REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



S79 



BARLEY. 



This grain has given excellent returns and a heavy kernel. Among the six-rowed 

 varieties I wish to call attention to Yale barley, a hybrid between Duckbill and Ron- 

 nie's Improved, this variety stands second on the list of the most productive kinds 

 tested here during the past five years, and it has also given excellent returns on nearly 

 all the experimental farms. 



We find that barley can be used to a good advantage as a cleaning crop, weedy 

 land cultivated near the surface in early spring, then ploughed deep about May 20 

 and sown at once with six-rowed barley will generally give large returns, and also 

 leave the land much cleaner of weeds. 



Many inquiries are made regarding beardless varieties of barley. Champion and 

 other varieties of this class have been under trial on this farm for many years, but 

 the yield from them has generally been much below that of the bearded kinds, and the 

 weight per bushel is invariably under the standard. 



While all varieties of barley stood up well this year, we usually find the six- 

 rowed varieties have the best straw. The two-rowed Thorpe kinds come next, while the 

 Chevalier varieties are usually too weak for summer-fallow land in this climate. 



Twenty varieties of six-rowed barley were tested. Size of plots one-twentieth acre. 

 The soil was sandy loam, which had been summer-fallowed. All were sown on May 17 

 in the proportion of two bushels of seed per acre. There was no rust on any of the 

 varieties. 



BARLEY — SIX-ROWED — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Brome Aug. 18 



Yale .. 18 



Empire « 18 



Odessa n 18 



Claude |» « IS 



Argyle , « ir> 



Trooper « 18 



Stella " IG 



Bojcter « 14 



Summit n 18 



Mansfield .. 18 



Garfield - 17 



Nugent .1 18 



Mensury « 14 



Albert .. 13 



Koyal It 14 



Rennie's Improved | « 14 



Common m 13 



Oderbriich <■ 14 



Champion n 10 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing 



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be". 



oS I 



In. 





U c4 



a; *-• 



ore 



5 o 

 O 



(S 



60 o 



9.3 

 93 

 93 

 93 

 93 

 91 

 93 

 91 

 89 

 93 

 93 

 87 

 93 

 89 

 88 

 89 

 89 

 88 

 89 

 85 



In. 



3 

 3 

 3i 



03 



3 

 3 

 3 



2h 

 ?" 

 3i 

 3' 



o 

 O 



3J: 

 3" 

 3 



H 

 3 

 3 

 3 



OS 

 hi 



•s ° 



Lbs. 



3,900 

 3,600 

 3,480 

 2,440 

 3,120 

 2,380 

 3,780 

 3,600 

 2,740 

 2,980 

 .3,140 

 2,980 

 2,700| 

 3,040 

 3,560 

 2,780 

 2,720 

 2,340 

 1,900 

 2,120 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



3 XI 



66 32 



0) 



.x: 

 > a, 



Lb3 



62 

 58 

 57 

 55 

 54 

 54 

 53 

 53 

 52 

 52 

 52 

 47 

 47 

 46 

 46 

 43 

 42 

 41 

 21 



52i 

 24] 51* 

 3G' 52i 

 24 .52 

 40 49i 

 28. 51 

 28; 52i 

 16 52 



16 

 44 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 04 

 32 

 12 

 16 

 44 

 32 

 32 



53 



52i 



52 



52 



52 



50i 



53 



50i 



52i 



52 



53i 



46| 



Fifteen sorts of two-rowed barley were tested this season. The soil was a sandy 

 loam, which had been summer-fallowed. All were sown on one-twentieth acre plots, 

 on June 6, in the proportion of two bushels of seed per acre. 



