REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPE 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Si.y-rowed Barley. — Test of Varieties. 



519 



Name of Variety. 



Royal 



Nugent 



Common 



Claude 



Mensury 



Mansfield 



Odessa 



Yale 



Empire 



Argyle 



Blue Long Head 



Petschora 



Kennie's Improved . 



Excelsior 



Albert 



Baxter 



Phcenix 



Brome 



Pioneer 



Oderbruch 



Champion 



Trooper 



Success 



Stella 



Vanguard 



Garfield 



Summit 



Surprise 



Hulless Black 



Hulless White 



Date of 

 Ripening. 



5 

 8 

 8 

 7 

 5 

 10 

 S 

 8 

 6 

 8 

 7 

 3 

 5 

 2 

 8 

 3 

 5 

 8 

 5 

 2 

 2 

 8 

 2 



8 



5 

 7 

 

 8 

 5 

 5 



>> to 



110 

 113 

 113 

 112 

 110 

 115 

 113 

 113 

 111 

 113 

 112 

 108 

 110 

 107 

 113 

 108 

 110 

 113 

 110 

 107 

 107 

 113 

 107 

 113 

 110 

 112 

 111 

 113 

 110 

 110 



Length 

 of 



Straw. 



Inches. 



38 

 44 



38 

 42 

 44 

 44 

 38 

 40 

 46 

 42 

 40 

 36 

 ' 38 

 40 

 40 

 37 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 42 

 38 

 34 

 36 

 42 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 36 

 34 

 40 



Medium 

 Stiff 



It 



II 



II 



II 



Medium. 

 Stiff.. .. 



ti .. . . 



it 



it 



ti 



Medium. 

 Stiff 



ii 



Medium . 



Stiff"....! 



ii 



Medium. 



Stiff 



Weak.. . 



n '. . . 



Medium. 



Weak 

 Stiff.. 



3 



24 



2 



3 



34 



3 



24 



2| 



3 

 24 

 3 

 3 



24 

 2 



24 



21 



24 



3 



3 



3 



24 

 2 



24 

 3 



34 



2 



3 



24 



24 



2* 



Weight 



-, of 

 Straw . 



Lbs. 



5,920 

 6,280 

 5,480 

 6,440 

 7,000 

 4,880 

 6,010 

 5,280 

 5,480 

 5,320 

 5,280 

 4,800 

 5,780 

 5,320 

 5,960 

 4,840 

 5,480 

 5,440 

 5,640 

 4,520 

 4,840 

 5,640 

 6,200 

 6,020 

 5,360 

 4,880 

 5,080 

 5,040 

 5,000 

 4,520 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Weight 



per 



Bushel. 



Bush. Lbs Lbs. 



67 24 



61 12 



60 40 



60 40 



59 28 



59 18 



59 8 



58 36 



58 26 



58 16 



57 4 



55 20 



54 28 



54 28 



54 28 



53 32 



52 46 



52 16 



52 16 



51 44 



51 4 



50 40 



50 30 



47 14 



47 14 



47 4 



47 4 



45 40 



45 20 



45 .. 



49 



482 



48 



481 



484 



48 



48 



481 



484 



48 



48J 



48 



483 



464 



48 



484 



48| 



484 



48 



48 



48 



48 



48 



48 



48 



43 



48 



48 



60 



60 



Barley. — Test of Varieties grown from Screened Seed on plots of one-fortieth acre. 



Name of Variety. 



Six-rowed — 



Mensury 



Nugent 



Champion 



Mansfield 



Two-rowed — 



Sidney 



Canadian Thorpe 



Ne]iean 



Kinver Chevalier 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



April 17.. 

 „ 17.. 

 „ 17.. 

 „ 17.. 



April 17. 

 ii 17. 



17. 

 17. 



Date 



of 

 Ripening. 



Aug. 6. 



8. 



2. 



i. 10. 



Aug. 12. 



.. 10. 



n 10. 



., 12. 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



pa a 



56 38 

 58 28 

 49 26 



57 8 



36 

 50 

 51 



50 



40 



32 

 20 



