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of wheat as follows : Varieties of winter wheat for flour production, 

 varieties of spring- wheat for the production of macaroni, and varieties 

 of spring- wheat for feeding purposes. 



Varieties of Winter Wheat for Flour Production. The past 

 year has been an unfavorable one for winter wheat production in Ontario, 

 According to the last report of the Bureau of Industries, we learn that 

 no less than 189,274 acres, or nearly 24 per cent., of the area sown to 

 winter wheat last autumn, was plowed in the spring of 1904. Sorne 

 of the varieties in the experimental grounds at the College survived 

 the winter in good condition; while some of the tender varieties were 

 considerably winter killed. 



Within the past fifteen years, about two hundred varieties of win- 

 ter wheat have been grown at the College. The most of these have 

 been grown for at least five years in succession. The highest yielding 

 varieties for the past five years, including 1904, have produced the fol- 

 lowing average number of pounds of grain per measured bushel, and 

 of bushels of grain per acre: Dawson's Golden Chaff, 59.9 lbs., 59.8 

 bus. ; Imperial Amber, 61.2 lbs., 58 bus. ; Prize Taker, 59.8 lbs., 57.6 

 bus.; Silver Dollar, 59.7 lbs., 57 bus.; Buda Pesth, 61.4 lbs., 

 55.4 bus. ; Rudy, 61. i lbs., 55.4 bus. ; Forty-fold, 59.1 lbs., 55.4 bus,; 

 and Egyptian Amber, 61.4 lbs., 55.2 bushels. The greatest yielders 

 among seventy-two varieties grown in the past year, however, were 

 the Imperial Amber, 41.3 bus. ; Buda Pesth, 40 bus. ; Crimean Red, 

 39.9 bus. ; Rudy, 38.1 bus. ; Tasmania Red, 36 bus. ; Dawson's Golden 

 Chaff, 35.7 bus. ; and Egyptian Amber, 35 bushels per acre. The 

 weight per measured bushel for this season has been exceptionally light, 

 as can be seen from the following : Tasmania Red, 58.6 lbs. ; Im- 

 perial Amber, 57.6 lbs. ; Dawson's Golden Chaff, 55.7 lbs. ; Turkey 

 Red, 55.5 lbs. ; and Early Genessee Giant, 52.3 pounds. The Daw- 

 son's Golden Chaff possessed the stiffest straw and the Red Hussar the 

 weakest straw in 1904. All varieties rusted more or less in 1904, the 

 Ironclad, Tasmania Red, and Pride of America being the freest. The 

 Hessian fly did only a small amount of damage the past year. 



Varieties of Spring Wheat for Flour Production. Spring 

 wheat throughout Ontario seemed to give promising results until about 

 the time of ripening, when the rust attacked the straw considerably, 

 and the weather conditions seemed unfavorable for the production of 

 a plump sample. In some sections the spring wheat was an utter 

 failure. In the experiments at the College, most of the varieties gave 

 a fair yield per acre, but the quality was unusually poor, as nearly all 

 of the varieties came considerably under the standard in weight per 

 measured bushel. 



Eleven varieties of flour producing spring wheats have been grown 

 in the Experimental Department under similar conditions for six years 

 in succession. In the average results for the six years, the varieties: 

 here referred to have given the following yields per acre : Pringle's 

 Champion, 35.1 bus. ; Saxonka, 34.8 bus. ; Red Fife, 34.5 bus. ; Color- 



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