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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



The character of the straw is indicated by marks on a scale of ten points, 

 according to the proportion of the plot standing erect at harvest time. 



Named varieties and selected strains produced at the Central Experimental Farm 

 are marked with an asterisk (*). 



The following varieties were sown on such inferior soil (suitable land not being 

 available) that the yields obtained from them give no indication of their relative 

 productiveness, and the figures are therefore omitted. The varieties in question are: 

 Huron Selected, Onega A, Pringle's Champlain C, Eed Fern B, Red Fern 0. 



Spring Wheat.— Test of Varieties. 



9 



10 



11 



12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 1!) 

 20 

 21 

 22 



Name of Variety. 



Early Russian* 



Marquis* 



Chelsea* 



Early Ked Fife*.... 

 Uartoivs No. 46. . . . 

 White Russian D*.. 



( loose 



White Russian C*. . 



KubankaB* 



Alpha Selected*. . . . 



Kubanka A*. 



Prelude (135 B)*.... 



White Fife C* 



Bishop* 



Roumanian 



Stanley A* 



Hungar'n White B* 



Red FifeH* 



Kubanka C* 



Preston H* 



Red Fife M* 



Hungar'n White D* 



Date 



of 



Sowing.: 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Apr. 



May 

 Apr. 



May 

 Apr. 



30 Aug. 

 30 ,. 

 30 i, 

 30 m 

 30, „ 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 1 

 30 

 14 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 



14 

 11 

 11 

 14 

 14 

 17 

 11 



60 



a 



GO "Z 



C 

 2 



100 

 106 

 103 

 10(5 



1(6 

 109 

 106 



17 109 

 21 1 113 

 11! 103 

 21i 113 



ll 93 

 2l| 113 

 18! 103 

 22| 114 

 I4j 106 

 19 ! 111 



19 111 



Average 



Length 



of 



I had. 



Inches. 



3 5 

 35 



42 

 25 

 35 

 25 

 2-2 

 3-7 

 35 

 2-7 



40 

 4 5 



Yield 



of 



Grain 



per 



Acre. 



Lb. 



3,000 



2,580 



2,520 



2,430 



2,400 



2,400 



2,310 



2,310 



1.920 



1,890 



1,830 



1,080 



1,(560 



1,500 



1,500 



1,440 



1,^90 



930 



870 



840 



660 



600 



Yield of 



Grain per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



50 

 43 

 42 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 38 

 38 

 32 

 31 

 30 

 28 

 26 

 25 

 25 

 24 

 21 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 11 

 10 



30 



30 

 30 



30 

 30 



30 

 30 

 30 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lb. 



630 



61 3 



62 

 620 

 612 

 62-0 

 605 

 605 

 62 

 590 

 61 

 65 

 590 

 590 

 620 

 59 

 602 

 5S0 

 600 

 59 I 

 56 

 580 



RECOMMENDED VARIETIES OF SPRING WHEAT. 



For Ontario and Quebec. — Huron and Preston, very productive early ripening 

 bearded wheats, giving flour of fair baking strength. Marquis and Early Red Fife, 

 early ripening beardless sorts, giving flour of very high baking strength. Red Fife 

 and White Fife, beardless varieties, giving flour of very high baking strength. 



For the Maritime Provinces, the old varieties. Red Fife and White Fife, are 

 excellent. If early sorts are required, Huron and Preston are among the best. 

 Marquis also does well. White Russian is a popular variety It gives a large crop, 

 but is rather late in ripening and is of poor quality for bread-making. 



For Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. — Marquis is the best variety for most 

 districts. Red Fife is excellent for localities where there is no danger of early frosts. 

 For districts where extreme earliness is required and where there is sufficient rainfall 

 to produce a good length of straw, the new variety Prelude is most highly recom- 

 mended. 



For British Columbia. — Preston, Huron and Stanley give large yields. Red Fife 

 and Marquis may not generally give quite such large crops, but they are better bread- 

 making varieties. 



