REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



SIX-ROWED BARLEY — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



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: Date of 

 Name of Variety. | Sowin „ Ripen- 



s ' i mg. 



ri C 



o.ce 



A 



1 Odessa 



2 Mensury 



3 Stella 



4 Claude 



5 Munro 



6 No. 8 from Norway 



7 Royal 



8 Nugent 



9 Blue Long Head. . 



10 Princess Sialof .. . . 



11 Rennie's Improved 



12 Parkin 



13 Petschora 



14 Pioneer 



15; Vanguard 



16 Beardless from Sal- 

 ter 



17l Albert. 



18 Garfield 



IS) Yale 



20Odeibrueh 



2lLytton 



22 Common 



23 Trooper 



24 Summit 



25 Phoenix 



26 Chinese Hulless. . . 



27 Salzer'sSilverKing 



28 Baxter 



29 Hordeum Chousk 

 j (Hulless) 



30 Empire 



31 Argyle 



32 Brome 



33 Excelsior 



34 Success 



35 Sisol.sk Spring No. 



2982 



36 Blue Short Head . . 



37 Hulless Black 



3!- Hulless White 



April 



May 



April 



ii 

 May 

 April 



May 

 April 

 May 

 April 



May 



April 



19 



15 

 19 

 l'.i 



3 

 20 

 19 

 19 

 26 



3 

 19 



3 

 in 

 19 

 1!) 



.3 

 lit 

 19 

 19 



22.| 



20.1 



2.°>. 



17. 



19. 



18. 



18. 



27. 



27. 



17. 



90 

 83 

 90 

 90 

 80 

 82 

 90 

 90 

 89 

 95 

 90 

 80 

 89 

 94 

 90 



80 

 89 

 92 

 94 

 92 

 95 

 89 

 91 

 90 

 90 

 85 

 85 

 89 



80 

 90 

 90 

 91 

 91 

 77 



96 



103 



91 



94 



Lengtli 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



40—42 

 39—41 

 36—38 

 38—40 

 38—40 

 42-44 

 30-38 

 38—40 

 36—38 

 34-36 

 38—40 

 37—39 

 38—40 

 38-40 

 38—40 



38— «) 

 36—38 

 38—40 

 33—10 

 38-40 

 35—37 

 26-38 

 38—40 

 36—38 

 38—40 

 23—25 

 29—31 

 36—38 



22—24 

 39-41 

 37—39 

 36—38 

 36—38 

 29-31 



37—39 

 19—21 

 27—29 

 30-32 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff 



Medium. 

 Stiff..... 

 Medium . 

 Stiff..... 

 Medium. 

 Stiff 



Medium . 

 Stiff 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



Medium. , 

 Stiff 



2i- 



2i- 

 3 - 

 3 - 



n- 



24- 

 I 



^2 



2f 



24 



2; 



Medium.. 2 



Medium . , 

 Stiff 



Stiff. 



Medium. 

 Stiff 



Medium . 



3 - 

 3 - 



3|- 



24" 

 3 - 



2i- 

 3 — 



^2 



3| 



2 



n 



3 - 

 3 - 



34- 



-3£ 



a 



-3 

 -34 

 -3" 

 3i 



-34 



-3 



-4 



-3 



-34 

 -34 



n- 



3 - 

 %- 



24" 

 24- 

 3 - 



24- 

 34- 



2 - 

 2 - 

 2 - 



-3 

 -3 



-3 



-34 



-34 

 -H 



-3 



-3 



-3 



-34 



-3 



-3* 



-24 



-3 

 3 

 -3 



-34 



-3 



-4 



-2i 



-24 

 -24 



Rusted. 



No rust. 

 Badly. 

 No rust. 



Slightly. 

 No rust. 



Slightly. 

 No rust. 



Badly. 

 No rust. 



Among the six-rowed barleys there are five new sorts this year. Princess Sialof 

 from Germany. Xo. 8 from Norway, and Chinese Hulless, Hordeum Chousk and 

 Sisolsk Spring, No. 2962, from the United States Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington. 



There are also included in the above list the following nineteen hybrid sorts, all 

 of which have been produced at the experimental farms : — Albert, Argyle, Brome, 

 Claude, Empire, Garfield, Lytton, Munro, Nugent, Parkin, Phoenix, Pioneer, Royal, 

 Stella, Success, Summit, Trooper, Vanguard and Yale. 



SELECT LIST OF VARIETIES OF SIX-ROWED BARLEY. 



In this list is given the average yield per acre obtained during the past three to 

 seven years from the most productive sorts grown at all the experimental farms, with 

 the length of time they have been under test. Only those are included which have 

 been three years or longer under trial. Particulars as to how these select lists have 

 been made up will be found under ' Select list of oats.' 



