DIVISION OF FIELD HUSBANDRY 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



DATES OF SEEDING. 



Marquis Wheat (Non-irrigated). 

 Dates of Seeding Marquis Wheat. 



201 



Date sown. 



April 1.. 

 Ap'il 12 

 April 22. 

 May 1 . . 

 May 11. 

 May 22. 

 May 31. 

 June 11. 



Date ripe. 



August 7 



August 8 



August 8. .. . 

 Aug-ust 17 . . . 

 August 23 . . . 

 September 16 

 September 16, 

 September 16 



Size of plot . 



Acres. 



1/60 

 1/60 

 1/60 

 1/60 

 1/60 

 1/60 

 1/60 

 1/60 



Length of 

 straw. 



Inches. 



24 

 24 



2A\ 



284 



31 | 



35 



34 



36} 



Length of 

 head. 



Inches. 



24 

 2| 



2£ 



3 



2| 



2l 



2£ 



3 



Weight of 



straw 

 per acre. 



Tons. Lb. 



1,500 

 1,680 

 1,620 

 1,290 

 1,800 



430 

 1,110 



Yield per 

 acre- 



Bush. Lb. 



25 



24 



23 



23 



21 



*20 



*25 



*26 



30 



30 

 30 



*Grain badly frosted. Was not ripe at time of killing frost September 14 and 15. 



Kharkov Winter Wheat (Non-irrigated). 



The table would indicate that September 1 was the best date to seed. From our 

 observations we are of the opinion that from August 20 to September 1 is about the 

 best period for the Lethbridge district. 



Dates of Seeding Kharkov Winter Wheat. 



Date Sown. 



1911. 



July 15 



August 2 . . . . 



August 15 



September 1 . . 

 September 15. 



October 2 



October 16 



November 2. . . 



Date Ripe. 



1912. 



July 24.. 

 July 24.. 

 July 24.. 

 July 24. . 

 July 29., 

 Aug. 5. 



Aug. 12. 



Size of 

 plot. 



Acres. 



1-20 

 1-20 

 1-20 

 1-20 

 1-20 

 1 20 

 1-20 

 1-20 



Length 

 of Straw 



Length 

 of hejd. 



Inches. 



25 



25 



26J 



26 



27 



25 



24 



25 



Inches. 



Weight 

 of straw. 



Lb. 



1040 

 1240 

 1280 

 1620 

 1570 

 1310 

 1700 

 1650 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



7 

 12 

 12 

 18 

 19 

 15 

 24 

 22 



50 

 00 

 40 

 20 

 40 

 30 

 00 

 20 



Bush. Lb. 



Average 



yield per 



acre for 



4 years. 



4 

 12 

 23 

 28 

 22 

 L9 

 18 

 13 



37* 

 6* 

 51 

 30 

 32 

 00 

 00 

 42 



Average yield for three years only. 



