UrA'ORT OF MR. ANGUS MAC KAY 



423 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SIX-ROWXD CAULliY — TEST OF VAIUETIKS. 



s 

 'A 



Name of Variety. 



1 Nugent 



2 Claude 



SStdla 



4 Argj^le 



5 Common 



6 Yale 



7 Odessa 



8 Ronnie's Improved. 



9 Suuiniit 



10 Brome 



11 Baxter 



12 Royal 



ISlOderbruch 



14|Enip!ie 



15iMansfield 



Trooper . 

 Garfield . 

 Albert . 

 Mensurv . 



IG 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20!Champion. 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Aug. 20. 



M 19. 



n 20. 



,- 17. 



I, 13. 



M 21. 



,■ 10. 



M 10. 



„ 19. 



M 19. 



1- 10. 



11 15. 



-1 14. 



1, 19. 



,1 15. 



1- 15. 



11 15. 



-1 15. 



■1 15. 



1. 12. 



6 



98 

 97 

 98 

 95 

 91 

 99 

 94 

 94 

 97 

 97 

 94 

 93 

 92 

 97 

 93 

 93 

 93 

 93 

 93 

 90 



m 

 "o 



to 



s 



In. 



29 

 .^4 

 34 

 37 

 30 

 34 

 3t 

 35 

 31 

 32 

 28 

 32 

 32 

 35 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 33 

 37 

 33 



*^ 



uKIi 



-So 



ei 

 u 



<A 



o 



Strong. 



73 



w 



o 



Sao 



c 



(-5 



In. 

 2 



2: 



2' 



2i 



2i 



3" 



2 



2^ 



34 



2g 

 o 



23 



3 



21 

 2i 

 2+ 



21 

 2i 

 2^. 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



3.180 

 3,390 

 3,100 

 2,740 

 3,000 

 4,120 

 3,0(i0 

 3,010 

 .3,830 

 3,220 

 3,050 

 2,700 

 3,245 

 3,800 

 2,915 

 3,210 

 2,4.55 

 3,000 

 2,710 

 2,880 



1 2 



Tc 



Lbs. 



B.4RLEY — FIELD LOTS. 



In this test nine varieties were used, five of six-rowed and four of two-rowed sorts. 

 Mensury, Odessa, Royal, Mansfield and Sidney were sown on fallow, by hoe drill, two 

 bushels of seed per acre. Claude was sown on corn land, and Invincible, Standwcll 

 and Canadian Thorpe on Brome sod broken after a crop of hay was taken off, and 

 back-set late in the fall. Soil, clay loam. 



The dates of breaking and back-setting are given below, and show that to be suc- 

 cessful early work is required. 



Variety. 



Invincible 



Canadian Thorpe 

 Standwcll 



Broken. 



4-8 -luly ... 

 4 10 August 

 7-10 



Back.^et. 



17-20 August. 

 20 28 Sei.teniber. 

 3-7 November. 



Name of Variety. 



Cultivation. 



1 ^f ansfield 



2 Mf'nsury 



3 Royal 



4 Invincible 



5 Claude 



6 Odessa 



7 Sidney 



8 Canadian Thorpe 



9 Standwell 



Fallow 



Backsetting, 



Brome-sod 



Corn land . 



Fallow .... 



Backsetting, 

 Broine-sod, 



M 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 13. 



-1 12. 



1, 13. 



1. 7. 



1. 7. 



11 13. 



11 10. 



11 14. 



■1 14. 



Date 



of 



Ripen'g. 



5^' 



Aug. 23. 

 11 22. 

 11 20. 



<*- 3 



O 4J 





Char- 

 acter of 

 Scraw. 



102 



102 



99 



11 25 



„ 20 



M 24.1 103 



.1 25. 101 



110 

 105 



26. 

 20. 



104 

 104 



In. 



28; Strong. 

 31 .1 



24 .1 



22 

 30 

 28 

 33 



26 



24| 



60? 

 0,32 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



In. 



2J Six-rowed . 

 2i 11 

 2^ 



2i|Two-rowed 

 3 Six-rowed . 



2^1 



3| Two-rowed 



3 11 



n\ 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



pq ^ 

 56 32 

 55 41 



a 



Z 3 

 >P= 



Lbs 



52 

 Do "Jo 52 



55 10 

 53 22 

 .53 18 

 43 42 



29 . 53 

 '26 4 52 



53i 

 50 

 .52 

 52 



