REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND ACTING AGRICULTURIST. 



13 



TWO-ROWED BARLEY — TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Namb or Vabebtt. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 



Newton 



Lopran 



Canadian Thorpe. 



Kirby 



Dunham 



Sidney 



Leslie ... 



8 Danish Chevalier. 



9 Victor 



10 Beaver 



11 Warren 



12 Pacer. 



13 Nepean. 



14 Bolton. 



15 Jarvis 



16 Harvey 



17 Gordon 



18 French Chevalier. 



19 Prize Prolific, . . . 



20 Thanet 



21 Kin ver Chevalier. , 



22 Monck , 



23 Rigid- , 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



30 to 

 40 to 

 33 to 



36 to 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



39 2i 

 5113 



43i2i 



36 to 

 43 to 

 31 to 

 33 to 

 36 to 

 36 to 

 30 to 

 36 to 



Yield 



per 



Acre. 



Bush. Lbs 



41 7 



38 31 



38 26 



38 21 



37 18 



35 41 



35 30 



34 38 



34 28 



34 8 



33 6 



32 41 



31 27 



31 23 



31 9 



29 28 



29 18 



24 28 



22 24 



21 17 



19 28 



18 26 



14 8 



be 3 



Lbs 



45i 



47 



46f 



45i 



47 



46 



48 



45i 



48 



48i 



47 



49 



48 



48^ 



48^ 



47 



47 



44 



44 



47 



42 



47 



46i 



Proportion Rusted. 



Slightly. 



Considerably. 



Slightly. 



II 



Considerably. 

 Slightly. 



II 

 Considerably. 

 SUghtly. 



Badly, 

 Considerably. 



Included in the foregoing list are 14 new hybrid sorts of two-rowed barley which 

 have been produced at the experimental farms. The names and parentage of 13 of 

 these were given in the Annual Report of the Experimental Farms for 1896, the 14th 

 named Warren was originated from Baxter's six-rowed fertilized with the pollen of a 

 two-rowed variety, the Duck-bill, in 1892 by Mr. W. T. Macoun at Ottawa. 



nXLD CHOPS OP TWO-ROWED BARLEY. 



Canadian Thorpe — IJ acre. Soil a sandy loam of fair quality, which received a 

 dressing of about 12 tons of barn-yard manure, per acre, in the spring of 1895. No 

 fertilizer has been applied since. The previous crop was oats. The land was ploughed 

 late in the autum of 1896 about 8 inches deep and disc-harrowed twice the following 

 spring and harrowed twice with the smoothing harrow before sowing. Sown 7th May ; 

 2 bushels per acre ; came up 15th May ; and was ripe 2nd August. The time to mature 

 was 87 days. Yield per acre, 35 bushels 27 pounds ; weight per bushel, 49| pounds. 

 Length of head, 3 to 3^ inches ; length of straw, 36 to 44 inches ; growth uneven, 

 medium to weak ; all standing well. There was some smut, and the leaves and stems 

 were badly rusted. 



