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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



SPRING WHEAT TEST OP VARIETIES. 



Thirty-eight varieties were sown by hoe-drill on fallow on the 24th of April, at the 

 rate of l| bushel per acre. The soil was a clay loam, and the plots, which measured 

 one-tenth acre each, were protected from winds. Many of the varieties made a rank 

 growth of str^w but produced a poor sample of grain. No rust was observed on any of 

 these plots. 



Wheat — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety. 



Hungarian 



Countess 



Admiral 



Vernon 



Herisson Bearded 



Percy 



Red Fem 



Wellman's Fife 



Progress 



Red Fife 



Alpha 



Pringle's Champlain . . . 



Huron 



Old Red River 



Emporium 



Rideau 



Beaudry 



Captor 



Preston 



Crown 



White Fife 



Monarch.. 



White Connell 



DawTi 



Advance 



Beauty ... 



Campbell's White Chafif 



White Russian 



Rio Grande 



Golden Drop 



Stanley 



Black Sea , 



Blenheim 



Dufferin 



Ladoga 



Dion's 



Goose 



Colorado 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 21. 

 21. 

 21. 



27. 



28. 



21. 



27. 



28. 



21. 



27. 



21. 



21. 



21. 



28. 



28. 



21. 



30. 



21. 



27. 



21. 



28. 



27. 



28. 



21. 



27. 



21. 



28. 



28. 



28. 



28. 



24. 



21. 



28. 



27 



30. 



27. 



27. 



28. 



c.S 



■at 



119 

 119 

 119 

 125 

 126 

 119 

 125 

 126 

 119 

 125 

 119 

 119 

 119 

 126 

 126 

 119 

 128 

 119 

 125 

 119 

 126 

 125 

 126 

 119 

 125 

 119 

 126 

 126 

 126 

 126 

 122 

 119 

 126 

 125 

 128 

 125 

 125 

 126 



o 

 a 



In. 



39 

 32 

 45 

 39 

 42 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 48 

 45 

 45 

 42 

 45 

 45 

 48 

 42 

 48 

 42 

 42 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 32 

 42 

 48 

 45 

 42 

 45 

 48 

 45 

 48 

 48 

 42 

 48 

 45 

 42 

 45 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Weak 



It 

 Strong, 

 Weak 

 Strong, 

 Weak 



II 

 Strong, 

 Weak 

 Strong, 



Weak 

 Strong, 



Weak 

 Strong, 



Weak 

 Strong, 



Weak 



Strong, 



Weak 

 Strong, 



Weak 



Strong, 



Weak 



c« 



w 



o 



be 

 B 

 D 



In. 



2^ 

 2i 



3| 



3| 



2 



3 



4 



2| 



3 



3 



3i 



31 



3i 



3i 



2i 



3 



2- 



3i 



3 



3 



2S 



3 



3 



3i 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3i 



3 



3 



3i 



3 



3 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Bearded 



Bald . . . 

 Bearded 



Bald . . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 



Bearded 



Bald . . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . . 

 Bearded 

 Bald . . 

 Bearded 



Bald 



Bearded 

 Bald . . . 



Bearded 

 Bald . , . 



Bearded 



Weight 



of 

 Straw 



per 

 Acre. 



Lbs. 



4,630 

 4,180 

 5,040 

 4,810 

 5,510 

 4,930 

 6,240 

 4,580 

 4,080 

 4,380 

 .5,710 

 5,420 

 5,230 

 4.240 

 4,400 

 3,680 

 4,830 

 4,690 

 4,690 

 4,710 

 4,370 

 4,430 

 4,430 

 4,150 

 4,820 

 4,350 

 4,050 

 3,740 

 4,550 

 4,140 

 4,440 

 4,810 

 4,420 

 4,500 

 3,930 

 6,210 

 4,820 

 4,150 



® 



■§)§ 



Lbs. 



63 

 63: 



62; 



61 



65 



63 



63 



02, 



62. 



63 



62 



61 



61i 



63 



63| 



62 



64 



62i 



63* 



62| 



63 



62 



63 



62 



63 



60; 



59 



61 



62i 



62 



60i 



61 



62 



61i 



62 



03i 



63 



62 



