DIVISION OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



PART I.— THE NON-IRRIGATED FARM. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH WINTER WHEAT (NON-IRRIGATED). 



Eight varieties of winter wheat and one of emmer were tested. These were 

 sown on summer-fallowed land on one-sixtieth acre plots. A good stand was obtained 

 in each case in the fall, but the drought of May and June affected them materially. 



Winter Wheat. — Test of Varieties (Non-irrigated). 



FIELD LOTS OF WINTER WHEAT (NON-IRRIGATED). 



The following fields of Kharkov winter wheat were sown on summer-fallowed land 

 on September 2, 1911, on land ploughed the different depths indicated in the table. 



Area. 



Acres. 



1.02 

 1.06 

 1.02 



Depth ploughed. 



Inches. 



6 

 5 

 4 



Date Ripe. 



1912. 



July 21 

 July 21 

 July 21 



Yield of Grain per Acre. 



Bush. 



23 



20 



18 



Lb. 



32 

 55 

 33 



On September 12, 1911, we sowed 3-32 acres of Ghirka winter wheat on summer- 

 fallowed land. This was ripe on July 30, and yielded at the rate of 28 bushels per 



acre. 



