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•EXPERIMENTAL FARMS' 



7-8 EDWARD '<^if.r-A."if908 



Durum or Macaroni Wheat — Test of' Varieties. 



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Name of Variety. 



Ijlloumanian A 



2 Gharnovka 



3 Goose 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



Deloturka 



Kahla 



Kubanka 



Yellow Gharnovka. 



Black Don 



Italian 



Red Indian . . 



Mahmoudi 



Velvet Don 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Straw, 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



In. 



55 

 54 

 50 

 56 

 50 

 45 

 51 

 51 

 47 

 49 

 46 

 45 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Siiff.... 



M . . . . 

 M . . . . 



Weak '. '. 

 .Stiff. . . . 

 Weak . . 

 Medium 

 Stiff.... 



It . . . . 



II . . . . 

 Medium 



bo 



s 

 <I> . 



u4t3 

 ID S 



u 



> o • 



In. 



n 



2i 

 2| 



21 

 2i 



3 



Yield 



jjer 

 Acre. 



Lbs. 



2,460 

 2,400 

 2,340 

 2,200 

 2.C0O 

 1,980 

 1,900 

 1,860 

 1,700 

 1,620 

 1,120 

 1,080 



Yield 

 per 



Acre. 



w 



41 

 40 

 39 

 36 

 33 

 33 

 31 

 31 

 28 

 27 

 18 

 IS 





n . <4-i 

 *^ - s* - . 

 3 to 



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to Dm rt 

 •« e 3 O; 



t5 



40 

 20 



40 



20 



40 



Lbs.' 



63 



63 

 63 



(•■2i 



60" 



62 



62 



61 



571 



59 



59 



61 



lev ibsri'^ 

 Rusted. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Sligiitly, 



Badly. 



Slightly. 



Badly. 



Eoumanian which stands at the head of the list this year, has also given the heigli- 

 est average yield during the past five years. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



The winter wheat was sown on August 29, 1905. The plots were one-fortieth of 

 an acre in extent, and the seed was used at the rate of If bushels to the acre. The 

 soil was a clay loam. 



The young plants made good growth in the autumn, but the rather mild and very 

 changeable weather during the winter killed the majority of them, on nearly all the 

 plots, so that it was necessary when spring came to plough up the greater part of the 

 land devoted to these experiments. Only one variety, Padi, withstood in a satisfactory 

 manner the trying conditions of the winter. This variety ripened on July 23, and 

 yielded at the rate of 2,440 lbs. (40 bushels 40 lbs.) per acre. Unfortunately this 

 wheat cannot be recommended for general cultivation for flour-making purposes on 

 account of the very poor and unattractive colour of the bread which is produced from 

 it. 



WINTER WHEAT IN AEBERTA. 



It seems necessary to call the attention of wheat-growers in Alberta to the fact 

 that the high reputation of Alberta winter wheat has been gained largely because the 

 variety known as Tui'key Red has been most extensively grown, Turkey Red pro- 

 duces stronger flour than most of the other red winter wheats and it will be impossible 

 to keep up the quality of Alberta winter wheat if all the red varieties are regarded as 

 equally desirable. Unfortunately the term Alberta Red is now often used as if it 

 were the name of a variety, whereas it is only the designation of a grade and, accord- 

 ing to the law, any red winter wheat grown in Alberta is Alberta Red, (unless it be a 

 very poor sample). Appearances in wheat are often extremely deceptive, and a fine, 

 hard red sample of winter wheat may not produce flour of good baking strength if the 

 variety (or breed) of the wheat is poor. Hardness and colour alone, are no guarantee 

 of flour strength. : .:o;lt 



Wheat growers in Alberta are therefore strongly advised to sow only pure Turkey 

 Red when they wish to produce hard red wheat of the best strength. To aid in discrim- 

 inating between the true Turkey Red and other red winter wheats a description of this 

 variety is here given. - tn?)w bnu .w:-i'. ni^j "iv ti-'M!..-/i-ino -rvr:' -^ .;:!.' ^j^l 



Turhey JRcd (TurJAsli Bed):— The terms ' Alberta Jte^ ' and ' I^ansa^ Red' ai-e 

 general, commercial terms for red winter wheat. Wheat sold under cither of these 



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