REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE 



457 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BAELEY. 



Thirty-five varieties of barley vcrc sown this year, twenty of whic'h were six- 

 rowed sorts, and fifteen two-rowed. The laJid for this test was a sandy loam which 

 jiad been in clover and was top dressed in the spring of 1902 with about twelve tons of 

 barn-yard manure, a heavy growth of clover was ploughed under in the fall of that year 

 and repeatedly disked and harrowed in tlic spring of 1903, and a crop of potatoes grown 

 on it, which left it in good condition for barley this season. The yields have been 

 fairly good, and owing to bright, dry harvest weather, the sample is good. The plots 

 were all one-fortieth of an acre and all sown April 23. There was no rust or smut on 

 any of the varieties grown. 



SIX-ROWED BARLEY TEST OF VA!!Il"riES. 



Name of Variet\ , 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Albert 



Mensury 



Claude 



Oderbruch 



Erome 



Odessa 



Common 



Empire 



Argyle 



Baxter ... 



Stella.. 



Chauipion 



Garfield 



Trooper 



Summit 



Mansfield 



Yale 



Nugent 



Roj-al 



Rennie'sim proved 



Aug. 



4.. 



4.. 



4.. 



2.. 



C. 



1.. 



4.. 



5.. 



5.. 



2.. 

 12.. 



1.. 



5.. 

 14.. 

 10.. 



6.. 

 13.. 

 11.. 



9.. 



2.. 



to 





o 



102 

 102 

 102 

 100 

 104 



99 

 102 

 103 

 103 

 100 

 110 



99 

 103 

 112 

 108 

 104 

 111 

 109 

 107 

 100 



V2 



be 



s 



In. 



38 

 38 

 36 

 42 

 39 

 44 

 36 

 40 

 40 

 36 

 36 

 38 

 38 

 38 

 39 

 38 

 40 

 44 

 40 

 40 



Char.-^ict r 

 St:u^v. 



Mediu:;; 

 Strong. . 

 Medium 

 Strong. . 

 Medium 

 Strong. . 

 Medium 

 Strong. . 

 Medium 

 11 



M 



n 



ti 



Strong. . 

 Medium 



1-3 



In. 



o 



K> 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



2i 

 2i 



2| 



2i 



3 



3 



2i 



2| 

 3 

 3 

 3 



Kind 



of 

 Jlead. 



I 

 ;Si.K-rowcd 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



c 

 H 



3 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



Yield per 

 Acre. 





hp 



tc 





Lbs. 



4SJ 



48.\ 



48i 



48i 



49 



48 



4^i 



48| 



49 



4S.i 



48i 



48 



4Si 



48| 



48^ 



48 



48i 



48i 



48 



48 



TWO-ROWED BARLEY TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Logan 



Danish Chevalier. 



Sidney 



Canadian Thorpe. 



Standwell 



Jarvis 



French Chevalier. 



Gordon 



Beaver 



Newton 



Fnlton 



Dunham 



Harvey 



Invincible 



Cliff orJ 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 10. 

 ., 12. 

 .. 13. 

 .. 10. 

 M 13. 

 H 11. 

 .. 12. 



8. 

 .. 10. 

 . 13. 



9. 



9. 



8. 

 ., 11. 



9. 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Briglit & stiff. 

 Medium 



Strong . . . 

 Medium. 



Medium . 



Strong. 



cS 



w 



o 



fcc 



s 



(V 



In. 



34 



3^ 



3 



4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



H 



3 

 3 

 3 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



two- rowed 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



a 

 o 

 H 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



>^ 



1,600 

 1,.300 

 1,720 

 320 

 400 

 1,840 

 1,720 

 1,120 

 1,400 

 1,280 

 1,440 

 1,480 

 1,600 

 1,400 

 1,840 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



QD 



67 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 52 

 52 

 51 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 49 

 48 

 46 

 45 



.£3 



1-3 



44 

 32 

 22 



2 

 12 

 24 



4 

 12 

 20 

 10 



'8 

 16 

 12 

 40 



0) 



to 



Lbs. 



49 

 49 

 • 48 

 49 

 48 

 4Sh 

 49i 

 49 

 49 



4Sh 



49 



48i 



48i 



48 



48 



