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EXrERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 190t 

 Eesults of sowing Screened Seed compared with Selected. 



a 

 a 



;2; 



Name of Variety. 



Six-rowed. 



Mensury 



Odessa 



Royal 



Petschora 



Charuinoii 



Trooper 



Tivo-rumd. 



Danish Chevalier 



Beaver 



Canadian Thorpe. . . . 

 Sidney 



Character 

 of Straw. 



Aug. 



July 

 Aug. 



3. 



2. 

 2. 

 31. 

 1. 

 4. 



Aug. fi . 

 6. 

 7. 

 4 



36 to 39 1 Stiff 



33 to 36 M . . . . 

 30 to 33 i Medium 

 33 to 35 



35 to 37 Stiff... , 

 32 to 351 M 



.33to36iWeal. 

 34 to 37| .. 

 35- to 38; Stiff. 

 34 to 38' „ . 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



2i to 3^ 

 2 to 3 

 2 to2J 

 2*10 3" 

 2 to 3 

 2 to 3 



3ito4 

 3 to3i 

 n to 3| 

 3 to3i 



From 



Screened 



Seed. 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



3 



PQ 

 56 

 50 

 50 

 49 

 45 

 43 



54 

 50 

 49 

 43 



32 

 40 



8 



16 



28 

 16 



From 

 Selected 

 tEeads. 



Yield 

 pw Acre. 



3 



M 

 60 

 55 

 58 

 54 

 45 

 47 



51 

 54 

 58 

 45 



8 



S 



40 



4 



32 



8 

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FOEMALIN AND MASSEL POWDER AS PREVENTIVES OF SMUT IN 



OATS AND BARLEY. 



Three varieties of grain were used in this experiment, viz. : Doncaster Prize oats 

 and Odessa and Canadian Thorpe barleys. These were all sown on May 23, in plots 

 33 feet long, in rows 9 inches apart; four rows in each test, the heads of which were 

 counted when the smut was fully advanced. The grain used for seed in each case 

 was quite smutty. 



OATS, 



Name of Variety. 



Doncaster Prize 



How Treated. 



Preventive used. 



-\- 



Soaked 1 hour 



II 15 minutci . 



II 5 II 



Sprinkled 



Untreated 



Soaked 10 minutes . 



Formalin 4i ounces to 10 gallons water. 



II 4i II II 



II 4:j II II 



M .7 M II 



Massel powder with lime 



Good 

 Heads. 



2,612 

 2,6.i2 

 2,581 

 2,602 

 2,642 

 2,592 



Smutty 

 Heads. 



21 

 14 



15 

 lit 

 2<^ 

 14 



BARLEY. 



0d(5ss:« 



Canatlian Thorpe. 



Soaked 1 hour 



II 15 minutes , 

 5 



Sjjrinkled 



Untreated 



Soaked 10 minutes , 



M 1 hour 



M 15 minutes. 



II 5 II 



Sprinkled 



ITn treated 



Soaked 10 minuteH 



Formalin, 4i ounces to 10 gallons wat.er.. . . 



II 4ft II II . . . . 



II 4* II II . . . . 



II " II II . . . . 



Massel powder with lime 



P'ormahn, 4i ounces to 10 gallons water. 



II 4A II II 



II 4^ M It 



9 



Masael powder with lime 



2,701 

 2.642 

 2.706 

 2,726 

 2,742 

 2,638 

 2,289 

 2,309 

 2,823 

 2.532 

 2,621 

 2,298 



IS 

 17 

 24 

 31 

 27 

 V> 



ir. 



14 

 l(i 



•is\ 



14 



