REPORT OF MR. A. MACK AY. 



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CROSS-BRED WHEATS. 



The result of the tests of the cross-bred wheats during the past season, was not 

 very satisfactory. All gave a large quantity of straw and there were fair yields of 

 nearly all the sorts tried, but the grain was poor except in two cases and these were 

 not equal to Eed Fife. This was caused to a great extent, no doubt, by the hot 

 winds of August 6th, as other varieties sown alongside the cross-bred sorts were, 

 with few exceptions as badly hurt. 



Stanley and Alpha, beardless sorts, give promise of being the most valuable of all 

 thus far tested. These two gave 35-10 and 32-10 respectively per acre, of fairly good 

 grain and were 4 and 5 days earlier than Eed Fife sown alongside for comparison. 

 The results of a test of 12 varieties of these cross-bred wheats sown on yLth acre plots 

 have been given and the yields of 9 varieties which were sown on acre plots will be 

 found below. The small plots are of new sorts, tested here for the first time, and 

 have occupied too small an area to admit of a satisfactory calculation as to yield 

 per acre. 



Tests op cross-bred wheats on one acre plots. 



SMALL PLOTS. 



New Hybrids 



Red Fife and Club 



Bombay. 

 Red Fife and Ladoga. . 



Anglo-Canadian and 



Karachi. 

 Red Fife and Ladoga 



(Red Chafif.) 

 Spiti Valley and Red 



Fife (beardless.) 



Plot small and no 

 yield taken, 

 do 



do 



do 



do 



GENERAL RESULT OF WHEAT TESTS FOR 1893. 



On account of there being no spring or fall frosts to injure any of the varieties 

 of wheat tested, it may safely be said that Eed Fife has given the best results in every 

 respect. 



The result of the wheat tests, on the whole, the past season, has not been 

 altogether satisfactory. While the crop of straw in all the varieties was large, the 

 hot winds in August injured the grain in all the late kinds considerably, and caused 

 it to ripen prematurely, but early sorts, such as the Gehun, which were well 

 advanced before the hot winds came suffered less. The result of the injury is not 

 80 much observed in the yield as in the weight and quality of the grain. 



