DIVISION OF CEREALS 



465 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, LACOMBE, ALBERTA. 



G. H. HTJTTON, B.S.A., SUPERINTENDENT. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



Sixteen varieties of spring wheat were tested in 1912. A number of these 

 varieties are comparatively new and are recorded under numbers only and are not 

 yet available for general distribution. Several of these new wheats stood very well 

 here this year, in comparison with older wheats. Further trials are necessary before 

 they can be definitely recommended, but judging from this year's results, a number of 

 them are well worth further trial. All varieties of spring wheat were seeded on black 

 loam soil, which had been summer-fallow in 1911. One-fortieth acre plots were used 

 and seed was sown on April 15, at the rate of two and one-quarter bushels per acre. 

 Only the named varieties are mentioned in the table. 



Spring Wheat. — Test of Varieties. 



u 



s 



a 



Name of Variety. 



Huron 



Bishop 



Bobs 



Red Fife.... . 

 Early Russian 



Prelude 



Marquis 



Yellow Cross 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



Apr. 15. 



.. 15. 



„ 15. 



.. 15. 



n 15. 



,- 15. 



.. 15. 



„ 15. 



Date 



of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Sept. 11. 



,. 8. 



.. 7. 



„ 14. 



„ 9. 

 Aug. 28. 

 Sept. 12. 



.. 7. 





bo 



la 



149 

 146 

 145 

 152 

 147 

 135 

 150 

 145 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Straw, 

 includ- 

 ing 

 Head. 



Inches. 



48 

 46 

 39 

 45 

 46 

 36 

 43 

 40 



-w O 



o a 



33 



10 

 9 



10 

 9- 

 5 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Average 

 Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain 



per 

 Acre. 



Lb. 



3,290 

 3,020 

 3,010 

 2,520 

 2,440 

 2,350 

 1,980 

 1,290 



Yield of 



Grain 

 per Acre. 



Bush. Lb. 



54 50 



50 20 



50 10 



42 00 



40 40 



39 10 



33 00 



21 30 



Weight 



per 



measured 



bushel 



after 



cleaning. 



Lb. 



61 

 54 



56 

 55 

 58 

 62 

 60 

 00 



EXPERIMENTS WITH WINTER WHEAT. 



All the varieties of winter wheat were spring-killed, and no report can be given 

 upon them. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH RYE. 



One plot of fall rye was sown on September 5, 1911, on summer-fallow, but for 

 the first time on record here, fall rye also spring-killed. A plot of spring rye was 

 sown on April 26 on land tbat was summer-fallow in 1911. 



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