786 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



and of mixed type. Prelude is not recommended for Manitoba, except in the extreme 

 north. It is very eai'ly, but is a light yielder, very short in the straw and bearded. Red 

 Fife and Marquis are recommended for general use in Manitoba. 



FIVE-YEAR AVERAGES. 



The following are the average results obtained with Marquis and Red Fife during 

 the past five years, and of the other two varieties during the years they have been under 

 test : — 



Variety. 



Average 



No. of daj-3 



maturing. 



Marquis 



Red Fife 



C4arton's No. 46 (average 2 years). 

 Prelude (average .3 years) 



105-6 

 111-2 



Average 



yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



43 



40 

 41 

 23 



58 

 54 

 40 

 21 



In addition to the four varieties reported upon, ten new varieties recently pro- 

 duced by the Dominion Cerealist were tested under numbers. No public report will be 

 made on these until they are more thoroughly tested; and probably most of them will 

 be discarded, as soon as it is found out definitely which are the best. This year's test 

 does not indicate that any of them would equal Marquis for this section of Manitoba. 



STRAINS OF RED FIFE. 



A comparison of various strains of Red Fife obtainable in the province was made 

 this year. Seed was obtained from seed houses, and also from farmers who are well 

 known as seed growers and winners of prizes on Red Fife, in important contests. 



These strains were sown under the same conditions as the varieties already des'- 

 cribed. The resnlts showed only a slight difference in productiveness, but considerable 

 variation in earliness, and a most decided difference in purity. The following table 

 shows the results : — 



Strain. 



Dow Bros. " Registered " 



E.Kperimental Earm 



Stede Briggs " Early Red Fif^ ". 

 Thos. Thomjison's "Registered". 

 W. H. English's " Registered ". . 

 McKenzie's " Gold Standard". . . 

 W. A. A. Rowe's "Registered'.. 

 W. Laughland's "Prizewinning"' 

 J. T. Maynard's "Prizewinning" 



Rust). 



Almost none 



n 



Medium .... 

 Almost none 

 II 



A little 



Almost none 



Yield 

 per acre. 



40 

 4<, 

 44 

 40 

 41 

 39 

 42 

 40 

 40 



I- 



.a 

 S o * « 



Bush. Lb. 



10 

 40 

 10 

 50 

 30 

 3i. 

 10 

 50 

 40 



<v a 

 - a o 







 3 

 4 



4 

 10 

 11 



29 



56 



155 



Brandon. 



