REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



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TEST OP VARIETIES OF WHEAT SOWN MAY 26tH AND 27tH. 



Name of variety. 



Si 



a; 



Inches. 



Herison's Bearded '36 to 



Preston 42 to 



Dions (resembles Red Fern). . i46to 



Pringle's Champlain 42 to 



Wellman's Fife 36 to 



Crown 42 to 



Red Fife 40to 



Beaudry 36 to 



Stanley ... 43 to 



Red Fern 47 to 



Alpha 42 to 



White Russian 42 to 



White Fife 36 to 



Ottawa 36 to 



Abundance 41 to 



Rio Grande . 46 to 



Black Sea 36 to 



Albert 36 to 





o 



Ladoga 



Hungarian Mountain 



Huestons 



Great Western 



Prince 



Carleton 



Beta 



Manitou (not distinguishable 



from Red Fife) ... 



White Chaff 



■ Colorado 



Azima, Russian 



White Connell 



36 to 

 36 to 

 38 to 

 40 to 

 36 to 

 36 to 

 40 to 



42 to 

 36 to 

 36 to 

 33 to 

 40 to 



Stiff .. 



do .. 

 Fair.. 



do .. 

 Stiff.. 



do .. 



do .. 

 Fair . . 

 Stiff.. 

 Fair.. 

 Stiff.. 

 Fair.. 

 44 1 Stiff.. 



44 Fair.. 

 46; do .. 

 53 1 Stiff.. 



45 Fair.. 

 48 do .. 

 45 do .. 

 42lStiff.. 

 48: Fair.. 

 52:Stiff.. 

 451 Fair.. 

 45; do .. 

 45 do .. 



48 Stiff .. 

 45 Fair.. 



47 Weak 

 48| do".. 



48 Fair.. 





53 



Hi 



o 



Inches. 



Uto2 

 2ito3i 

 3 to 4 

 3 to 4 

 23 to 3| 

 2|to3i 

 21 to 3" 

 2ito3 

 2Sto3i 

 3 to 4 

 2i to 3i 

 2|to3i 

 2i to 3i 

 2| to U 



3 to 4 



2^to3i 



2ato3i 



i24to3| 



'2|to3i 



3 to 4 



3 to 4 



2|to3i 



2|to3i 



2ito3| 



Bearded . . 



do .. 



do .. 



do .. 

 Beardless . 

 Bearded . . 

 Beardless . 

 Bearded . . 

 Beardless . 

 Bearded . , 

 Beardless . 



do 



do 

 Bearded . . 



do .. 



do .. 



do ., 



do .. 



do ., 

 Beardless 



do 

 Bearded . 



do . 



do ; 



do . 



3 to 4 Beardless 

 2Uo3 I do 

 2A to 3i' Bearded. 

 3"'to4i| do . 

 2hto 3 Beardless 

 I 



a. 





2 Si 



1^ 



Aug. 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



do 



do 



do 



Sept. 

 Aug. 



23 



22 

 30 

 26 



28 



89 

 88 

 95 

 91 

 93 



23 88 

 28 94 

 23! 88 



22 i 88 

 30 95 



23 89 

 23 1 88 

 28 93 

 15 80 

 17 i 82 

 31, 96 

 15 80 



15 

 16 

 28 

 25 

 31 

 15 

 15 

 19 



28 



20 



19 



1 



27 



81 

 81 

 94 

 91 

 96 

 80 

 80 

 84 



93 

 85 

 85 

 98 

 93 



< 



a; 



s> 



-a 



56 



571 



Proportion 

 Rusted. 



Considerably, 

 do 

 581 Slightly. 

 54| Badly. 

 55| Considerably. 

 553 do 



55 I do 



58 i 



56|; 



55| 



57 



53 



55 



50|i Badly 



53 ! do' 



53f 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



51 



50 



.50 



5U 



47| 



.50 



51 



.59| 



52 



49i 



48 

 57 



mk 

 44 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



do 



do 

 Very badly. 

 Badly. 



do 



FIELD CROPS OF SPRING WHEAT. 



Rio Grande. — Soil part sandy loam and part clay loam. The previous crop was 

 barley on the sandy loam, and corn on the clay. The land was ploughed in the 

 autumn of 1892, diec harrowed and harrowed with the smoothing harow in spring 

 of 1893 before sowing; 3|- acres sown May 15th, 1^ bushels per acre, ripe August 

 27th ; time to mature, 104 days ; yield per acj'e, 20 bushels, 50 lbs., weight per bushel, 

 55J lbs.; length of head, 3f to 4 inches; bearded, length of straw, 48 to 50 inches, 

 .all standing well and rusted, but not so badly as other varieties. 



Wellman's Fife — Soil, sandy loam ; pi-evious crop, oats; ploughed in autumn of 

 1892, gang ploughed in spring of 1893, and haiTowed with smoothing harrow before 

 sowing, 1 acre, sown May 13th, 1^ bushels per acre, ripe August 22nd, lime to mature, 

 101 days, yield per acre, 13 bushels, 37 lbs., weight per bushel, 53^ lbs.; length of 

 head, 3 to 3f inches, beardless, length of straw, 36 to 42 inches, straw stiff, all stand- 

 ing well, but considerably rusted. 



CampbelVs White Chaff. — On clay soil, the previous crop was corn. The land 

 was ploughed in the autumn of 1892, had a light coating of manure, 10 to 12 tons per 

 acre in the spring of 1893, then ploughed lightly and hacrowed with smoothing har- 

 row before sowing, 2^ acres, sown May 22nd, 1^ bushels per acre, ripe August 22nd, 

 time to mature, 92 days, yield per acre, 10 bushels, 3 lbs., weight per bushel, 54 lbs. 

 Length of head, 2J to 3 inches, beardless, length of straw, 34 to 40 inches, consider- 

 -ably broken down and very badly rusted. 



