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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TWO-EOW BAELEY. 



The plots of two-row barley were sown from the 2nd to the 5th of May, the 

 seed being used at the rate of about 2 bushels per acre. As in the case of the six- 

 row varieties, the yields were very irregular owing to inequalities in the soil, which 

 the drought of summer served to accentuate. 



Fifty-four varieties and selections of two-row barley were grown in the regular 

 test plots. Only the named sorts are here reported upon. 



The yield per acre is expressed in pounds and also in " bushels " of 48 pounds. 



Two-Eow Barley. — Test of Varieties. 



EECOMMENDED VAEIETIES OF TWO-EOAV BAELEY. 



Among the best varieties of two-row barley may be mentioned Duckbill, Goid- 

 thorpe, Canadian Thorpe, and some of the strains of Chevalier, especially Early 

 Chevalier. Hannchen, a comparatively new Swedish variety, is very productive but 

 . its poor straw is a serious dravvback. 



No satisfactory varieties of beardless or hulless two-row barle^' are yet available. 

 The Dominion Cerealist is experimenting with a number of new cross-bred sorts of his 

 own production. 



Ottawa. 



