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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VI!., A. 1905 

 BARLEY — TWO-ROWED TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Invincible 



Gordon 



Stand well 



Fulton. 



Clifford 



Dunham 



Sidney 



Jarvis 



Harvey 



Canadian Thorpe. 

 Danish Chevalier. 



Logan 



Beaver 



French Chevalier. 

 Newton 



Date 

 of Rip- 

 ening. 



eg 

 1^ 



Sept. 7 

 8 

 M 10 



7 



O 

 It u 



9 

 7 

 II 7 

 II 11 

 M 12 

 I, 12 

 ,1 12 

 „ 12 

 M 12 

 11 10 



85 

 83 

 85 

 82 

 83 

 84 

 82 

 82 



1-; 



In. 



45 

 44 

 39 

 40 

 43 

 38 

 38 

 44 

 8G 40 



87 

 87 

 87 

 87 

 87 



38 

 34 

 40 

 35 

 30 



o -» 

 goo 



a ■" 

 O 



Stiff 



85; 34 



3 

 4 

 4 



H 



4 



4 



4,720 

 5,080 

 5,580 

 5,240 



5,740 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



m 



63 

 63 

 63 



59 

 58 

 56 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 6,540| 55 



53 



52 

 52 

 42 

 30 



Si 



h^ 

 36 

 30 

 36 

 28 

 36 

 32 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 20 

 36 

 24 

 24 

 44 

 20 



s: 



CD 



Rusted. 



Lbs 



50^ Considerably. 



51i Slightly. 



51| 



51 



52 



51 



50A-iNone. 



5l||Sli5htly. 



5U| 



51$ 



50 



51i 



52 



51 



49ASlightly. 



Consideiably. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FLAX. 



Ten varieties of flax were under trial on the experimental farm. The crop was 

 uniformly good and attracted much attention, particularly from the United States 

 visitors, who are much interested in flax growing. 



Tlie .St. Petersburg, Russian, Improved Russian, and Common are very similar 

 in appearance. The La Plata has a decidedly spreading habit and branches much 

 nearer the ground than the others. It is also about a week later. 



The La Plata and Novarossick again head the list for productiveness, evidently 

 they are very desirable kinds for this country. 



The.se plots were all one-fortieth acre each. 



FLAX — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Varieties. 



Date Date 



of , of 



Sowing. Ripening. 



LaPlata. |May 19.. 



Novarossick i " 19. . 



Russian " 19 . . 



Riga 19.. 



Yellow Seeded .. 20.. 



Vv hite Flowering « 19 . 



Bombay ... . - " 19 . 



Improved Russian n 20. 



St. Petersburg h 19. 



Common ... » 20 . 



Aug. 



26.. 

 20.. 

 21.. 

 23.. 

 19.. 

 20.. 

 26.. 

 23.. 

 23.. 

 23.. 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



55^ 



55 



65^ 



56 



55 



66 



56 



56 



56 



56 



SOWING FLAX ON NEW BREAKING. 



Many inquiries are received from new settlers regarding the advisability of sow- 

 ing flax on new breaking. I have always recommended that new breaking be left un- 

 sown the first year, for the following reasons : — 



