REPORT OP MR, ANGUS MACK AT 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



The yield of barley was satisfactory except from five varieties grown on the south 

 part of the farm, where hail did the greatest damage. These were Invincible, Stand- 

 well, Sidney and Canadian Thorpe, in two-rowed and Royal in six-rowed varieties. 

 While the other lots, as well as the uniform test plots, were struck with the hail, 

 the injury was comparatively small. 



The uniform plots of barley, like the oat and wheat plots, were grown on Western 

 Rye Grass sod, and the field lots on fallowed land. 



BARLEY — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Fourteen varieties of two-rowed barley were sown in one-twentieth acre plots on 

 backsetting, on May 1, by the hoe drill at rate of 2 bushels per acre. Soil, clay loam. 



Eighteen varieties of six-rowed barley were sown on same date and under similar 

 conditions. 



Two-rowed Barley — Test op Varieties. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 

 10 



11 



Name of Variety. 



Danish Chevalier. . 



Sidney 



Jarvis 



Clifford 



Gordon 



Invincible. 



Standwell 



Canadian Thorpe. . 

 Swedish Chevalier. 



Harvey 



Logan. 



12; French Chevalier. 



13 

 14 



Beaver . . 

 Dunham. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. 



11 

 6 

 8 

 6 



102 



1)7 



99 



97 



08 



100 



100 



102 



102 



97 



99 



103 



102 



97 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



T3 



bo 



B 

 a; 



"SVeight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



4,240 

 3,000 

 2,860 

 2,080 

 3,000 

 3,720 

 4,120 

 3,800 

 3,200 

 .3,520 

 2,580 

 2,520 

 3,900 

 3,180 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



S J2 



n ^ 



60 .. 



54 2 



52 44 



52 24 



52 24 



52 24 



52 24 



48 16 



47 24 



41) 32 



46 12 



41 12 



40 20 



39 8 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lbs. 



50 

 53 



52 



5U 



51$ 



50 



51 



511 



52 



51i 



50i 



51' 



52 



53i 



