DIVISTOX OF CEREALS 



815 



SESSIONAL PAPER Mo. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Thei'e were seven varieties of six-row and fuiir varieties of two-row barley tested. 

 Tlic-y were sown April 15 on land on wliirli roots had been sown the previous season 

 and were irrigated once on .Inly 2."). 



Six-row Baulev (Ip.ri(;ati:d) — Test of Varieties. 



0; 



J2 



Name of Variety. 



1 Cole. 



O.A.C. No. 21. 

 SiClande 



Manchurian. 



f ♦des.sa 



6|Ma.n.stield... 

 7!Guymalaye . 



Date 



of 



:^i|)eniiig. 



A US'. 



i.Tidy 



I 



11., 

 2 



I. 

 1. 

 2. 

 2 



30 ! 



No. of 

 Days 



Matm- 

 ing. 



ll.s 

 lO'i 

 111 

 10^ 

 109 

 100 



bo c ? 

 a; ,i| 

 , 3 be 



^ il ^ 



tcS-- 

 > c o 



Inches. 



sr, 

 37 

 35 

 41 

 34 

 37 

 2(5 



Yield of 

 tlrain 

 per 

 Acre. 



Busli 



10(1 



it;; 



73 

 91 



84 



(■.8 



Lb. 



30 

 30 

 3(5 

 44 



3 

 G 



13 



2 



"a; 









Lbs. 



4S 



51 



49.5 



51 



51.5 



53 



04.7 





79 3S* 

 70 21 

 04 27* 

 02 1 

 58 41 



* Average for tliree year.s only. 



Twu-Kow Barlkv (Iurigated) — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



liSwedish Che 

 2 Invincible .... 

 Early Chevalier 

 Clifford , 



alier 



Aug. 



10 

 5 



21 

 1 



3! 



be 



0/ -t^ 



I Average! 

 I Lenq-tli ' 



Straw, I 

 includ- 

 ing i 

 Head. 



Inc-he8 



A verage 

 Length 

 of i 

 Head. I 



117 

 112 

 128 

 108 



30 

 35 

 41 

 41 



Inches. 



2 

 2 

 3 

 2 



Y'ield 



of 



Grain 



[ler 



Acre. 



Lb. 



4,470 

 4,530 

 3,293 

 3,120 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



Bnsh. Lb. 



93 

 94 



08 

 65 







18 

 29 



Weight 



per 



Measured 



Bushel 



after 



Cleaning. 



Average 



Yield 



per 



Acre 



fcjr 



Five 



Years. 



Lb. 



Bush. Lb 



(1) Average yield for six years. 



(2) Average yield for two years only. 



iG—r^Si 



LlCTIIBRInOE. 



