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EXPERIUENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



SPRING WHEAT — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Sixteen varieties were sown on April 11, on backsetting, soil clay loam, at the rate 

 of li bushels of seed per acre. Sown by the drill. Size of plots, one-twontieth acre. 



Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



1^. 



1 



2 



3 



4i 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



White Fi"e 



Preston (Ottawa Selected). . 



Stanley 



Bishop 



Early .Tava 



Red Fife 



Laurel 



Huron (Ottawa Sel.) 



Huron 



Herisson Bearded 



Red Fern 



White Hungarian 



Percy 



White Russian 



White Fife (Ottawa Sel. ) . . 



Colorado 



Preston 



Pringle's Champlain 



Laurel (Ottawa Sel.) 



Percy (Ottawa Sel.) 



Stanley (Ottawa Sel. ) 



Riga 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



A.ug. 



21 

 16 

 13 

 8 

 24 

 22 

 20 

 18 

 10 

 17 

 10 

 10 

 13 

 21 

 23 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 24 

 15 

 15 

 10 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Strong. 



Medium , 

 Strong. . . 





bo 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



In. 



4 [Bald 



4 Bearded. 



•SfiBald 



3^1 



41 'Bearded. . 



3|Bald 



4 



3f Bearded . . 



3^ 



2i 



4 



4 



3i 



3^ 



3 



4 



3i 



k 



H 

 3 



Bald. 



Bearded. . 



Bald. 



.sc 



_bc 



Lbs. 



5,580 

 4,280 

 6,280 

 3,380 

 2,580 

 6,300 

 4,100 

 6,440 

 4,180 

 3,400 

 2,980 

 4,880 

 3,820 

 4,580 

 5,220 

 5,120 

 3,800 

 4,700 

 4,860 

 4,500 

 5,800 

 3,200 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



<B a, » 



^ « O) C 



._. © TO 



m 



a 



m 



48 

 46 

 45 

 44 

 44 

 43 

 43 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 39 

 39 

 39 

 39 

 37 

 36 

 35 



40 

 20 



40 

 40 

 40 

 20 

 20 



20 

 20 



40 

 20 



401 

 20l 



Lbs. 



59i 



61" 



60 



61 



61| 



62^ 



62 



60 



61 



62i 



62 



61| 



61 



m 



6l| 



621 



61 



61 



59i 



60 



59i 



60| 



WHEAT — test of VARIETIES IN FIELD LOTS. 



jSTine varieties of wheat were sown in field lots, on fallowed land, clay loam, at 

 the rate of li bushels of seed per acre. Huron, Red Fife, Stanley and Percy would 

 have been higher up in the list but for the injury by hail. 



Wheat — Test of Varieties in Field Lots. 



Name of Variety . 



Preston 



Pringle's Cham- 

 plain 



Bishop 



Huron 



Riga 



Red Fife 



Stanley 



Percy 



White Fife 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Strong . 

 Medium 

 Stroni 



IS 



bo 

 a 

 o 



In. 

 3^ 



3^ 



H 

 H 



3 



3| 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Bearded . 



Bald . . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



38 



36 

 34 

 34 



29 

 26 

 25 

 24 

 24 



18 



34 

 23 



i5 

 31 

 8 

 51 

 51 



Oi <D p 



zi. i 



0; - U 



a^l3 



r. cS 



Lbs. 



61 



