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EXPEND! EX 7 ,1 L EAR US 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



From the time sown, for the first six weeks, the weather was very suitable for 

 growth, being moderately warm, with plenty of rain. The crop gave excellent promise 

 up to this time. Unusually dry weather setting in about July 15, interfered with the 

 full measure of growth which might have been expected. Nevertheless the crops were 

 above the average. 



There was neither rust nor smut. 



The following were the yields obtained: 



Spring Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



V. 



II White Fife. 



2 Marquis. . . 



3! Red Fife.... 



4 



5 



6 



9 

 10 



Huron 



Stanley 



Pringle's Champlain. 



Chelsea 



Preston 



BLshop 



Bobs 



6C 



a 

 "S 



<D 



o 



Sept. 6 



.. 3 



„ 5 



.. 3 



.. 6 



.. 3 



,. 1 



it 3 



.. 1 



■■ 3 



>. 



P * 



o 



6 

 "A 



118 

 115 

 117 

 115 

 118 

 115 

 113 

 115 

 113 

 115 



■Si 



br- 



S - 



M 03 



£ 



— 



0) 



H 



be 

 



'•V 



3 



P- o o 



Inches. 



49 



42 



44 



43^ 



48 



44 



38 



43 



42 



40 



"3 

 O . 



O C5 j-c 



be ?_. 



G =3® 



#tco 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



be 



a 



CO 



Inches. 



c 

 '3 



3> Q. 



Yield of 

 Grain 



per Acre. 



Lbs. 'Bush. Lbs. 



3,100 

 3,120 

 2,960 

 2,920 

 2,720 

 2,640 

 2,600 

 2,560 

 2,200 

 2,160 



52 

 52 

 49 

 48 

 45 

 44 

 43 

 42 

 36 

 36 



40 



20 

 40 

 20 



20 

 40 

 40 



a _ bo 

 * .- c 



STS 



U -j d 



a> to 



S"° * 



"S, ■" ® 

 bo ~ -*j 

 ■ — ^ **-» 



Lbs 



61 

 64 

 63 

 64 

 62 

 63 

 63 

 62 

 61 

 62 



•5 

 •2 

 ■2 

 

 

 

 •6 

 6 

 

 •6 



FIELD CROP OF WHEAT. 



One acre of Early Riga wheat was sown. 



This was grown on a clover sod, the soil being a clay loam in a fairly good state 

 of fertility, having grown clover hay at the rate of two and one-half tons per acre 

 the previous year, no manure having been applied since 1905. The land was ploughed 

 in the fall of 1909, and seeded at the rate of one and three-quarters bushels per acre. 

 It was sown May 14, harvested September 6, and yielded thirty-six bushels per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH DURUM OR MACARONI WHEAT. 



- Four varieties of Durum or Macaroni wheat were also grown in uniform test 

 plots of one-fortieth acre each. 



The land was similar to that on which the other spring wheats were sown and 

 received the same treatment throughout. The seed was sown May 12. 



Macaroni or Durum Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



Name of "Variety. 



1 Yellow Gharnovka. 



2 ! Roumanian 



3 Goose 



4 Mahmoudi 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Sept. 6 

 6 

 1 

 6 



I 







117 

 117 

 112 

 117 



Average 



Length 



of Straw, 



including 



Head. 



Inches. 



48 

 46 

 40 

 43 



Strength of 



Straw on a 



scale of 



10 points. 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



to 



a 



1-3 TJ 



> o 



•4 



Inches. 





H 



2 



T) u 



Lbs. 



3,000 

 2,680 

 2,440 

 2,240 



