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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 

 Six-rowed Barley — Test op Varieties. 



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1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



IG 



17 



IS 



Name of Variety. 





Odessa 



Blue Longhea 1 



Common 



Mensury 



Oderbruch 



Empire 



Trooper 



Mansfield 



Yale 



Royal . . 



Nugent 



Summit 



Ar^yle 



Stella 



Claude 



Brome 



Albert 



Champion . . . . 



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-I 



bo 



o.s 

 ■^'^ 



In. 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



35 Medium 



32 



38 Weak. 



42 



38 



34 Medium 



38 Strong. 



38 Weak.. 



371 n . 



37 Medium 



38 Weak 

 33 „ 



41 

 36 

 36 

 33 

 37 

 40 



Medium 

 Weak... 

 Medium 



ft 

 Strong. . 

 Weak... 



73 



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w 



o 

 -a 



tao 

 S 



til 



In. 



Weight 



per 

 Acre. 



Lbs. 



3,440 



3,600 

 3,480 

 2,800 

 3,600 

 2,760 

 2,240 

 2,140 

 2,300 

 2, .500 

 2,909 

 3,820 

 2,640 

 2,760 

 2,380 

 3,860 

 3,040 

 2,320 



Yield 



]5er 



Acre. 



3 ^ 



pq J 



65 40 



64 8 



60 40 



57 24 



55 .. 



55 .. 



53 36 



52 44 



62 4 



50 40 



49 28 



48 36 



47 44 



47 44 



46 12 



44 28 



42 24 



41 32 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lbs. 



Barley — Test of Varieties in Field Lots. 



Ten varieties of barley were sown on fallowed land, clay loam, at rate of two bush?ls 



seed per acre. 



Name of Variety. 



Claude 



Odessa 



Mensury 



Mansfield 



Mensury 



Standwell 



Sidney 



Invincible 



Canadian Thorpe 

 ■Royal 



Size 



of 



Plot. 



Acres. 



4| 



5 



2 



41 

 9 



2^ 

 3 



2 



2i 



2i 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



April 30.. 



M 30.. 



May 1.. 



1.. 

 April SO.. 

 May 2.. 



2.. 



2.. 



2.. 



1.. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 



7. 



8. 



4. 



8. 



8. 

 IG. 

 14. 

 16. 

 13. 



4. 



oQ bb 



T3 g 



tM -4.3 



O c« 



99 

 100 



95 



99 

 100 

 106 

 104 

 106 

 103 



95 



O.S ^. 



■S ^ be 

 bo =5 •'"'-' 



In. 



46 

 40 

 43 

 46 

 46 

 34 

 30 

 38 

 46 

 30 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Weak . . 



Medium, 



Strong. 

 Weak . 



be 1) 



cffi 

 -A 



In. 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Six-rowed 



Two-rowed 



Six-rowed 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



W ^ 



58 28 



57 7 



54 20 



46 8 



43 



30 



25 40 



23 44 



21 26 



20 20 



