142 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



MILLING AND BAKING TESTS. 



An unusually lengthy series of milling and baking tests was carried on during the 

 past winter. The tests included many in connection with the problems of storage of 

 wheat and flour. Some samples of wheat grown in various sections of the United 

 States and Canada were also examined in connection with the investigations into mill- 

 ing and baking methods instituted by the new Society of Milling and Baking Tech- 

 nology. The principal work, however, was the testing of over a hundred new cross- 

 bred varieties of spring wheat produced at Ottawa. Among these sorts were found 

 many of good baking strength and a few which surpassed Red Fife in this respect. 

 Must of these are early-ripening varieties of hard, red wheat suitable for the Northwest 

 provinces, where they will no doubt prove of great value. 



For several years past, the investigations carried on in this Division in regard to 

 problems associated with milling and baking have been mentioned only in an incomplete 

 manner in the annual reports. It is expected that a bulletin covering these experi- 

 ments will be issued before long. No attempt will, therefore, be made in this report 

 to give a full account of the year's work in these directions. 



SMALL PLOTS OF CEREALS. 



In addition to the numerous small plots of cereals of cross-bred origin which are 

 not yet fixed in character, there were grown at Ottawa last year in plots of less than 

 one-sixtieth of an acre. 



15 selected strains from named varieties of spring wheat. 

 186 new cross-bred varieties of spring wheat. 

 C selected strains from named varieties of oats. 

 7 new cross-bred varieties of oats. 

 5 selected strains from named varieties of barley. 

 68 new cross-bred varieties of barley. 

 24 new cross-bred varieties of peas. 

 6 selected strains from commercial sorts of flax. 

 Making a total of 32 selected strains and 285 new cross-bred varieties. 

 The annexed plate is from a photograph taken in July, 1910, and shows in the 

 foreground some of the small plots of cereals, and in the distance some of the sixtieth- 

 acre plots of spring wheat. 



UNIFORM TEST PLOTS OF CEREALS, ETC. 



The regular test plots of grain at Ottawa are one-sixtieth of an acre each in 

 uxtent, and those of field roots one-hundredth of an acre each. 



The number of these test plots during the past season was as follows: Spring 

 vheat, including the durum varieties, 102; winter wheat, 13; emmer and spelt, 16; 

 eats, 62; six-row barley, 58; two-row barley, 39; peas, 28; spring rye, 2; winter rye, 

 3; field beans, 7; flax, 14; turnips, (Swedes), 20; mangels, 16; carrots, 20; sugar 

 beets 6; Indian corn, 30; making a total of 426 plots and representing about 350 

 varieties and selected strains. 



As compared with the previous year, the list shows a large increase in most of the 

 grains. This is due to the introduction into the regular plots of many new, cross-bred 

 sorts produced from the cross-fertilizing done by the Cerealist in the year 1903. 



