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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH SPRING WHEAT. 



The experimental plots of spring wheat consisted of forty varieties. The yield was 

 hardly up to the average, the straw was all more or less rusted. The soil used for the 

 experiment was a clayey loam, the previous crop being roots. Fertilizer at the rate of 

 250 pounds per acre was used, it was made up of 125 pounds complete fertilizer and 125 

 pounds of bone meal mixed together. This was drilled in with the seed. In addition 

 to this, 100 pounds of nitrate of soda was used per acre, 50 pounds sown broadcast 

 when the grain was 3 inches high, and 50 pounds when 6 inches high. No beneficial 

 results were noticeable from the use of nitrate of soda ; this was probably due to the 

 wet season. The straw making an abnormal growth consequently lodged badly, and the 

 seed did not fill out well. 



The plots were one-twentieth acre each. The seed was sown on the 10th and 11th 

 of May, at the rate of If bushels per acre. The results obtained are given in the 

 following table : — 



Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Wellman'a Fife .... 



White Connell 



Kio Grande .. 



Advance 



Goose 



Red Fern. . . 



White Russian 



Preston. . 



Dion's 



Stanley 



Admiral 



Vernon 



Green Mountain .... 



Huron 



Monarch 



Alpha 



Colorado 



Beauty 



DufiFerin . 



Emporium 



Crown 



Captor 



Herisson Bearded . . . 



Golden Drop 



Dawn 



Black Sea 



Blenheim , . . . 



Old Red River 



Red Fife 



Hungarian 



Beaudry 



Campbell's White Chaff 

 Pringle's Champlain. . . 



Gehun ... 



Rideau 



I'rogress 



White Fife 



Ladoga 



Percy 



Countess 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 28. 



30. 



Sept. 1. 



Aug. 24. 



25. 



25. 



Sept. 1. 



Aug. 24. 



., 30. 



n 24. 



.. 28. 



„ 28. 



Sept. 1. 



Aug. 30. 



. 1. 30. 



n 26. 



n 25. 



Sept. 1. 



Aug. 27. 



M 30. 



M 30. 



Sept. 1. 



Aug. 28. 



„ 24. 



1. 27. 



M 27. 



Sept. 1. 



Aug. 30. 



Sept. 1. 



.. 1. 



Aug. 30. 



25. 



30. 



27. 



27 



1. 



1. 



Aug. 23. 



Sept. 



Sept. 



30. 

 1. 



6 



108 

 111 

 113 

 106 

 107 

 107 

 .113 

 106 

 111 

 106 

 110 

 109 

 113 

 111 

 111 

 106 

 107 

 113 

 109 

 111 

 111 

 113 

 109 

 106 

 109 

 109 

 113 

 111 

 113 

 113 

 111 

 107 

 111 

 107 

 109 

 113 

 113 

 105 

 111 

 113 



u 



m 



be 



In. 



48 

 44 

 46 

 44 

 41 

 45 

 46 

 43 

 45 

 44 

 47 

 44 

 48 

 44 

 48 

 47 

 44 

 45 

 46 

 43 

 42 

 48 

 48 

 44 

 47 

 50 

 48 

 48 

 38 

 42 

 37 

 43 

 48 

 38 

 42 

 48 

 46 

 40 

 48 

 46 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Very stiflf 

 Medium 



StifiF.... 

 Medium 

 Weak.. 

 Medium 



Stifif.... 

 Medium 

 Stiff. .. 

 Weak . . 

 Medium 

 Stiff.... 



Weak . . 

 Stiff .. . . 

 Weak . . 

 Stiff.... 

 Medium 

 Stiff.. . 

 Weak . 

 Stiff.... 



Very stiff 

 Medium 

 Very stiff 

 Medium 

 Weak . . 

 Stiff.... 



Medium 



Stiff. 



Medium 

 Stiff.... 



a 



o 



bo 

 c 



In. 



5 

 4 

 4 

 3 



4 



4 



3I 



3 



4 



3 



4 



4I 



3 



3 



3i 



3 



3i 



3| 



3i 



2 



3| 



3 



3 



3i 



4 



3i 



4 



3 



3 



4 



3i 

 3 



3| 

 3 



3i 

 3 



Yield 

 per Acre. 



Bush Lba 



30 20 



28 20 



27 40 



26 40 



26 40 



26 40 



26 40 



26 20 



26 00 



25 40 



25 00 



23 20 



23 20 



23 20 



23 20 



23 20 



23 20 



23 20 



22 40 



22 40 



22 00 



22 00 



22 00 



22 00 



22 00 



21 40 



21 00 



21 00 



21 00 



20 40 



20 20 



20 20 



19 00 



18 40 



18 40 



18 40 



18 20 



18 00 



17 40 



17 00 



Weight 



per 

 Bushel. 



Lbs. 



60 

 61 

 60 

 60 

 62 

 61 

 58 

 61 

 58 

 61 

 69 

 60 

 58 

 61 

 58 

 61 

 62 

 60 

 62 

 58 

 62 

 62 

 60 

 61 

 60 

 62 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 59 

 58 

 61 

 59 

 58 

 56 

 61 

 60 

 61 

 60 

 61 



Note. — The weights given here, and also in all other grain tables in this report, were taken as the grain 

 came from the threshing mill, and are not the nia.ximum weights that the grain could be brought toby 

 cleaning. 



