REPORT OF MR. ANGUS MACKAY 



459 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TEST OF VARIETIES IN T UNIFORM PLOTS. 



Seventy-one varieties, of which fifty had been previously tested and twenty-one 

 were new sorts, were sown on May 7 by hoe-drill, at the rate of one and one-half 

 bushels per acre. 



The field chosen for this test of wheat, as well as for the uniform plots of oats and 

 barley, was one of twenty acres entirely surrounded by wind-breaks of trees, and is 

 of a uniform quality of soil — a clay loam. Wheat seeding was later than it other- 

 wise woidd have been on account of wet spots in the field. 



The land had been well fallowed in 1900, having received one deep ploughing in 

 May, and several surface cultivations during the growing ser.son. No weeds were 

 allowed to grow and after the grain appeared above ground, the plots were gone Over 

 several times and anything injurious to the crop was removed. 



All the varieties germinated evenly and well, and made a strong, healthy growth, 

 without sustaining the least injury from smut, rust, frost or any cause whatsoever. 

 A few days before being cut, rust appeared on the leaves of some of the varieties but 

 the grain was not affected. 



Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



13. 



Mason 



Australian No. 



Huron ! 



Countess 



Goose 



Kideau 



Rio Grande 



Stanley 



Essex 



Dawn 



Clyde 



Beaudry 



Minnesota No. 181 .. . 



Vernon 



Minnesota No. 149 . . . 



Dion's 



Australian No. 23 . . . 



Beauty 



Speltz 



Colorado 



Dufferin 



Minnesota No. 1(53 



Australian No. 27 . . . 



Weldon 



Wellman's Fife 



Monarch 



Roumanian 



Minnesota No. 1G9 . . . 



Red Fern 



Herisson Bearded 



Percy 



Preston 



Hastings 



Red Fife 



Advance 



Hungarian 



Japanese 



Australian No. 19 



Pringle's Cham plain. . 



Admiral 



Campbell's White 



Chaff 



Ladoga ... 



Aug. 



19. 



24. 



23. 



18. 



29. 



22. 



29. 



20. 



24. 



20. 



17. 



25. 



25. 



26. 



24. 



23. 



23. 



20. 



17. 



28. 



2G. 



24. 



21. 



17. 



24. 



25. 



27. 



2G. 



28. 



28. 



18. 



29. 



24. 



25. 



25 



2G. 



23. 



23. 



26. 



23. 



23.. 

 22.. 



104 

 109 

 108 

 103 

 114 

 107 

 114 

 105 

 109 

 105 

 102 

 110 

 110 



in 



109 



108 



108 



105 



102 



113 



111 



109 



10G 



102 



109 



110 



112 



111 



1L3 



113 



103 



114 



109 



110 



110 



111 



108 



108 



111 



108 



108 

 107 



Is 



03 .. 



Q 



Weak . . 

 Strong . 



it . . 



ti . . 

 Medium 



ii 

 Strong 



In. 



47 



50 

 48 

 54 

 50 

 44 

 53 

 52 

 55 

 47 

 56 



53 Weak . 

 53'Strong 

 46 " 

 51 

 55 

 52 

 54 

 40 

 49 

 54 

 52 

 53 

 53 

 59 

 52 

 52 

 53 

 55 



46 Weak 



54 .Strong . 



47 - .. 

 49|Medium 



52 Strong . 

 52 



Weak . . 

 Strong . 



48 Medium 

 50j .. . . 



53 Strong . 



54 Weak . . 



50 Strong . 



Medium 

 Strong . 



Weak . . 



ii . . 

 Medium 

 Strong . 



Medii 



49 



— 



bo o 



n 



a 



In. 



5 

 4 

 4 

 4 



2h 

 3| 



4i 

 4 



44 

 3 



H 



31 



A" 

 3 



1 

 5 



4i 

 5 

 2 

 3* 



4 



4 



4J 

 H 



4 



5 



H 



4 



5 



2i 

 4 

 3 

 3h 



^ 



4" 



3 



3J 



3|'Bald . 



5 



4 



Bald 



Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 



Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . 



Bearded 

 Bald .' . ! 



Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 Bearded 



Bald . ! ! 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 it ... 

 Bearded 



Bearded 



3£ Bald 



S.0D 



3i' Bearded I 



Lbs. 



5,000 



5,240 



5,410 



5,980 



4.380 



4.9S0 



6,620| 



5,960! 



4,800j 



3,650 



5, 360 1 



4,910 



5,880 



6,280 



6,320 



0,180 



6,180 



G,4i0 



2,275 



3,750 



4,700 



6,420 



7,000 



0,880 



5,040 



6,600 



3,820 



5,200 



3,980 



3,660 



4,160 



4,880 



3,360 



5,220 



5,370 



3,520 



4,520 



6,280 



7,120 



5,980j 



4,560 

 3,280| 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



67 .. 



60 40 



06 40 



G5 20 



63 .. 



G2 40 



02 .. 



01 40 



01 20 



01 .. 



00 40 



00 40 



00 .. 



59 20 



59 20 



59 20 



58 40 



58 40 



58 20 



58 20 



58 .. 



58 .. 



58 .. 



57 40 



57 40 



57 40 



57 20 



57 20 



57 20 



57 20 



57 20 



57 20 



57 20 



57 .. 



57 .. 



56 40 



50 40 



50 40 



56 40 



50 20 



56 

 55 



40 



u 



V 



C.—S 



-si 



Bush. Lbs. Lbs. 



Rusted. 



63i 'Slightly. 

 60i 



