REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



279 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



12 lbs. Timothy seed per aerc. The grain started very well. There was no rust, but 

 considerable smut. The following yields were obtained: — 



Six-rowed Barley. — Test of Varieties. 



'/r, 



M ame of Variety. 



1 Odessa 



2 Mensurv 



3 Oderbucli 



4 CoiUnion ....'. 



5 Blue Long lii-.i 

 Albert 



7 Argyle 



8 Royal 



9 Claude 



10, Summit ...... 



11 Empire 



12Mansfiell 



ISlStella 



14 Trooper 



15 

 IG 

 17 



18 



Yale . 

 Brome . . . . 

 Nugent . . . 

 Champion . 



bo 



c 





e 



Q 



Aug. 20 



,< 21 



u 20 



>, 20 



„ 21 



>, 20 



„ 20 



. ,1 22 



„ 22 



.1 25 



„ 23 



,r 21 



-, 25 



,. 22 



,. 21 



., 22 



u 22 



„ 18 



fcO 



e 



en ' il^ 



o 

 d 



93 



94 

 93 

 93 

 94 

 93 

 93 

 95 

 95 

 98 

 96 

 94 

 98 

 95 

 94 

 95 

 95 

 91 



£ a 



Inches. 



40 to 



38 ,. 



36 „ 

 38 „ 

 3G ., 

 38 ,. 

 40 M 

 38 „ 

 40 „ 



37 .. 

 .3S „ 

 43 M 

 30 M 

 40 M 



42 „ 



36 M 



37 II 



43 M 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff 



Medium. 



Stiff. 



4( 

 11 



40 

 42 



401 



42 



44 >, 



42i M ... , 



43 



41: 



42 , 



46, M 



40; M .. .. 



43j 



46 



40| M 



41| ,. .. 

 47lMedium. 



Length 



of 

 Head, 



Inches. 



2 to 2^ 

 2 „ 3 

 2h 

 3 

 2i 

 2i 

 2i 



'A 



2i 



3 

 3 



2i 



2i 



3 



2i 



2i 



3 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



3,44't 

 3,280 

 3,320 

 3,800 

 3,120 

 3,480 

 3,720 

 3,240 

 3,600 

 3,840 

 3,200 

 3,360 

 4,240 

 2,920 

 2,920 

 3.000 

 2,8'-^0 

 2,640 



33 16 



32 24 



30 20 



27 44 



25 40 



s — .S 



cc cj 



Lbs. 



47i 



48 



49 



49i 



43 



52 



49 



51 



50 



51 



50i 



49i 



51 



50^ 



50 



49 



50 



45i 



Two-rowed Barley — Test of Varieties. 



^ 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



(> 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



i:< 



14 



Name of Variety. 



Danish Chevalier.. 

 Swedish Chevalier 

 French Chevalier.. 



Clifford 



Beaver. . ...... 



Invincible 



Jarvis 



Logan 



Gordon 



Standwell 



Harvey 



Dunham 



Sidney 



Canadian Thorpe. 



1-3 



Inches. 



36 to 



36 „ 



37 M 

 44 - 

 36 M 



38 „ 

 40 » 

 46 M 



44 ., 

 36 „ 



45 M 

 45 ti 

 40 •. 

 38 „ 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



40 Medium 



38i 



40| 



48StifiF.... 



40 Medium 



42! 



45Stilf 



50 



48 



40 



48 



50 



44 



40 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



3 



■2h 



3" 



3 



3 



2 



'4 



3 



2 



2 



2 



3 



2 



to 4 



„ 3i 



M 4 



,. 3i 



.. H 



u 3 



.. 3 



.. 4 



o 



M O 



„ 3 



,. 3 



.. ^ 



.. 3 



„ 3 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



3,480 

 3,080 

 3,120 

 3,320 

 3,200 

 3,180 

 2,600 

 3,000 

 2,640 

 2,520 

 2,800 

 2,680 

 2,440 

 2,600 



^1 SP 







Lbs. 

 51 



4S 



5U 



5(» 



51J 



49| 



48 



49 



49i 



49 



50i 



48 



EXPERTI^IENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



Sixteen varieties of spring wheat were sown in plot.s of one-fortieth acre each, 

 on a clay loam soil that had been in mangels the previous season (1905), for which 

 crop 20 one-horse cart-loads of barn-yard manure per acre were used. This land was 



