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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



Spring Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



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Name of Variety. 



Stanley 



White Fife 



Pringle's Cham plain 



Huron 



Red Fife 



Riga 



Bishop 



Preston 



Marquis 



Chelsea 



Preston (Manse!) 



Stanley (Mansel) 



Red Fife (Geo. L. Smith) 



Bobs 



Red Fife " Regenerated " 

 'Kubanka (Durum) 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



Apr. 



1. 



1. 



4. 



1. 



1. 



1. 



1. 



4. 



1. 



1. 



7. 



7. 



4. 

 16. 

 16. 

 16. 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



Aug. 29. 



i. 22. 



Sept. 3 

 3. 



Aug. 24. 



.. 24. 



ii 22. 



.. 22. 



■. 19. 



■i 19. 



Sept. 3. 



Aug. 22. 



i, 29. 



,. 24. 



Sept. 3. 



Sept. 3. 



No. of 

 Days 



Maturing. 



150 

 143 

 152 

 155 

 145 

 145 

 143 

 140 

 140 

 140 

 149 

 137 

 147 

 130 

 140 

 140 



Yield 



of Grain 



per 



Acre. 



Lbs. 



2,000 

 1,920 

 1,800 

 1,780 

 1,740 

 1.660 

 1,560 

 1,520 

 1,380 

 1,200 

 1,660 

 2,220 

 1,920 

 1,380 

 1,800 

 700 



Yield 



of Grain 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



33 20 



32 .. 



30 .. 



29 40 



29 .. 

 27 40 



26 .. 

 25 20 

 23 .. 

 20 .. 



27 40 

 37 .. 

 32 .. 

 23 .. 



30 .. 

 11 40 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



aft(r 



cleaning. 



Lbs. 



610 



60 

 61 

 63 



61 

 61 7 

 617 

 630 

 61 5 



60 5 

 Gl 7 



61 5 

 63 



60 V 



61 

 55 6 



* Immature and frozen at time of cutting. 



FIELD LOTS OF SPRING WHEAT. 



Marquis, Red Fife, Chelsea and Preston were sown in plots larger than the 

 uniform trial plots. The land was all summer-fallow, but varied somewhat in exposure 

 and influence of drifting soil. 



Field Lots of Spring Wheat. 



