DIVISION OF CEREALS 



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From the above table it will be noted that Abundance, Twentieth Century, 

 and Banner gave the heaviest yields; also that they have a good length and strougtii 

 of straw. 



Ligowo gave tlie heaviest weight per n^easured bushel, and hence can be cla^ssed 

 among the heaviest producers. These four varieties can be recommended for use 

 in this district. 



Gold Rain, while a heavy yielder, is more subject to rust. Pioneer is the only 

 black variety in the above table, and is a fair yielder. Pioneer and CI old E,ain were 

 the earliest in ripening. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Twelve varieties of barley were sown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth of 

 an acre, six of six-row and six of two-row. 



The land was medium heavy clay, sandy loam subsoil. It was phuited to roots 

 the previous year and manured at the rate of 20 tons per acre of barnyard manure, 

 and ploughed in the fall of 1912". In the spring of 1913 it was well cultivated, but 

 did not receive any manure or fertilizer. 



Grain was sown on May 7 at the rate of two bushels per acre. Three of the varie- 

 ties were attacked by sparrows, viz., Hannchen, Manchurian and Invincible. In 

 the cr^e of Hannchen there was an es-timated loss of at least 30 per cent, and in the 

 latter two not more than 10 per cent. The yields given in the tables are those 

 actually obtained. 



The following tables give the comparative results of the two-row and six-row 

 varieties : — 



Barley. — Six-row. — Test of Varieties. 



^ Nappan. 



