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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Two-row Earley. — Test of Varieties. 



Two-row barleys, as a class, are not as well suited to this climate 

 varieties. They are lighter-yielding, later and more inclined to lodge. 



as six-row 



FIVE YEAR AVERAGES. 



Four of these varieties have been grown for five years, and one more has been 

 grown for three years. The following are the average results of these tests: — 



Variety. 



Average 



Strength of 



Straw. 



Canadian Thorpe 



Swedish Chevalier 



Clifford. 



Beaver 



Hannchen (average of 3 years) 



Medium. . . 



Weak 



Fairly stiff 



Medium . . 



FLAX. 



Average No. 



of days 



Maturing. 



92 

 95 

 89 

 92 

 95 



Average 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



59 

 56 

 51 

 50 

 67 



5 

 26 

 10 

 10 

 12 



Eight varieties of flax were tested in uniform test plots. They were sown on 

 June 8, at the rate of one-half bushel per acre. The land was sandy loam, summer- 

 fallowed the previous year. On account of their being sown so late, and the latter 

 part of the summer being cool and wet, all varieties were more or less injured by 

 frost. 



