REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORD. 



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TESTS OF VARIETIES OF BARLEY. 



Sown I6th May with a common drill, 8 peeks per acre, on clay loam soil, sum- 

 mer-fallowed, size of plots Jq acre. 



Variety. 



Odessa 



Mensiiry 



Sharpens Improved Chevalier, 



Kinver Chevalier 



Golden Grains 



Duckbill 



Goldthorpe 



French Chevalier 



Baxters 



Danish Chevalier. . . . 



Oderbriich 



Canadian Thorpe . . . 



Rennie's Improved. 



Common Six-rowed. , 



Prize Prolific 



Thanet 



Petschora 



GuJ^nalaye , 



Ripe. 



Aug. 

 do 

 do 



9. 



10. 



14. 

 do 14. 

 do 14. 

 do 10. 

 do 16. 

 do 14. 

 do 4. 

 do 14. 

 do 10. 



14. 

 4. 

 7. 



14. 



14. 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 



Yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



57 

 54 

 53 

 51 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 47 

 46 

 45 

 45 

 44 

 43 

 43 

 42 

 40 

 39 

 31 



4 



18 



6 



2 



46 



26 



16 



44 



42 



30 



10 



38 



16 



6 



14 



10 



28 



2 



Lbs. 



per 



bush. 



48 



47 



48 



47 



48 



48 



45 



48 



47 



454 



48 



45 



47 



49i^ 



47" 



45 



42 



55 



RESULTS OP TESTS WITH BARLEY FROM 1890 TO 1893. 



In the following table will be found a summary of the results obtained with 

 some of the principal varieties of barley, during the past four years; the Duckbill, 

 Goldthorpe and Odessa are the three most productive varieties, these are also stiff 

 strawed sorts, an important consideration in this country where the rich soil en 

 courages a rank and tender growth of straw. 



Variety. 



Duckbill Two-rowed 



Goldthorpe do 



Odessa Six-rowed 



Prize Prolific Two-rowed 



Sharpe's Improved Chevalier Two-rowed 

 Danish Chevalier do 



California Prolific do 



Kinver Chevalier do 



Rennie's Six-rowed 



Beardless Tworowed 



Mensury Six-rowed 



Thanet Two-rowed 



Baxter's Six-rowed 



Years included. 



1890, 

 1890, 

 1890, 

 1890, 

 1892, 

 1890, 

 1891, 

 1891, 

 1890, 

 1890, 

 1892, 

 1890, 

 1890, 



'91, '92, '93 

 '91, '92, '93 

 '91, '92, '93 

 '91, '92, '93 



'93 



'91, '92, '93 



'92 



'92, '93 



'91, '92. '93 



'91, '92 



'93 



'92, '93 



'92, '93 



A verage 



yield 

 per acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



59 

 59 

 59 

 55 

 54 

 54 

 .53 

 52 

 51 

 50 

 47 

 44 

 41 



28 

 21 

 10 

 16 

 38 

 11 

 46 

 22 

 31 

 27 

 34 

 32 



Average 



days 

 maturing. 



102 

 109 



97 

 105 



94 

 104 

 105 

 103 



94 

 110 



89 

 101 



88 



Average 



weight 



per bushel. 



Lbs. 



50i 



49h 



51"" 



50 



49i 



50J 



.50| 



50" 



50 



51 



47i 



.50 



49 



Sc—IG 



