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EXPE'RIMENTAL FAIiAlS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 

 EXPEEIMENTS WITH WHEAT. 



Thirty-six varieties were tested on 1-20 acre plots. In no case was tlie straw 

 heavy, while in many sorts it was light. All were sown by hoe drill on April 29 on 

 fallowed land; IJ bushels seed was sown per acre, the soil being clay loam. 



Preston was the first plot sown and among the first cut, and in this, as well as in 

 the field tests, it was in stook before Red Fife was ripe, though the varieties were sown 

 within a few hours of each other. 



In this test Preston was cut on August 24 and Red Fife on September 6, a differ- 

 ence of thirteen days in favour of the former. 



SPRIXG WHEAT TEST OF VARIETIES. 



^ 



Name of Variety. 



1 



2i 



^1 

 4 



4 



Gj 



7l 



8; 



<) 



lOj 



12 

 13. 

 14 

 15; 



!'■•; 



17i 



181 

 1!) 

 20 

 211 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 2.') 



2{; 



2t 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 ,31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 36 



Monarch 



Advance 



White Russian 



Powers Fife (Minn. 149) 



McKendry's Fife (Minn. 181K . . 



Min-;esota, No. liiS 



Australian, No. 19 



Red Fife 



Laiirel 



Welhnaii's Fife 



Stanley 



Benton 



Clyde... 



Au.stralian, No. 9 



Chester 



Percy 



Weldon 



Countess 



Hayne's Blue Stem (Minn. 169) 

 Preston 



Date of 

 Ripen- 



>~. 



bo 





Red Fern , 



White Fife 



Admiral 



Huron 



Early Riga 



Dawn 



Byron 



Rio Grande 



Hastings 



Pringle's Champlain 



Colorado 



Crawford 



Hungarian ... 



Herisson Bearded. . . 



Plumper 



Fraser 



Aug. 31 



M 31 



Sept. 3 



5 



8 

 6 



M 7 



G 

 5 

 G 



Aug. 25 



„ 25 



Sept. 1 



Aug. 31 



„ 27 



II 27 



Sept. 5 



Aug. 25 



Sept. 



Aug. 24 



M 31 



Sept. 



Aug. 25 



M 25 



M 20 



„ 24 



M 22 



Sept. 3 



Aug. 25 



Sept. 3 



Aug. 28 



,. 25 



„ 31 



Sept. 3 



Aug. 31 



., 25 



be 



s 



124 



124 



127 



129 



132 



130 



131 



130 



129 



130 



118 



118 



125 



124 



120 



120 



129 



118 



132 



117 



124 



130 



118 



118 



113 



117 



115 



127 



118 



127 



121 



118 



124 



127 



124 



118 



o 

 t-i 



cS 

 u 



rt 



In. 



40 Strong 



36 



37 



41 



30 



30 



37 



36 



42 



37 



36 



34 



40 



38 



33 



39 



38 



35 



41 



36 



37 



37 



35 



35 



28 



28 



32 



37 



33 



30 



33 



31 



33 



34 



31 



30 



fee rf 



In. 



3i 



3i 

 31 



3i 



4 



Z\ 



3i 



3^ 



3i 



3i 



3i 



3" 



3i 

 3 



3i 



3| 

 3| 

 2i 

 3i 



3i 

 4 



3i 

 3 



3i 



24 



3 



3 



31 



2i 



3^ 



n 



2-h 



n 

 If 



3 



2^ 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Bald 



Bearded 



Bald '. '. '. 

 Bearded 



Bald . . . 



11 ... 



Bearded 



Bald . . . 

 Bearded 



Bald . . . 

 Bearded 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



3,540 



3,480 



2,590 



2,320 



3,300 



4,120 



4.640 



3,900 



3,780 



4,900 



2,515 



3,445 



3,210 



3,600- 



2,620 



3,29.3 



2,8()0 



3,095 



3, COO 



3,600 



2,955 



4,020 



2,330 



2,455 



2, .51 5 



2,335 



2,175 



3,400 



2,0.50 



2,400 



3,160 



2,400 



2,860 



2,960 



2,530 



1,885 



Yield 



Ver 



Acre. 



ai a: 



3 ^ 



I 50 20 



! 49. 45 



48 50 



48 40 



45 30 



45 20 



44 20 



43 5 



42 50 



42 50 



42 25 



42 15 



41 50 



41 40 



41 10 



11 5 



40 20 



40 5 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lhs. 



63.1 



.59"' 



601 



631 



62| 



62.^ 



62" 



62i 



62 



621 



64" 



63 



62 



631 



C5.^ 



63 



633 



63 



GOi 



65"" 



64i 



631 



C41 



64 



()2 



65 



65i 



G4i 



C4 



643 



65 



64 



64 



66 



63i 



65 



TEST OF VARIETIES IN FIELD LOTS. 



In this test eight sorts were used. Red Fife, Preston, Stanley and Percy were 

 sown on new land which had been fallowed; Red Fife, Laurel, Wellman's Fife, White 

 Fife and Huron were on old land fallowed previous year. All were sown by hoe drill 

 at the rate of li bushels per acre. 



In this test Huron heads the list in yield, as it has done in the past three years 

 under the same conditions, and as Huron is equal to Red Fife or Preston in milling 



