REPORT OF MR. N. WOLTERTON 



305 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH EMMER AND SPELT. 



Each plot was one-twentieth of an acre. The seed was sown April 24 on light 

 clay loam., summer fallowed. 



E.MMi'R ASD Spelt — Test of Varieties. 



y, 



Name of Variety. 



Oommon Emme 



Red Spelt 



Ked Emiuer . . 

 White Spelt . . . 



Date 



of 



Ripen- 



iner. 



Aug. 10 

 .. 20 



b£l 







114 



llcS 



20 i 118 



20 118 



I 



In. 



41 

 44 

 42 

 43 



(S g 



O 



Weak . , 



Stiff.... 

 Weak . . 

 Medium 



A TEST OF FERTILIZERS FOR THE GROWING OF WHEAT. 



Red Fife wheat was sown May 7, on uniform plot-3 of light loam, and harvested 

 August 20. Each plot was one-fortieth of an acre. All were sown on summer-fallow 

 which has been under cultivation for many years v.-ithout manure, On all plots the 

 grain stood up well and there was no smut and but little rust. 



The cost of these commercial fertilizers, at retail prices in Brandon, owing to 

 high freights, is large. In no case has the value of the inci'ease in the yield been equal 

 to the cost of the fertilizers used. It must, however, be noted that the land of these 

 plots is of good quahty and was summer-fallowed. 



Whe.AlT. — Test of Fertilizers. 



3 

 4 



Feitilizer Used per acre. 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



100 lbs. per acre of nitrate of soda, half 

 sprinkled when the grain was 2 in. high, 

 balance when 6 in. high 



200 lbs. per acre of nitrate of soda, half 

 sjjrinkled when the grain was 2 in. high, 

 balance when G in. high 



No fertilizer used 



Sui>erpho.si)hate, 400 lbs. per acre, spread 

 just before .sowing 



Muriate of potash, 200 lbs. [Xir acre, spread 

 just befoie sowing 



A mixture of 200 lbs. suiierphosphate, 100 

 lbs. of nitrate of sjda, 100 lb.s. nuiriate of 

 ix5tash, i^er acre, l).alf si)rea'l before sow-| 

 ing, half when 2 or 3 inches high 1 



42 



42 

 42 



42 



42 



42 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



3i 

 3i 



3^ 



3i 



H 



Straw per] 

 Acre. 



Grain 



per 

 Acre. 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



3,400 



3,G40 

 4,040 



4,100 



4,440 



3,820 



Bush. Lbs. 



33 20 



32 40 



32 40 



37 20 



39 20 



37 40 



Lbs. 



m 

 ooj 



GOi 

 COi 



Gni 



16—20 



