mahmoudi 



Seot. 10 



„ 12 



9 



9 





Kind 



of 

 Head. 



129 

 1311 



128i 

 128 



52 Fair . . 

 .•53 " . . 



53 Weak . 

 45 Fair . . 



24 Bearded. 



3 

 3i 



'.ui 



5-' 



Lbs. 



6,70tt 

 6,180 

 6,000 

 5,320 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 





Proportion 

 Rusted. 



Slightly. 



Considerablj'. 



Slightly. 



