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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Spring Wheat. 



Twenty-nine varieties of spring wheat were sown, as stated below, in plots of 

 one-twentieth of an acre each. Four and one-half pounds of seed (equal to 1^ bushels 

 per acre) was sown on each plot, with the results given. 



Name of Variety. 



White Fife 



Great Western 



Hungarian Mountain. . . 



Defiance 



Rio Grande 



White Connell 



Wellman's Fife 



Red Fife 



Herisson Bearded 



Red Fern 



Ladoga 



Pringle's Champlain. . . 

 Campbell's White Chaff, 

 White Russian . . 



Colorado 



Hueston's 



Azima, Russian . 



Black Sea 



Abundance ,. . . . 



Beta 



Alpha 



Carleton 



Ottawa 



Prince 



Advance 



Stanley 



Preston 



Albert 



Crown 



Condition when cut. 



Long, stiff, bright straw. 

 Long, weak, bright straw. 

 Medium long, stiff, bright straw. 

 Long, stiff, bright straw. 



do do 



Medium long, stiff, bright straw. 

 Short, stiff, bright straw. 

 Medium long, medium stiff, bright 



straw. 

 Short, stiff, bright straw. 

 Medium long, stiff, bright straw. 

 Medium long, medium stiff, bright 



straw. 

 Long, medium stiff, bright straw. 

 Medium long, stiff, bright straw. 

 Medium long, medium stiff, bright 



straw. 

 Long, stiff, bright straw. 



do do 



Very short, stiff, bright straw. 

 Medium long, stiff, bright straw. 

 Medium long, weak, bright ; some 



lodged. 

 Medium long, stiff, bright straw. 

 Long, stiff, bright straw. 

 Medium long, weak, bright straw. 

 Medium long, stiff, bright straw. 



do do do 



do do do 



Long, stiff, bright straw. 

 Medium long, stiff, bright straw. 



do do do 



do do do 



