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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 



The seed was sown IVIay 30, on one-fortieth acre plots. There were twenty-nine 

 varieties of six-rowed, and nineteen of two-rowed sorts in this test. The variety 

 HuUess White started with very weak growth and failed to be worth harvesting. 



BARLEY, SIX ROWED— TEST OF VARIETIES. 



No. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



16 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



Name of Variety. 



Mftnsury 



Trooper 



Albert 



Royal 



Surprise 



Yale 



ConMiion 



Rennie's Improved 



Petschora 



Phoenix 



Odessa 



Mansfield 



Chiimpion 



Baxter 



Stella 



Pioneer 



Garfield 



Oderbruch 



Excelsior 



Vanguard 



Summit 



Argyle 



Nugent 



Empire 



Success 



Brome 



Claude 



Blue Long Head . . . 

 HuUess Black 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 30. 



„ 25. 



M 25. 



„ 24. 



M 31. 



n 30. 



M 25. 



>. 25. 



„ 24. 



M 25. 



„ 25. 



„ 31. 



,. 24. 



„ 25. 



M 31. 



„ 24. 



„ 30. 



., 25. 



M 25. 



>. 25. 



„ 31. 



>, 27. 



„ 30. 



„ 31. 



„ 24. 



„ .31. 



„ 31. 



- 31. 



>, 25. 



to 

 cS C 



92 

 87 

 87 

 86 

 93 

 92 

 87 

 87 

 86 

 87 

 87 

 93 

 86 

 87 

 93 

 86 

 92 

 87 

 87 

 87 

 93 

 89 

 92 

 93 

 86 

 93 

 93 

 93 

 87 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inche.s. 



40 

 38 

 42 

 32 

 33 

 36 

 40 

 41 

 40 

 40 

 38 

 38 

 44 

 40 

 33 

 32 

 37 

 36 

 42 

 37 

 33 

 40 

 34 

 34 

 35 

 32 

 30 

 30 

 30 



Character 

 of 



Straw. 



Medium 

 Stiff ... 

 Medium 



Stiff 



Medium 

 Stiff ... 

 Medium 

 StiflP ... 

 Medium 



Stiff 



Medium 

 Stiff ... 



Medium 



Weak . . 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



2h 

 2h 

 3 



2i 



2 



2i 



2i 



2i 



2i 



2h 



■2h 



2i 



2 



2i 

 2i 



f 



2i 



2 



3 



2i 

 3 



2i 



2i 

 2 



2i 

 2 



Weight 



of 



Straw 



per acre. 



Lbs. 



6,000 

 5,200 

 5,600 

 5,200 

 4,600 

 4,000 

 4,400 

 3,800 

 3,000 

 4,000 

 4,600 

 4,200 

 5,200 

 3,800 

 4,200 

 4,000 

 3,800 

 3,000 

 3,600 

 2,800 

 3,880 

 2,680 

 4,280 

 2,920 

 3,200 

 2,600 

 2,600 

 2,600 

 2,200 



Yield 

 per acre. 



Bus. Lbs. 



60 .. 



57 24 



57 24 



56 32 



54 80 



53 16 



53 16 



52 24 



52 24 



52 24 



51 32 



50 .. 



50 40 



47 24 



47 24 



45 40 



43 16 



42 ;24 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



36 32 



33 16 



32 40 



29 8 



25 .. 



20 40 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



48 



48^ 



47 



47 



49 



47 



48 



49 



47 



47 



48 



47 



45 



48 



48 



49 



48 



47i 



40 



47 



48^ 



47 



48^ 



48 



42 



48 



42 

 60 



Barley, Two-rowed — Test of Varieties. 



1 Beaver 



2 Danish Chevalier.. . 



3 Canadian Thorpe... 



4 



5 







7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



French Chevalier . 



Thanet , . . . 



Bolton .. . 



Newton 



Prize Prolific 



Clifford 



Dunham 



Sidney. 



Harvey 



Kinver Chevalier. 



Nepean 



Logan 



Fulton 



Victor 



Jaryis 



Leslie 



Aug. 30. 



M 31. 



,- 31. 



Sept. 1. 



Aug. 31. 



„ 30. 



„ 31. 



Sept. 1 . 



Aug. 31. 



Sept. 1 . 



1. 



1. 



1. 1. 



Aug. 30. 



., 31. 



Sept. 1 . 



1 



1. 



Aug. 31. 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3i 



2| 



4 



2^ 



4 



3 



3 



3 



3 



4 



3 



3 



2i 



3 



2i 



2i 



5,800 

 4,800 

 5,400 

 4,680 

 4,600 

 4,200 

 3,080 

 4,600 

 4,000 

 4,000 

 4,000 

 3,280 

 3,000 

 4,000 

 3,600 

 3,600 

 2,600 

 3,480 

 2,680 



65 



63 16 

 58 16 

 55 

 55 

 50 



47 24 

 46 32 

 45 



44 8 

 42 24 

 40 40 

 40 

 40 



39 8 

 32 24 

 28 16 

 25 40 

 25 



51 



50i 



49 



51 



50 



51 



50 



50i 



49 



49 



49i 



48 



48i 



49i 



48| 



48 



50 



49 



50 



