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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Barley Two-row. — Test of Varieties. 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



In the six-row varieties it will be noted that the Manchurian and Odessa are two 

 of tlie earliest maturing varieties and have, in the case of Manchurian, g-ood length of 

 head, but slight weakness in the straw; whereas Odessa is strong in the straw but 

 short in the head. Yet these are two varieties that can best be recommended from 

 the above table. Manchurian is a selected strain of Mensury. This selection has sur- 

 passed in yield, both the original Mensuiy from which it was derived and also the 

 closelj'' related Mandscheuri. 



O.A. C. No. 21 has only been grown here, for a short time, but it is a promising 

 barley. 



Recommended varieties from the two-row barleys are Swedish Chevalier, French 

 Chevalier, and Invincible. The former two are late in maturing, but give a good yield of 

 nice grain. Invincible ripens somewhat earlier and yields grain of fair quality. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BUCKWHEAT. 



Five varieties of buckwheat were sown in uniform test plots of one-fortieth of an 

 acre. The land was medium clay loam, ploughed from clover the previous year. 



It was harrowed twice with a cutaway harrow and once with a smoothing harrow. 

 All seed sown was on June 11 at the rate of 3 pecks per acre. 



Due to this piece of land being very bad in couch grass, the results and yields 

 are not quite as good as we should have liked to see. 



Nappan. 



