DIYISIOy OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SIX-EOW BAELEY. 



Ten varieties of six-row barley were tested in uniform duplicate test plots. They 

 were sown on May 14 at the rate of 2 bushels per acre. The land is black loam, and 

 grew potatoes the previous year. 



Six-row Barlky. — Test of Varieties. 



^ 



Name of Variety. 



1 Mensiiry 



2 Garton's No. 68 



3 Silver King 



4 Manehurian 



5 0.A.C. No. 21. 

 0, Odessa. 



TjYale 



8; Mansfield .'. 



yjGuyiTwJaye ( Hnll- 



{ less) 



lO'Success (Beardless). 



Date 



of 

 Sowing . 



May 14. 



,. 14. 



M 14. 



M 14. 



.> 14. 



„ 14. 



„ 14. 



>, 14. 



„ 14. 



„ 14. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Auc 



8. 

 7. 

 G. 

 11. 

 7. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 



8. 

 4. 



Mensury is the old standby in Manitoba and is hard to crowd out of first place. 

 Garton's No. 6S and Silver King are new varieties that seem to possess dec'ded merit. 

 Manehurian is Dr. C. E. Saunders' selection of Mensury; it has usually surpassed 

 the original strain, but falls below it this year. It is nevertheless recommended on 

 account of greater luiiformity and better straw. O.A.C. Xo. 21, while down to fifth 

 place this year, is still at the head on the five-year average. It is earlier than any 

 other of the heavy yielding varieties, and has spendid stiff straw. 



Five of these varieties have been grown for five years or more, one other has been 

 grown three years, and the remainder- two years. The average results for these periods 

 are as follows : — 



Variety. 



O. A. C. No. 21 



Mensury 



Odessa 



Yale 



Mansfield 



McUielnirian (average of 3 years). . . 

 Garton's No. f'8 (avijrage of 2 years 

 Silver King (average of 2 years). . . 

 G\iymalaye (average of 2 years). . . 

 Success (average of 2 years) 



Average 



No. of I)ays 



Maturing. 



85 

 86 

 88 

 87 

 87 



•8 

 •8 

 •6 

 •4 

 •4 



Average 



Strength of 



Straw. 



Stiff 



Faiily stiff 



It It 

 Medium. . . 



Fairly stiff 



tt It . 



Medium. . . 



rr . . . 



Fairly stiff 



Average Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



68 

 67 

 63 

 61. 

 59 

 75 

 S3 

 73 

 57 

 56 



42 

 02 

 47 

 22 

 44 

 47 

 11 

 16 

 19 

 12 



Brandon. 



