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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 

 Wheat — Test of Varieties — Concluded. 



Name of Variety. 



White Connell.. . . 



Blair 



Crawford 



White Russian. . 



Progress 



Laurel 



Cassel 



Australian No. 25, 



Blenheim , 



Alpha 



Fraser 



Bishop 



White Fife 



Plumper 



Chester 



Australian No. 9.. . 



Captor 



Ebert 



Crown 



Benton 



Robin's Rust-proof 



Red Swedish 



Early Riga 



Australian No. 10. 



Harold 



Angus 



Norval 



Cartier 



Byron 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 



21. 



19. 



11.. 



20.. 



20.. 



26.. 



23.. 



22.. 



26.. 



25.. 



15.. 



21.. 



19.. 



22.. 



23.. 



22. 



23.. 



14.. 



24.. 



23.. 



27.. 



29.. 



13.. 



23.. 



15.. 



25.. 



19.. 



21.. 



18.. 





c " a) 

 Zi ^ 



109 

 101 



99 

 105 

 105 

 111 

 108 

 107 

 111 

 110 

 100 

 100 

 104 

 107 

 108 

 107 

 108 



99 

 109 

 10S 

 112 

 114 



98 

 108 

 100 

 110 

 104 

 106 

 103 





In. 



55 

 49 

 49 

 57 

 52 

 51 

 47 

 52 

 53 

 50 

 51 

 51 

 55 

 48 

 43 

 50 

 54 

 46 

 54 

 50 

 44 

 48 

 48 

 47 

 43 

 45 

 52 

 44 

 46 



u ~ 



« ° 



.J3 



Q 



Strong . 

 Weak . . 

 Medium 

 Strong . 



Weak ! .' 

 Stiong . 



Medium 

 Strong . 



ii . . 

 Medium 



it . . 

 .Strong . 



ti . . 

 Medium 



it . . 

 Strong . 

 Weak . . 



ti . . 

 Medium 

 Strong . 

 Medium 

 Strong . 



<v 

 U c 



t-5 



eS 



C 



In. 



Bald 



4 



34 



3" 



« 



4 



54 



3{ 



4| 

 4i 

 3| 

 3 



44 Bald 



5 



31 



3| 



4 



4| 



34 



4 



4 



3| 



4 



3i 



3f 



24 



3| 



4 



3| 



Bearded 



Bearded 

 Bald . . . 



Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 it ... 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 Bearded 



•i 



u 



•53 ° 



Lbs. 



3,420 



4,300 



5,160 



5,580 



3.560 



5,120 



3,200 



4,900 



5,175 



5,650 



3,780 



4,480 



5,720 



4,540 



4.440 



5,080 



5,780 



5,220 



3,590 



4,160 



4,800 



4,0S0 



4,100 



6,100 



4,160 



2,840 



3,880 



4,040 



4,200 



54 



54 .. 



54 .. 



54 .. 



53 40 



52 . . 



52 .. 



52 .. 



51 .. 



50 40 



50 40 



50 20 



50 20 



50 .. 



49 20 



49 20 



49 .. 



49 .. 



48 40 



48 .. 



46 .. 



45 40 



44 40 



43 40 



Rusted. 



Slightly. 



574 



63" 



594 



62" 



62 



62 



624 



6l| 



634 



61 



59 



624 



64" 



62« 



63 



644; Badly. 



63S'Slightly. 



634 



63" 



61 



62 



61 



63 



619 



Note. — Where the foregoing are noted as ' slightly rusted ' it applies to the leaves, as the straw was 

 not in any way affected. 



TEST OF VARIETIES IN FIELDS. 



Eight varieties of wheat were sown on plots of three-fifths to ten acres of land 

 worked in various ways as shown in the accompanying table. 



The fallow land was ploughed seven inches deep in May, 1900, and cultivated four 

 times during the season. 



The Brome backsetting was Brome sod broken two inches deep in June ; back- 

 set four inches deep in August, and cut up with disc-harrows after harvest. A few 

 of the grass-roots sprouted in the spring, but unless closely looked for could not be 

 noticed in the crop. 



The stubble land had been ploughed seven inches deep in the fall and well har- 

 rowed. 



The prairie sod was part of a fifteen year old pasture field, broken and backset 

 •in the usual way. 



The crop was very heavy in all cases, but with the exception of Preston on fallow, 

 no grain lodged or was in any way injured. Preston was struck by rust a few days 

 before being ripe, but as only the leaves were affected, the yield was not reduced. 



The yield of all varieties was very satisfactory ; and the sample is an excellent 

 one 



