The Bulletin. 31 



Early Genessee Giant, a bearded variety, ranked 17 in 1904, 11 in 

 1905, 5 in 1906, 13 in 1907 and 9 in 1908. It matures anywhere 

 from June 15th to June 20th. 



Tuscan Island has been in the test but three years. It is one of 

 the bearded wheats, and ranked 1 in 1904, 9 in 1905 and 15 in 1906. 

 Its date of maturity is medium. 



Long Headed, another bearded wheat, ranked 6 in 1904, 1 in 1905 

 and 8 in 1906. Matures about June 15th. 



Fish Headed, a bearded variety, has made a very good record 

 during the test, having ranked 2 in 1904, 5 in 1905 and 1 in 1906. 

 It has been under test but three years. Matures about June 15th. 



Improved Amber has also done well at the Iredell farm, during the 

 period it was under test. In 1904 it ranked 10, in 1905 it ranked 3, 

 4 in 1906 and 1 in 1907. Matures about June 15th. 



Bearded Fulcaster (selected) ranked 2 in 1907 and 1 in 1908. 

 Matures about June 15th. 



A number of the above varieties have commendable characteristics, 

 but having been under test only a short time they would not seem to 

 justify a positive recommendation to our farmers till their qualities 

 have been tried for a longer period. Golden Chaff and Bearded 

 Fulcaster are exceptions, however, and may be looked upon as good 

 varieties for our soils. 



BEARDED OK SMOOTH VARIETIES. 



There seems to be no material difference in yield between the 

 smooth and bearded varieties of wheat, Our test shows Golden 

 Chaff, a smooth wheat, to have outyielded the Bearded Fulcaster, 

 during the five-year test, .9 of a bushel per acre. When the question 

 of handling the crop comes up for consideration the smooth wheat 

 has a decided advantage over the bearded. 



It has been found, however, that the bearded wheats withstand wet 

 weather conditions better than the smooth wheats and that they are 

 also better suited to moist land soils. 



III. VARIETY TESTS OF OATS. 



Variety tests of oats have been conducted at the Edgecombe farm 

 but one year, 1901. During this year 10 varieties were tested, and 

 of these the Ked, Appier and Burt were the highest yielders. 



Seed of the Appier and Red varieties were also sown in the spring 

 in order to test their relative values as spring or winter varieties. 

 The table shows the fall seeding of the Appier to have outyielded 

 the spring seeding 15.38 bushels per acre, while the fall-sown Red 

 yielded 20.6 bushels more per acre than the spring sown. 



The dates of maturity of these spring seedings, it will be noted, 

 are not very different from those of the fall seedings, while, in all 

 cases, the fall sowings greatly outyielded the spring sowings. 



