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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Since wild oats have spread so much throughout this province, there is an active 

 demand for an early variety of barley that will ripen before the wild oats shell, and by 

 this means assist in eradicating the weed. 



The earlier ripening six-rowed varieties are the best for this purpose. The Cham- 

 pion a beardless variety, is the earliest of all, but this is less productive and inferior 

 in quality. 



Wlien barley is used for this purpose it should be cut before maturity, otherwise 

 some of the wild oats will have shelled. 



Eighteen varieties of six-rowed and fourteen varieties of two-rowed barley were 

 tested. The falling off from the unusually heavy crop of last year was in about the 

 same ratio as other grains. Mensury, both in the test plot and in the field plot, stood 

 up fairly well, probably better than any other, though it was very flat on the lower, 

 land. The Odessa was entirely down. For some unknown reason Mansfield came far 

 down in the list this year. 



Each plot was one-twentieth of an acre. The seed was sown May 28, on sandy 

 loam, summer-fallowed. 



Six-rowed Barley — Test of Varieties. 



B 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



Name of Variety. 



Blue Long Head 



Nugent 



Mensury 



Odessa 



Yale 



Claude 



Empire 



Albert 



Trooper 



Champion . 



Argyle 



Royal 



Summit 



Common 



Stella 



Oderbruch 



Mansfield 



Brome . 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



uig. 24. 



It 2l . 



M 19. 



„ 19. 



M 17. 



„ 22. 



., 17 



M 16. 



„ 21. 



,. 14. 



„ 20 



,> 20. 



M 22. 



„ 18. 



„ 21. 



„ 17. 



„ 19. 



1, 21. 



O 03 



-T3 



M be 



50 O 



a a 



88 

 85 

 83 

 83 

 81 

 86 

 81 

 80 

 85 

 78 

 84 

 84 

 8(i 

 82 

 85 

 81 

 83 

 85 



In. 



38 

 38 

 40 

 38 

 41 

 41 

 38 

 39 

 39 

 40 

 40 

 39 

 41 

 35 

 38 

 36 

 38 

 39 



o 

 5f is 



Lbs 



2,990 

 .5,040 

 .3,060 

 4,180 

 3,710 

 3,740 

 2,790 

 2,420 

 3,5.50 

 4,110 

 4,6.S0 

 3,480 

 3,590 

 2,540 

 4,850 

 2,500 

 2,800 

 1,400 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



i. 1= bo 



S a; 



Bush. Lbs. 



G6 

 65 

 Gl 

 60 

 60 

 57 

 56 

 55 

 55 

 53 

 51 

 50 

 50 

 49 

 48 

 47 

 47 

 44 



42 

 40 

 12 



40 

 10 

 24 

 22 

 40 

 10 

 46 

 22 

 20 

 10 

 8 

 46 

 44 

 44 

 28 



Lbs. 



45 



50 



52 



5V 



52 



49 



51 



53 



51^ 



45 



50 



50 



51 



51J 



501 



52i 



52- 



52i 



Rusted. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 

 Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



