REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND ACTING AGRICULTURIST. 



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of head, 2i to 3 ii ^s ; length of straw, 40 to 42 inches ; growth medium to weak ; all 

 standing well. There was some smut but no rust. 



Mensury. — 2f acres. This and the three following plots were adjoining that of 

 Trooper ; the soil was similar and the preparation and treatment of the land the same 

 throughout. Sown 3rd May ; If bushel per acre ; came up 10th May ; and was ripe 

 25th July. The time to mature was 83 days. Yield per acre, 36 bushels 47 pounds ; 

 weight per bushel, 48J pounds. Length of head, 3 to 3^ inches ; length of straw, 44 to 48 

 inches. Growth strong and even ; all standing well. There was some smut but no rust. 



Champion. — \ acre. Sown 3rd May ; 1| bushel per acre ; came up 11th May, and 

 was ripe 25th July. The time to mature was 83 days. Yield per acre, 43 bushels 46 

 pounds ; weight per bushel, 44 pounds. Length of head, 3 to 3^ inches ; beardless ; 

 length of straw, 42 to 44 inches. Growth medium to strong ; standing fairly well. 

 There was some smut, and the leaves and stems were somewhat rusted. 



Success. — I" acre. Sown 3rd May; If bushel per acre ; came up 11th May, and 

 was ripe 22nd July. The time to mature was 81 days. Yield per acre, 43 bushels 29 

 pounds ; weight per bushel, 45;^ pounds. Length of head, 2 to 2 J inches ; beardless ; 

 length of straw, 36 to 40 inches. Growth medium and even ; all standing well. No 

 smut or rust. 



Odessa. — facte. Sown 3rd May; If bushel per acre; came up 11th May, and 

 was ripe 26th July. The time to mature was 84 days. Yield per acre, 37 bushels 10 

 pounds ; weight per bushel, 48 pounds. Length of head 2f to 3 inches ; length of 

 straw, 32 to 4l inches. Growth strong and even ; standing fairly well, only one spot 



lodged. 



There was some smut, and the leaves and stems were slightly rusted. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



grown 



Fifty-six varieties of spring wheat were tested during the season of 1897, 

 on plots of ^th acre each. The land selected for the wheat plots was adjoining that 

 used for the test of varieties of barley, the soil was similar and the preparation and 

 treatment of the land the same. The previous crop was barley. The plots were all 



sown on the 29th and 30th April at the rate of one and a half bushel per acre. 



SPRING WHEAT TEST OF VARIETIES. 



