280 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



As to earliness, all the sorts matured in much less time than in 1892. 



in 1892 took 139 days to mature; this year 115 days; Grehun, in 

 days ; this year 108 days. 



1892 



Red Fife 

 took 121 



BARLEY. 



Twenty-five varieties of barley were tested the past season. Of these, 17 were 

 old sorts and 8 new hybrids between six-rowed and two-rowed barley which have 

 been produced at the Central Experimental Farm. Five varieties yielded over 50 

 bushels per acre, 8 over 40 bushels and the remainder over 30 bushels. 



All kinds were very heavy in the straw but the grain was light in weight 

 caused by the hot winds ripening it too quickly. Except two varieties and in a few 

 others in low places no lodging took place. The straw, as will be seen, was from 3 

 to 4:^ feet in length, and some kinds went over 400 pounds to the -jV^^ acre. 



Except a few acres sown on stubble land, all the barley was put in on fallow 

 and unless otherwise stated, 2 bushels of seed were sown per acre. 



Sixteen varieties sown on the same day, under the same conditions, matured on 

 an average in 95 days, while last year, 13 kinds under the same conditions, took 

 an average of 120 days to ripen. The weather during the barley harvest was fine 

 and all sorts were secured without being weather-stained. 



FIELD LOTS. — PLOTS OF FOUR ACRES AND UPWARDS. 



Five varieties were sown in fields, all of these were two-rowed, and one of them 

 California Prolific was sown on three different dates. 



All sorts were very heavy in the straw, but all, excepting Prize Prolific and 

 Newton, stood up and were easily harvested. One field of California Prolific of 5 

 acres, yielded 57 bushels 44 pounds per acre, from the thresher. The grain of all 

 the varieties is much lighter than usual. 



RESULTS OF FIELD CROPS OF TWO-ROWED BARLEY. 



Name 



of 



Variety. 



California Prolific. . . 



do 



do 



do fall pl'h'ng 



Newton ... 



Kinver Chevalier. . . . 



Prize Prolific . 



Goldthorpe 



Sown. 



May 6 

 do 8 

 do 9 

 do 11 

 do 12 

 do 9 

 do 9 



do 11 



Headed. 



July 18 



do 17 



do 20 



do 17 



do 19 



do 20 



do 20 



do 21 



Ripe. 



Aug. 12 



do 11 



do 14 



do 12 



do 16 



do 18 



do 18 



do 17 



Matured 

 in. 



Days. 



98 

 95 

 97 

 93 

 96 

 101 

 101 

 98 



Height. 



Ft. in. 



4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



49 

 49 

 48 

 47 

 46i 

 47 

 47 

 threshed 



RESULTS OF SOWING BARLEY AT DIFFERENT DATES ON ONE-TENTH ACRE PLOTS. 



In this test Duckbill, a two-rowed variety, and Baxter's six-rowed were used. 

 The first plots were sown on 24th April and the last on 29th May, with a week 

 intervening between each set of plots. 



The plots sown on Ist and 8th May gave the best returns. The three last plots 

 in both sorts gave a smaller yield per acre and lower weights per bushel than the 

 first three sown, caused probably by the hot wind on August 6th, catching these 



