12 The Bulletin. 



comments on variety tests of wheat 



Most of the tests of wheat varieties have been made at the Iredell 

 farm, where the soils seems better adapted to wheat culture and not 

 so well suited to the growth of such crops as make their best develop- 

 ment in the Coastal Plain Region. The soils on this farm belong to 

 the Cecil series and range in texture from a loam to a clay loam. 

 The depth of these soils runs from six to eight inches. They are red- 

 dish-brown in color, well drained and fairly retentive of moisture. 

 Wherever found, these soils are well suited to the growth of general 

 crops, such as corn, wheat and oats, except in so far as climatic con- 

 ditions may oppose. 



On the following pages are recorded results of the variety tests of 

 wheat at the Iredell and Buncombe Test Farms in 1911 and a dis- 

 cussion of the compiled results on the Iredell station during 1907, 

 1908, 1910, and 1911. 



Lancaster, a bearded wheat, made the highest yield this year at the 

 Iredell farm followed closely by Acme and Dietz Mediterranean. A 

 number of the varieties made good yields at this station this year. 

 Out of the seven tested, eleven yielded as high as twenty and one as 

 high as twenty-three bushels to the acre. The lowest yielders were 

 Red May, Klondyke, and Australian Red in the order given. 



In Table No. V are given the results of the variety tests of wheat 

 at the Buncombe farm for 1911. On the soils of this farm Leap's 

 Prolific made the best yield per acre. It will be of interest to note 

 that this wheat was grown on this farm in 1910 as was also the second 

 and third best yielders. Miller's Choice and Dietz Mediterranean. 



In Table No. VI are the compiled results of the variety work at the 

 Iredell farm during the last four years with the exception of 1909. 

 During this time Golden Chaff made the highest average yield per 

 acre while Red Wonder made the second best average. Only five va- 

 rieties have been tested throughout this period, namely: Golden Chaff, 

 Red Wonder, Purple Straw, and Leap's Prolific. 



