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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



SPRING WHEAT. 



Sixteen varieties were tested, including five un-named sorts which are not inserted 

 in the table. Thase were sown on summer-fallowed land at the rate of about a bushel 

 and a peck per acre. 



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



- 

 3 



Name of Variety. 



1 Huron 



2 Stanley 



3:Red Fife 



4| Preston 



5 ; Marquis (special plot 



foi chemist). . 



6 Marquis 



7: Early Red Fife... 



8 Early Russian 



9 Bobs 



lOYellow Cross 



11 Prelude (135 B)... 



Common Emmer . 



Date 

 of 



Sowing. 



April 



3. 

 3 

 3. 

 3. 



3. 

 3. 

 3. 

 3. 

 3. 

 3. 

 3. 

 4. 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



August 8. 

 6 

 9 

 7. 



3 

 4 



9. 



2 



1. 



2. 

 July 25... 

 Aug. 10.. 



bD 



c 



127 

 125 

 128 

 126 



122 

 123 

 128 

 121 

 120 

 121 

 113 

 128 



be-! 



* 



> 



C . 



--a 



o o 



Inches. 



26 



27 



28 

 28* 



27| 



26$ 



26 



26 



25 



25 



29 



Average 



Length of 



Head. 



Inches. 



3 

 3 

 3 

 36 



3 



2-7 



3 



25 



25 



25 



2 2 



2 



Yield 



of Grain per 



acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



31 52 



31 30 



31 8 



31 00 



29 



28 

 26 

 26 

 23 

 20 

 18 



00 

 30 

 56 

 52 

 00 

 30 

 00 

 1,320 



ri 9> bb 



Eto." 

 a 13 



0J 9J 



bo u . 



■sg- 



Lb. 



65 

 63 

 62 

 64 



655 



63 

 65 

 64 

 65 



Average 



yield 



per acre for 



4 years. 



Bush. Lb. 



25 

 24 

 27 

 26 



24 



1 

 55 

 14 

 20 



FIELD LOTS OF SPRING WHEAT. 



A field of Marquis wheat, 2-06 acres in area, was sown on summer- fallowed land 

 on April 8. It yielded at the rate of 20 bushels and 4 pounds per acre. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Eleven varieties were sown on April 16 on one-sixtieth acre plots on summer- 

 fallowed land. 



Oats. — Test of Varieties (Non-irrigated). 



* Average for two years only. 



