REPORT OF MR. W. 11. FAIRFIELD 



461 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



Five varieties of spring wheat were grown on summer-fallowed land in plots of 

 one-sixtieth acre each. They were sown on March 30 at the rate of about one bushel 

 and one peck per acre. They received two irrigations, one on June 22 and the other 

 July 13. 



Spring Wheat (irrigated) — Test of Varieties. 



01 



Name 



of 



Variety. 



1 1 Preston.. 

 2 Huron .. 



3, Red Fife 

 4 Stanley. . 

 5! Marquis. 



A verage 



Length 



of Straw, 



including 



Head. 



Inches. 



28 

 27 

 31 

 31 



28 



Strength 



of Straw 



on a scale 



of 10 



points. 



9 

 9 

 10 

 9 

 9 



Yield of 



Grain 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



25 

 26 

 29 

 23 

 23 



30 



30 



Weight per 

 measured 



bushel after 

 cleaning. 



Lbs. 



623 

 63 6 

 62 5 

 60 

 627 



Average 



Yield for 



three 



years. 



Bush. Lbs. 



36 

 35 

 33 

 26 



12 



20 

 28 

 35 



SPRING WHEAT RATES OF SEED PER ACRE. 



In the following experiment, the size of the plots used was one-twentieth acre; 

 they were sown April 4, on land on which hoed crops had been grown the previous 

 season. The land was not spring-ploughed, but was double-disced and levelled before 

 the wheat was sown. The variety used was Red Fife. Two irrigations were given, 

 one on June 15, and the other July 14. 



Spring Wheat (irrigated) — Rates of Seed per Acre. 



From the results for the past three years as given in the above table, it would 

 appear that one bushel of spring wheat is not enough seed to sow on irrigated land to 

 produce the best results under our conditions. 



