REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPS. 



409 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Thirty-five varieties of barley have been grown in uniform test plots of one- 

 twentieth acre each, fifteen of these were two-rowed sorts and twenty were six-rowed. 

 They were all sown on loamy soil of fairly uniform character on the 17th of April. 

 No injury was done by rust or smut. 



Barley, Two-Rowed — Test of Varieties. 



Name of Variety- 



Kin ver Chevalier. 

 Canadian Thorpe. 

 French Chevalier. 



Nepean 



Prize Prolific 



Newton 



Danish Chevalier. 



Thanet 



Victor... 



Pacer 



Beaver . . . 



Monck . . 



Bolton 



Sidney 



Rigid , 



Date 



of 



Ripening. 



Aug. 14 



.. 14. 



.. 14. 



.. 14. 



M 13. 



>, 15. 



„ 12. 



u 14. 



., 16. 

 9. 



,. 13. 



.. 12. 



„ 14. 



,. 11. 



M 10. 





119 

 119 

 119 

 119 

 118 

 120 

 117 

 119 

 121 

 114 

 118 

 117 

 119 

 116 

 115 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



36 to 38 

 41 to 43 



37 to 39 



43 to 4.5 



40 to 42 



41 to 43 

 36 to 38 

 34 to 36 



44 to 46 

 34 to 36 

 43 to 45 

 48 to 50 

 40 to 42 

 33 to 35 

 43 to 45 



Character 



of 



Straw. 



Stiff.. 



1' * . 



Weak 

 Fair .. 



it . . 



If • • 



11 • . 



II • • 



Weak 



II 

 Fair.. 

 Stiff. . 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Bush. Lbs. 



40 

 37 

 37 

 32 

 32 

 31 

 31 

 31 

 30 

 29 

 28 

 28 

 28 

 27 

 27 



40 



4 



4 



44 



24 



12 



12 



12 



20 



8 



36 



16 



6 



24 



4 



Barley, Six-Rowed — Test of Varieties. 



Blue 



Oderbruch 



Petschora 



Mensury 



Common 6-rowed. . 



Vanguard 



Ronnie's Improved 



Royal 



Pioneer 



Nugent . . 



Stella 



Odessa 



Champion 



Phoenix 



Surprise 



Summit. 



Trooper 



Baxter's 



Success 



Excelsior 



Aug. 7. 

 July 28. 



» 28. 

 Aug. 5. 



II 6. 



2. 



July 28. 



Aug. 2. 



•• 2. 



1. 7. 



n 7. 



« 7. 

 July 28. 



u 28. 

 Aug. 7. 



.. 7, 



n 6. 



S. 



July 28. 



Aug. 5. 



112 



102 

 102 

 110 

 111 

 107 

 102 

 107 

 107 

 112 

 112 

 112 

 102 

 102 

 112 

 112 

 111 

 108 

 102 

 110 



38 to 40 

 26 to 30 

 24 to 26 

 40 to 42 



32 to 34 

 28 to 32 

 30 to 32 

 28 to 30 

 34 to 36 

 40 to 42 



33 to 35 

 38 to 40 



24 to 26 



25 to 28 

 38 to 40 

 40 to 42 

 40 to 41 



34 to 36 

 23 to 25 

 32 to 34 



42 

 40 

 38 

 SB 



38 

 37 

 37 

 36 

 36 

 35 

 34 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 33 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 30 



24 

 20 

 36 

 16 

 16 

 24 

 24 

 22 

 12 

 20 

 8 



36 

 16 

 16 

 44 

 24 

 30 

 30 

 10 

 00 



