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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 



BARLEY CROP AND AVERAGE YIELD. 



Variety. 



Mansfield 



Mensury 



Royal 



Invincible 



Claude 



Odessa IFallow 



Sidney 



Canadian Thorpe 



Standwell 



Cultivation. 



Fallow 



Backsetting, Brome-sod 

 Corn land 



Backsetting, Brome-sod. 



Acres. 



2i 



4 



2 



4i 



5 



6 



34 



Total Yield. 



Bush. Lbs. 



127 24 



223 20 

 111- 2 



124 10 



i:!3 31 



293 27 



197 21 



145 .. 



15G 24 



l,51i 15 



Or an average of 44 bushels and 23 lbs. per acre. 



COMPARISON OF FIELD LOTS OF BARLEY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 



Date of ripening and yield of nine varieties of barley grown in field lots under the 

 same conditions. 



Variety. 



1. Mensury . 



2. Odessa ... 



3. Mansfield. 



4. Ruyal 



5. Claude 



6. Invincible. 

 Standwell 

 Sidney 



7. 

 8. 

 9. Canadian Thorpe . . 



1901. 







59 40 

 5S 40 

 57 4 



*63 16 



66 12 



49 32 



48 16 



60 10 

 44 . .. 



1902. 



w 





*51 12 



65 .. 

 *57 44 



56 .. 



'66 32 



63 16 



49 24 



66 .. 

 68 36 



1903. 



Date 

 ripe. 



Aug. 12 

 12 

 2£ 

 10 



2r< 



28 

 25 

 21 

 21 



3 



J2 

 1^ 



1904. 



Date 

 ripe. 



24 

 23 

 20 

 20 

 25 

 26 

 25 

 26 



Average 



eq 





tn 



3 



m 



55 41 

 53 18 



56 32 

 55 25 

 53 22 

 55 10 

 26 4 

 43 42 

 29 .. 



1-^ 



55 38 



56 21 



55 20 

 60 23 

 63 4 



56 45 

 46 40 

 56 6 

 48 43 



*These yields are from the uniform test plots, as there were no field lots of the varieties in the year in 

 question. 



FOUR YEARS TEST OF FALLOW AGAIXST STUBBLE FOR GROWIXG BARLEY. 



The same variety cannot be given for the four years, as different sorts of barley 

 were sown on stubble each year : — 



Variety Sown. 



Fallow. . 

 Stubble 



Difference 



1901. 



1902. 



Sidney. 



Bush. Lbs. 



60 

 50 



10 



36 



22 



Rennie's 

 Improved. 



Bush. Lbs, 

 12 



51 

 26 



24 



36 



1903. 



Canadian 



Thorpe. 



Bush. Lbs. 



53 

 20 



39 

 40 



1904. 



Mensury. 



Bush. Lbs. 



32 47 



55 

 37 



41 

 24 



18 76 



Difference in favour of Fallow in 4 years, 85 bushels 26 lbs. 

 Or an average of 21 bushels, 6 lbs per year. 



