REPORT OF MR. N. WOLVERTON 



311 



SFSSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Two ROWED Barley — Test of Varieties. 



u 



E 



12; 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



IjJarvis 



2;French Chovalitr. 



SlClifford. 



4 Gordon. 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 



Swedish Chevalier. 



Harvey 



Danish Chevalier.. 

 Canadian Thorpe. . 



Invincible 



Sidney 



Dunham 



Beaver. . . ., 



Logan .... 



Standwell 



a c 



f 53 



bo u 



a a 



In. 



43 

 42 

 45 

 43 

 40 

 44 

 38 

 41 

 40 

 40 

 41 

 41 

 45 

 43 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



OS do 



I « '^ ^ 



5 S'S 



Lbs. 



4,4io; 



5,170, 

 3,490 

 4.750 

 4,020 

 4,930 

 3.810 

 4,450 

 2,490 

 5,210 

 4.310 

 4,270 

 5,010 

 3,930 



Bu.sh. Lbs . 



60 

 01 

 60 

 59 

 55 

 53 

 51 

 51 

 50 

 49 

 49 

 48 

 47 

 47 



22 

 02 

 30 

 18 

 40 

 26 

 42 

 02 

 10 

 38 

 38 

 26 

 34 

 14 



Rubted. 



Lbs. 



53 Slightly. 



51^ Considerably. 



51 Slightly. 



49i Considerably. 



49i 



50' 



48 



51 



51i 



5U 



50i 



50 Slightly. 



50J .Considerably. 



47 



Slightly. 

 Considerably. 



Different Preparations for a Barley Crop. 

 (l-20th Acre Plots.) 



Preparation. 



Barley after millet 

 II wheat. 

 II oats . 



II pease 



II barley 



on summer-fallow . 



Rusted. 



None 



Slightly 



Sown. 



May 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 25 



Ripe. 



Aug. 15. 

 15. 

 15. 

 15. 

 15. 

 15. 



Weight 

 of 



Straw. 



Lbs. 



2,840 

 2,700 

 2,960 

 2,120 

 2,740 

 3,820 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lbs 



70 



66 32 



63 16 

 66 12 

 65 40 



64 08 



EXPEKIMENTS WITH PEASE. 



Twenty-four varieties of field pease were tested on light clay loam, in plots of 

 one-twentieth of an acre each. From two to three bushels of seed was sown to the 

 acre, according to the size of the pease. 



There were no signs of cutworms, or other insect pests, and the yield was much 

 above the average. 



All were sown April 30, with the double disc drill, and germination was rapid 



and even. 



The test plots were cut with the scythe and threshed with the flail. The har- 

 vester attachment for the mower did not work well, so the field plots were cut with the 

 mower, a man following to roll the cut vines out of the way. They were threshed with 

 the ordinary separator. 



