REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



11 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Six-rowed Barley — Test op Varieties. 



S 



Name of Variety. 



00 . • I 



>- bo 



■D • ! o cs 1 of 



I 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



U 



12 



13 



14 



15 



IG 



17 



IS 



19 



I'O 



I'l 

 •>■) 



•33 

 24 

 25 

 2(; 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 



:« 



34 

 35 



Meiisury. ... 



Pioneer 



Common 



Salzer's Silver 



Royal 



Argyle 



Odesi;a 



Petschora .... 



Summit 



Albert 



Vanguard .... 

 Oderbrucli. . . . 

 Claude 



Aug. 



July 

 Auar. 



•July 

 Aug. 



Surprise : . . . . 



Success 



Parkin 



Munro 



Nugent 



Blue Short Head . . 



Hulless Black 



Trooper 



Ly tton 



Excelsior 



Champion 



Bennies Ini]ii(ived. 



Mansfield 



Siella 



Garfield . 



Empire 



'Blue Long Head . . 



'Baxter 



iPhoenix 



lYale 



Brome 



Hulless" White . . . 



• fuh 



Au.. 



•luly 

 'Aug. 



3 

 3 



31 

 7 

 2 

 3 

 2 



31 

 4 

 3 



i 



3 



31 ! 

 311 



i; 



8 

 1 

 2 



2 



4 

 1 

 1 



2j 

 1 

 41 



4 



Jl 



3 



1 



94 

 94 

 91 

 98 

 93 

 94 

 93 

 91 

 95 

 94 

 92 

 94 

 94 

 95 

 88 



Inches. 



3li— 39 



37—40 



31—34 



3(>— 38 



30—33 



35—38 



33—30 



33^35 



31—34 



35—38 



32—34 



34-37 



33-36- 



28—31 

 og 3]^ 



91 1 28-30 



91 > 30—32 



92 36—40 

 99 29—32 



92 28—30 



93 34 37 

 93 29-32 

 95 35—38 

 92 3.5—37 



3:i— 36 

 37—40 



92 32-34 

 95 35-38 



93 34—37 

 33—36 

 34-37 

 33-36 

 33—36 

 33—36 

 30—33 



Chaiacter 



of 



Straw. 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Stiff. 



Medium. 

 Stiff .. 

 Medium . 

 Stiff .... 

 Medium. 



Liches 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



i 



Weak 

 Stiff. . 



Weak . . . 



Stiff 



Weak .... 

 Medium. . 

 Weak . . . . 



'Stiff. 



92 

 93 



91 

 93 

 92 

 98 

 94 

 92 



iWeak - . . 

 I Medium. 

 I 



IStiff 



It . . . . 

 'Medium. 



i " 

 Stiff ... 



IWeak ... 

 Medium. 

 Stiff..... 

 j Medium . 



I " 

 IWeak . . . 



2S-3« 

 2.i-3i 

 2" -3 

 3 -3| 



2 2^ 



2i-U 

 •2h-3' 

 3'-3J 

 2 —3" 

 2 —3 

 2-3i 

 2A-3i 

 2i-3i 



2 —3 

 ■> oi 



2 -2i 

 2-2| 

 2i-3h 



2 — 2i! 

 U-2 I 

 2S-3i| 



2 —3 



2h-m 



2i-3 

 2i-3:i| 

 2'— 3 1 

 2i— 3 I 



2 2-' 



2^-3*! 

 2i-3i 

 21-3 

 21 -3i 

 2*— 3 • 



Bush. Lbs. 



60 .. 



60 .. 

 59 8 



58 16 

 58 8 



56 32 



55 . . 

 54 8 

 54 8 



53 16 



52 44 



52 24 



51 32 



51 32 



50 40 



50 40 



50 40 



50 .. 



50 .. 



48 36 

 47 4 

 47 4 



46 32 



45 40 



45 20 



45 .. 



43 36 



43 36 



43 36 



43 16 



41 32 



41 32 



41 32 



40 40 

 39 8 



ies 

 faJM 



Rusted. 



Lbs ! 



48 isiightlv. 



45?r' „ ■ 



48" 



46ii 



47" 



48 



47 



44 



48i 



49* 



46" 



48^ 



45i 



45 



48 

 43 



Considerably, 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 46 Considerably. 

 48 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 

 60i Slightly. 

 49"i 



43i'Considerably. 



4o|Slightly. 



45 « 



45 j 



4531 



47|! 



49ii 



44 I Badly. 



47 Considerably. 



43i Slightly. 



■ioh Considerably. 



46i 



53" Slightly. 





BARLEV GROWN FROM SCREENED SEED. 



While all the uniform trial plots of barley were grown, as already stated, from 

 ?eed obtained from carefully selected heads, the seed of the following ten varieties 

 was not from selected heads. After the barley plots were threshed, the grain for this 

 purpose was passed through the fanning mill to take out the small kernels, and the 

 clean, plump seed remaining was saved. 



Six of these varieties were six-rowed and four were two-rowed, and the following 

 are the results. It will be seen that in every instance but one the seed from selected 

 heads has given the larger crops, the increase per acre varying from 40 pounds to S 

 bushels and 40 pounds. The one exception was a two-rowed sort, the Danish Chevalier, 

 which gave a crop of 2 bushels 24 pounds less per acre from the selected heads. These 

 were all sown on the same day as the uniform trial plots. May 1; the plots were 

 adjoining, with similar soil and similarly treated, the size in each case being one- 

 fortieth of an acre. 



