DlVISlOX or CEliEALS 



£09 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PART I.— KON-IRRIGATEB. OR ' DRY " FARM. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH WINTER WHEATS. 



Winter Inllinji was (iiiite general with the winter wheats. In addition to the 

 ■unfavourable climatic conditions during the winter, the plants were seriously affected 

 with the disease quite generally prevalent in the winter wheat fields in the southern 

 part of the province, the exact luiture of Avhich has not yet been definitely discovered. 

 As in the past, th- varieties .if tlie Turkey Red type survived the unfavourable condi- 

 tions best, althoufih the yield was light. Eleven varieties of winter wheat were sown 

 on summer-fallowed land on September 1, 1912. 



(NoK -Irrigated) Wi.\ti:i; Wheat. — Test of Varieties. 



g 



3 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 



Name of V^ariety. 



Minnesota No. .561 



Azinia 



Oliirka 



Kan^ias Red 



Buflfxim No. 17 



Dawson's Golden Chaff. . 



Minnesota No. 520 



Kharkov 



Tai^ninnia Red (C.E.F.). 

 Egyptian Amber (C.E.F) 

 Winter Eminer 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



1912. 



Sept. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Number 

 I ,of 



Matur- 

 ing. 



1913. 



l;Au£ 



l! „■ 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



3i 

 3i 

 II 

 31 



i; 



7 



4 



3 



13 



13 



Winter killed. 



3.30 

 33G 

 334 

 336 

 334 

 340 

 337 

 336 

 34(} 

 346 



Yield of 



(Jrain 

 per .\cre. 



Bush. Lb. 



37 

 20 

 24 

 23 

 23 

 22 

 11) 

 16 

 15 

 13 



30 



Weight 



per 



measiu-ed 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lb. 



62 



62 5 



63 



02 



61 



59- 5 



61-7 



62-5 



58 



58 '5 



Lethbridge. 



