REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. 8HARPE. 



4S9 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Spring Wheat — Test of Varieties Grown from Screened Seed. 



Name 

 of Variety. 



White Connell. 



Colorado 



Preston . ... 

 White Russian. 

 White Fife... 

 Red Fife... . 

 Percy 



Rusted. 



None. 



Slightly. 



None. 



Slightly. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Sixty-one varieties of oats were sown in the uniform trial plots. All were sown 

 on sandy loam, on April 16, except Salzer's Big Eour, which was not on hand in time 

 to be sown with the others, but was sown alongside on May 11. The size of the plots 

 was one-fortieth acre each. The rust attacked some varieties rather severely, and 

 lessened the yield and damaged the sample. The cut worm, too, injured the later 

 sorts. 



Oats— Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



1 Prolific Blk Tartarian . 



2 Black Beauty 



3 Holstein Prolific 



4 Thousand DoUar 



5 Abyssinia 



elColumbus 



7iGolden Giant 



8 'Early Blossom. 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 



California Prolific Blk. 



Kendal 



Early Golden Prolific. 



Mennonite 



Black Mesdag ... 



Improved American . . 



Cromwell 



Oflerbnich 



Calif omia Prol. Blk. Imp 

 American Triumi)h . . . 



Holland 



Lincoln 



Abundance 



Banner 



Improved Ligowo, Iiiipt 

 Black Tartarian, ]iiii)t.. 



Flying Scotchman 



Master 



Olive 



Siberian, O.A.C 



be 



c3^ 



Auj?. 



13 



6 



13 



8 



13 



8 



15 



10 



13 



14 



8 



8 



7 



11 



9 



8 



13 



13 



13 



11 



13 



13 



9 



13 



8 



15 



11 



14 



"bo 



c3.S 



O tS 



118 



111 



118 



113 



118 



113 



120 



115 



118 



119 



113 



113 



112 



116 



114 



113 



118 



118 



118 



116 



118' 



118 



114 



118 



113 



120 



116 



119 



In. 



48 

 48 

 42 

 48 

 50 

 48 

 50 

 42 

 46 

 50 

 48 

 40 

 40 

 48 

 50 

 46 

 40 

 48 

 46 

 44 

 44 

 48 

 44 

 42 

 46 

 42 

 48 

 42 



O 



-i 



be 



Strong. 



Medium 

 Strong. 



Medium 



Stiff. . 

 Weak 

 Stiff.. 



Medium 



Stiff.. 



Medium 



Kind of 

 Head. 



Sided .. 

 Branching 



Sided. 



Branching 



In. 



10 

 11 



10 

 10 

 11 

 10 

 11 



8 

 11 

 10 



9 



9 

 10 

 11 

 11 



9 



11 Sided 

 10 Branching 

 10 Sided 



9 Branching 

 10 



9' ., . 

 10' 



10 Sided. .... 

 10 Branching 



8 

 10 Sided 



9 „ 





P 

 O 



3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 



1-5 



1,440 



1,000 



80 



800 



920 



888 



600 



1,600 



1,280 



200 



200 



200 



1,000 



1,800 



200 



800 



940 



560 



1,800 



1.200 



1,280 



1,120 





1,000 



PS 



59 



58 



58 



58 



57 



57 



57 



56 



56 



55 



55 



54 



54 



54 



54 



53 



53 



53 



53 



53 



52 



52 



1,200 .52 

 800 "' 

 1,200 

 1,680 



52 

 51 

 51 

 51 

 51 



14 



28 

 28 



8 

 22 

 12 

 12 

 16 



6 

 20 

 20 

 24 

 24 

 14 



4 

 28 

 18 

 18 



8 



8 



22 

 22 

 12 

 12 

 16 

 16 

 16 



6 





Lbs 



41 



39 



35 



34 



35^ 



34 



34 



33J 



34 



34 



34 



34 



34 



34 



33 



34 



34 



34 



34 



33 



34 



32 



34 



33 



32 



34 



34 



34 



Rusted. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 

 Badly. 



Slightly. 



Badly. 

 Slightly, 



Badly. 

 Slightly. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 



None. 



Slightly. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 



Badly. 



Slightly. 

 Badly. 



Slightl}-. 

 Badly. 



