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EXPERIMENTA L FA RMS. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Twelve varieties of 2-rowed bailey, and 12 varieties of 6-rowed were tested for 

 comparative earliness and yield during the past season on plots of 4^ acre each. It 

 was intended to sow these all on the same day, but heavy rains prevented this and the 

 sowing of some of the plots was unavoidably delayed for two days. These plots 

 were adjoining those of the spring wheat on similar clay loam, and the land received 

 the same treatment. 



The barley was not nearly so much affected by rust as the wheat was, but it was 

 apparent on the leaves about the same time. It appeared on the stems of the 

 6-rowed sorts about the last of July, and on the 2-rowed a week later, the 6-rowed 

 varieties were not much injured, but the 2-rowed sorts suffered considerably. 



TWO-ROWED BARLEY — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of variety. 



Thanet 



Swedish female, with Baxter's 



six-rowed, male, plant 3 



Improved Chevalier 



French Chevalier 



Kinver Chevalier 



Newton. 



Danish Chevalier . . . 



Duck-bill 



New Golden Grains 



Canadian Thorpe 



Prize Prolific. '.:... 



Goldthorpe 



o 



S3 



Inches. 



36 to 39 



24 to 36 

 33 to 39 

 32 to 39 

 36 to .39 

 32 to 41 

 30 to 37 

 30 to 36 

 36 to 39 

 30 to 33 

 24 to 38 

 32 to 36 



O J3 



o 



u 

 cS 



Q 



o 



s 



Inches. 



Weak 3ito4i 



Fair. . 

 Weak 



do 



do 

 Stifif.. 

 Weak 

 Stiff.. 

 Weak 

 Stifif.. 

 Weak 

 Fair .. 



2ito 



2|to 



3^ to 



4 to 



2f to 



3Jito 



2ito 



4" 



2ito 



2|to 



2|to 



bp 



o 

 m 



o 



0) 



May 29 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



29 

 29 

 29 

 29 



27 

 29 



27 

 29 

 27 

 29 



27 



O 



qj bb 



'o.S 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 Sept. 



Aug. 20 83 



13 

 19 

 23 

 22 



25 

 26 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 26 

 9 





2 



Bus. lbs. 

 40 40 





bo 



Lbs. 



43| 



49f 



451 



44 



43 



43| 



444 



4i| 

 44 

 43* 

 44" 



Proportion 

 Rusted. 



Slightly. 



do 

 Considerablv. 

 Slightly. 



do 

 Considerably. 



do 

 Slightly. 



do 

 Considerably, 

 do 

 do 



SIX-ROWED BARLEY. — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



