818 



EXPERIMENTAL ZV. /.M/.9 



Si'RiXG Whe.vt. — Test of Varieties. 



5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 



Name of V^ariety. 



f. 



Red Fife 



Bi.ahop 



Marquis 



Yellow C'ros.s . . . 

 Early Russian.. . 



Bc>bs 



Huron 



Prelude 



Pioneer (195 F.). 



Average 

 Length ' 

 of I 

 Str.uv, 1 

 inejud- I 



ing 

 Head. 



^2 



m 



is c^ 

 m 



Yield of 



Grain 

 [ler Acre. 



64 

 51 

 47 

 45 

 42 

 41 

 39 

 36 

 18 



!Bush. Lb. 



10 

 30 

 40 

 30 

 20 

 10 

 40 



Weight 



per 



Measured 



Bushel 



after 



Cleaning. 



Lb. 



60 

 59 

 63 

 63 

 61 

 59 

 62 

 63 

 59 



Sr'Ri.xc Wheat. — Field Lot> Suitable for Seed. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH RYE. 



One plot of fall rye was sown on August 10, 1912, on sunnner-f allow, and on 

 the same kind of soil, similarly prepared, one plot of spring rye was sown on April 

 19, 1913. 



L.VCOMBE. 



