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EXPERIMENTAL FIRMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Thirty varieties of 6-rowed and twenty-two varieties of 2-rowed Barley were 

 tested on uniform plots of l-20th acre each ; ten of the same varieties were sown on 

 plots of £ to 5 acres, and Royal was used in the test of formalin as a preventive of 

 smut. 



The crop on the whole, was satisfactory, and some very large yields were ob- 

 tained on the uniform test plots. 



There was, unfortunately, considerable smut in some of the varieties, although 

 all the seed had been treated with formalin. 



TEST OF VABIETIES. 



Thirty varieties of 6-rowed and twenty-two varieties of 2-rowed Barley were sown 

 on May 14, on l-20th acre plots of fallowed land, by hoe-drill, at the rate of 2 bushels 

 per acre. All germinated evenly and well. 



White and Black Hulless lodged badly, but all the other varieties were erect 

 when cut. 



Six-rowed Sorts. 



Name of Variety. 



Odessa 



Mensury 



Claude 



Royal 



Trooper 



Petschora 



Brome 



Blue Long-head 



Mansfield 



Empire 



Summit 



Nugent 



Pioneer 



Common 



Garfield 



Oderbruch . 



Rennie's Improved.. 



Stella 



Baxter 



Yale... 



Champion 



Surprise .. 



Albert 



Vanguard 



Black Hulless 



Argyle 



Success 



Phoenix 



White Hulless 



Excelsior 



,tn 



= 

 v 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Weak . . 

 Strong . 



Medium. 

 Strong.. . 

 ii . . 

 Medium . 

 Strong . . 



In. 



43 



46 



41 



41 



43 



37 



41 



38 



47 



4G 



43 



44 



47 



41 Medium. 



43; Strong.. 



44 Weak . . 



41 Strong . 



39 ii 

 39 

 45 

 40 

 40 

 30 

 40 

 34 Medium. 



40 Strong 

 39 

 38 

 30 



T3 



c5 

 V 



X 

 o 



JZ 



to 



33 



Weak . . . 



38: Strom 



In. 



3 



34 



3 



3 



3 



3* 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



31 

 3l 



3 "i 



2A 

 2f 



3 ! 



3 J 



3 ' 



34 

 24 

 34 

 4 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Lbs. Bush Lbs. 



4,000 



3,780 



3,300 



3,140 



3,360 



3, 380 1 



4,960| 



2,320| 



3,5701 



3,900i 



4,2001 



4,490! 



2,920, 



3,900! 



3,800i 



2,100 



3,320' 



4.340: 



3,700 



4,570! 



3.6201 



3,650| 



3,580l 



2,760! 



3,480 



3,960 



2,980 



3,900' 



3,730 



2,7801 



68 

 67 

 66 

 63 

 59 

 59 

 58 

 57 

 57 

 56 

 56 

 55 

 54 

 53 

 53 

 53 

 52 

 51 

 50 

 48 

 47 

 46 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 44 

 41 

 40 

 37 

 35 



36 



4 



12 



16 



28 



8 



16 



4 



4 



32 



12 



40 



8 



36 



16 



16 



24 



12 



36 

 4 

 12 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 8 

 12 



- 



o s 



Proportion 

 Smutty. 



"v 

 > 



Slightly smutty. 



Lbs. 



50 



49} 



50 



52 



51* 



49 



52 



48 



50 



50£ 



52 



52 



53J 



51 



5H 



50 



50i 



5lf 



51 | A little smut. 

 49 

 49 

 52i 

 52| 

 50 

 63i 

 48* 

 49" 



52 'Smutty. 

 57 i 



49j; 



