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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



The soil on which these experiments were conducted was a clay loam. The pre- 

 vious crop was mangels, and the land received for this crop, 30 one-horse cart loads of 

 manure per acre put on in the spring of 1900, to which was added 200 pounds complete 

 fertilizer per acre. The land was ploughed after the mangel crop was removed, and 

 this spring it was worked up by going over it twice with the springtooth and once with 

 the smoothing harrow. 



At the time of seeding 3 pounds alsike, 7 pounds mammoth red clover, and 12 

 pounds timothy seed per acre was sown with the grain. The seed was sown with the 

 Wisner seed drill, which carries an attachment through which the clover and timothy 

 are sown at the same time. The wheat was sown on April 30, at the rate of If bushels 

 per acre, and no fertilizer of any kind was used. The size of the plots was one-forti- 

 eth of an acre each. The straw was bright and practically free from rust. There was 

 no smut whatever. The straw was stiff and none lodged. The grain filled out well 

 considering the dry season. The results obtained from the seventy-one varieties under 

 test are given in the following table : — 



WHEAT — -TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Name of Variety. 



Date 

 of 



Ripening. 



Roumanian. 



Weldon 



Advance 



Hastings 



Beaudry 



Crown.. 



Hungarian 



Colorado 



White Connell 



Norval 



Clyde 



Admiral 



Preston 



Vernon 



Alpha 



White Russian 



Red Fern 



Plumper 



Japanese 



Blair 



Mason 



Herisson Bearded 



Harold 



Stanley 



Chester 



Rio Grande 



Monarch 



Byron. ... 



Percy 



Pringle's Champlain 



Laurel 



Campbell's White Chaff. 



Red Swedish 



White Fife 



Minnesota No. 103 



No. 181 



Wellman's Fife 



Blenheim 



Aug. 21. 



ii 21. 



., 17. 



■■ 20. 



.. 21. 



•■ 20. 



ii 19. 



.i 18. 



m 21. 



•i 20. 



.i 20. 



., 20. 



„ 18. 



M 18. 



., 20. 



.. 21. 



H 10. 



„ 19. 



.. 20. 



„ 20. 



.i 20. 



.. 19. 



■i 19. 



.. 20. 



.. 20. 



;, 19. 



., 21. 



•i 21. 



.i 15). 



M 18. 



,. 21. 



.. 18. 



,. 18. 



„ 21. 



,, 21. 



., 21. 



., 21. 



m 19. 



be 



_c 



tr. 'Z 



*1 



--s re 



C 



6 



> 

 p. 



s- 



m 

 *** 

 o 



X. 



to 



© 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



© 



O 



Xi 



be 



B 

 © 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



113 

 113 

 109 

 112 

 113 

 112 

 111 

 110 

 113 

 112 

 112 

 112 

 110 

 110 

 112 

 113 

 111 

 111 

 112 

 112 

 112 

 111 

 111 

 112 

 112 

 111 

 113 

 113 

 111 

 110 

 113 

 110 

 110 

 113 

 113 

 113 

 113 

 111 



In. 



46 

 59 

 48 

 44 

 40 

 52 

 47 

 48 

 46 

 47 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 40 

 52 

 50 

 50 

 40 

 40 

 44 

 40 

 44 

 45 

 46 

 42 

 50 

 48 

 42 

 50 

 47 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 46 

 47 

 50 

 50 



In. 



Stiff ....12 to 3 Bearded. 



it ( 2 ii 3 Beardless 



H 2 H 3 Bearded . 



Medium . 2 ,, 3 Beardless 



. 2 „ 3 Bearded. 

 2 .. 3 



Stiff 



Medi 



Stiff. 



Medium. . 3 h 34 



2 ,i 3 



2 ii 3 I Beardless 

 2 i, 3 ! Bearded. 

 . . 2 ii 3 -Beardless 



" 2 it 3 I M 



ii 3 h 3J Bearded. 



■i 2 ii 3 



i. 2 „ 3 



ii 2 H 3 Beardless 



2 „ 3 Bearded. 



Medium. . 2 n 3 



Stiff 2 „ 3 



Medium. . 2 ,, 3 



Stiff 12 n 3 i Beardless 



Weak ....llj„ 2 'Bearded. 

 Medium. .{2 n 3 

 Stiff 2 i, 3 



H .... j2 it 3 



m» 4 



-. . . . 2"., 3 



i 2 „ 3 



i 2 ii 3 



Medium.. 2 ,, 3 IBearded 

 Stiff 2 „ 34 



ii |2 ii 3 



ii . . . . . 2 u 3$ Bearded 



ii '2 „ 3 Beardless 



ti |2 it 3 [Beardless 



ii |2 „ 3 



...... |2.i. 3* 



J ,. 2 ., 3i Bearded 



Beardless 



it 

 Bearded . 

 Beardless 



Beardless 



Lbs. 



Bush. Lbs. 



5,000 

 4,810 

 4,800 

 3,600 

 4,200 

 4,000 

 4,400 

 4,200 

 4,400 

 4,600 

 4,480 

 4,800 

 4,480 

 3,800 

 5,400 

 4,800 

 4,800 

 4,000 

 4,120 

 4,120 

 3,880 

 3,800 

 3,400 

 3,800 

 3,440 

 3,720 

 4,280 

 4,000 

 4,000 

 3,100 

 4,120 

 4,800 

 3,8 

 4,200 

 4,680 

 4,800 

 4,360 

 3,720 



40 

 35 

 35 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 34 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 3) 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 29 

 28 

 28 



20 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 40 



20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



20 

 40 

 40 



Lbs. 



614 

 6ti| 



604 



604 



60 



59 



60 



61i 



60 



61 



59 



60 



61 



61 



60 



60 



60 



61 



58 



60 



61 



60 



60 



61 



60 



60 



00 



61 



60 



60 



59 



61 



61 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 59 

 59 



