proved, Imperial Six-rowed, Success, and Ohio Beardless. Of these 

 varieties, however, the only one which has given a very high average 

 yield per acre is the California Brewing. This, however, is a coarse 

 barley with a very stiff beard and straw of rather poor quality. 



Variety of Two-rowed Barley. The two-rowed barley is easily 

 distinguished from the other species by the head being somewhat 

 elongated, and by there being only two rows of grain from one end of 

 the head to the other. The heads of some varieties are long and slen- 

 der ; while those of other varieties are short, very broad at the base^ 

 and taper towards the extremity. The two-rowed barley is largely cul- 

 tivated in England and Central Europe, but is not grown to any extent 

 in Ontario, although great efforts were made a few years ago by the 

 Dominion Government to have it grown extensively by Canadian far- 

 mers for exporting to England. With this object in view, the Cana- 

 dian Government imported 10,000 bushels of the Carter's Prize Prolific 

 barley from England, and sold the same to Canadian farmers at |2 per 

 bushel, in order to get it introduced. This variety, however, has not 

 given very satisfactory results throughout the Province. 



According to the results of eleven years' experiments with about 

 sixty varieties of two-rowed barley, we find that the highest yielding 

 kinds are not as productive as the most prolific varieties of the six- 

 rowed class. In the average of eleven years' tests with six varieties 

 of two-rowed barley, the greatest yields were produced by the Two- 

 rowed Canadian, New Zealand Chevalier, Jarman's Selected Beardless, 

 and French Chevalier. 



In 1904, seventeen varieties of two-rowed barley were grown in 

 the experimental grounds. The highest yields were produced by the 

 Two-rowed Canadian and Selected Canadian Thorp varieties ; and the 

 lowest yields were produced by the Invincible, Standwell, and Fred- 

 erickson varieties. The last three varieties were recently imported 

 from Europe. The Standwell and the Invincible were imported from 

 England, and the Frederickson from Germany. The Chevalier two- 

 rowed barley has been used considerably for mixing with Siberian or 

 Banner oats for seed purposes. As the Chevalier barley is late in ma- 

 turing, it ripens about the same time as either of these varieties of oats, 

 and a mixture composed of the Chevalier barley with one of these var- 

 ieties of oats usually produces a heavy yield per acre. 



Varieties of Hulless Barley. The grain of the Hulless barley 

 usually weighs about sixty pounds per measured bushel, while the 

 standard weight of the common varieties is forty-eight pounds per 

 bushel. The skin of the Hulless varieties is thin and transparent, and 

 is white, purple, or black in color. In some respects the grain re- 

 sembles wheat more than barley. The straw is apt to be weak, and. 

 when ripe, often becomes so brittle that the heads are easily broken 

 off. Some of the varieties possess heads with six rows, and others 

 with two rows. 



