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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Varieties. 



Champion fBrardlcss) 



Manscheuri Rowed (Boarded) 

 University No. 105 (Bearded). 



Success (Beardless) 



French Chevalier (Bearded)... 



Wiitc Ilulless (Hulless) 



Chevalier (Beardless) 



Headed 



out. 



July 5 

 9 



" 10 

 1 



- 19 

 4 



" 1 



Time of 

 harvest- 

 ing. 



Aug. 19 

 " 19 

 " 22 

 " 16 

 Sept. 10 

 Aug. 17 

 " 16 



Height 

 of straw 

 inches. 



42 

 .'14 

 34 

 29 

 31 

 32 

 42 



Yield of plots. 



Grain 



lbs. 



116 

 111 

 94 

 54 

 48 

 42 

 86 



Straw 

 lbs. 



149 

 149 

 102 

 98 

 133 

 152 

 107 



Yield per acre. 



Grain 

 bushels. 



48i 



46* 



39i 



22i 



20 



17i 



35g 



Straw 

 lbs. 



2.980 

 2.980 

 2,040 

 1.900 

 2.660 

 3.040 

 2.140 



WHEAT. 



Two winter wheat varieties were planted, Dawson on September 1 and Inter- 

 national No. 6, on September 15. The stand of International was poor when 

 permanent snow covered it on November 11. Dawson was much better, and 

 about 85 per cent of a perfect stand. As soon as the snow had disappeared dur- 

 ing spring, nearly 90 per cent of the plants on the International plot, and ap- 

 proximately 20 per cent of those on the Dawson plot, appeared lifeless, the dull 

 green color soon turning brown and the plants drying up within two or three 

 days. The International plot was subsequently fitted for field peas. No insects 

 nor the work of any could be detected either upon the plants or upon the roots. 

 No other cause can be assigned unless it be a lack of air which caused the 

 weaker plants to suffocate. Several hard crusts formed on the snow during 

 December and forepart of January owing to quite warm spells. From soon after 

 the middle of January to the end of February there was steady cold weather 

 with not enough snowfall to permit the thawing of the snow crusts before the 

 beginning of March. Though these crusts had melted away under the snow long 

 before the advent of spring, owing to the unfrozen condition of the soil, it is 

 quite probable that they remained long enough to do the damage by intercepting 

 a free circulation of air. Both Dawson and International had been tested in 

 1901, when they gave a yield of 41 and 33.23 bushels per acre respectively. The 

 spring wheat varieties have been tested twice before, and the present yield 

 may be considered very satisfactory when considering the very low average of the 

 principal wheat growing states. The results are given in the following table: 



OTHER FARM CROPS. 



Fipeltz, or Emvier, as it is frequently called, is less subject to attacks from rust 

 than most of the other cereals, and as such may be depended upon for good 

 yields in this region. Its feeding value is nearly equal to that of barley, though 

 best results would probably be obtained only by grinding the grain, as the husks 

 are very hard and cannot be well removed except with special machinery. Its 

 weight as threshed is generally taken at 24 lbs. per bushel. One plot 1x6 rods 

 was planted May 6. The grain was cut September 2, having headed out July 

 13. The heads averaged 2\<2 inches in length, and the straw 42 inches. The 

 yield was 63 lbs. of grain and 105 lbs. of straw, being equal to 70 bushels of 

 grain and 2,800 lbs. of straw per acre. 



