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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



Test of Thirty-nine Varieties of Wheat. 



Sown in the valley, 3rd May ; soil, black loam, summer fallow, sown with com- 

 mon drill, 1^ bushels per acre, bluestoned, no smut; size of plots, one-tenth acre. 



Variety.! 



Goose . . . 



Herisson Bearded 



Rio Grande 



Pringle's Cham plain 



Grehun 



Preston 



Red Fife 



Old Red Riyer 



White Russian . . . 



Hueston's 



White Fife 



Albert 



Green Mountain . . . . . 



Azima, Russian 



White Connell 



Great Western 



Red Fern 



Emporium 



Hungarian Mountain . . . 



Golden Drop 



Stanley 



Ladoga 



Wellman's Fife 



Colorado . . 



Campbell's Triumph . . . . 



Crown 



Alpha 



Stonewall 



Prince 



Manifold 



A. No. 1 



Campbell's White Chaff 



Trial 



Black Sea 



Abundance 



Ottawa 



Beta 



Carleton ..... . . 



Anglo-Canadian 



Inch. 



47 

 44 

 47 

 40 

 34 

 38 

 41 

 44 

 47 

 41 

 39 

 42 

 39 

 41 

 39 

 47 

 43 

 47 

 38 

 42 

 37 

 45 

 44 

 41 

 41 

 42 

 45 

 42 

 40 

 42 

 42 

 4] 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 40 

 41 

 43 

 37 



Kind 



of 

 head. 



Bearded 



do 



do 



do 



Bald . . . 



Bearded 



Bald . . . 



do ... 



do ... 



do ... 



do ... 



Bearded 



Bald . . . 



Bearded 



Bald . . . 



Bearded 



do 



do 

 Bald . . . 

 do . . 

 do . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 Bearded 



do 



do 



do 



Bald . . . 



Bearded 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Inch. 



3 

 2 



4i 

 3i 



2i 



3i 



4 

 4 

 4 



4^ 

 44 

 3 



34 



34 



4 



4 



4 



44 



3 



24 



4" 



3 



44 



3 



3 



34 



4 



3 



21 



3 



3 



4 



3 



3 



4 



3 



3 



3 



44 



113 

 107 

 110 

 107 

 107 

 103 

 110 

 110 

 110 

 110 

 110 

 103 

 107 

 113 

 110 

 111 

 103 

 107 

 107 

 105 

 103 

 103 

 110 

 101 

 101 

 110 

 109 

 101 

 103 

 103 

 105 

 104 

 104 

 104 

 107 

 104 

 104 

 104 

 123 



Rust. 



None. 



do . 



do . 

 Little 

 None. 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 



do . 

 Little 



do 

 None . 



do . 



do ., 



do . 



do ., 



do ., 



do .. 



do ., 



do .. 



do .. 



do ., 



do ., 

 Little , 



do 

 None . , 



do .. 

 Little 



do . 



do 

 None . . 

 Badly . 



Ripe. 



Aug. 24. 



do 18, 



do 21. 



do 18. 



do 18. 



do 14. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 21. 



do 14. 



do 18. 



do 24. 



do 21. 



do 22. 



do 14. 



do 18. 



do 18. 



do 16. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 21. 



do 12. 



do 12. 



do 21. 



do 20. 



do 12. 



do 14. 



do 14. 



do 16. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 18. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



do 15. 



Sept. 3. 



Yield 



per 



acre. 



I Bush. lbs. 



36 10 



32 40 



31 40 



31 30 



.30 30 



30 .. 



29 20 



28 50 



27 50 



27 40 



27 

 27 



40 

 30 



27 10 



27 .. 



26 50 



25 50 



25 50 



25 40 



25 30 



24 50 



24 40 



24 .. 



23 50 



23 20 



23 .. 



22 10 



22 .. 



22 .. 



21 20 



21 .. 



20 30 



19 40 



19 .. 



18 10 



17 50 



17 40 



16 50 



16 40 



7 . . 



1-5 



Lbs. 



624 



62 



61 



60 



62 



59 



60 



60 



59 



58 



60 



55 



59 



604 



60 



60 



59 



60 



58 



61 



59 



57 



58 



60 



57 



60 



59 



57 



56 



56 



57 



57 



57 



57 



56 



56 



564 



56 



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NoTK. —The weights per bushel given here, and also with all other grain tables in my report, are not 

 the maximum weights that the grain could be brought to, but were taken from grain cleaned to a condition 

 fit for milling pui^poses only. 



