DITISIOX OF qs REALS 1011 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



For Manitoba and Saskatchewan. — Marquis is the best variety for most districts. 

 Eed Fife is excellent for localities where there is no danger of early frosts. For dis- 

 tricts where extreme earliness is required and where there is suflicient rainfall to 

 produce a good length of straw, the new variety Prelude is higlily recommended. 

 Pioneer, another new and very early ripening sort, should be given a trial if the condi- 

 tions are too dry for Prelude. 



For Alberta. — Red Fife is perhaps the best sort for some of the dry areas towards 

 the south, but, wherever there is sufficient rainfall. Marquis should be tried. If early- 

 maturing varieties with longer straw than Marquis are essential, Huron or Early Red 

 Fife should be tested. Pioneer, a new variety recently introduced by the Dominion 

 Cerealist, ripens earlier than any of the above-mentioned sorts, and has given good 

 results under diy conditions. It is bearded and produces straw which is usually of fair 

 length. It is not adapted to moist districts. For all localities where the tendency is 

 towards the production of excessively long straw, and where a very early-ripening 

 wheat is required. Prelude is unquestionably the best variety known. 



For British Columbia. — Huron is one of the best varieties. Red Fife and Mar- 

 quis may not generally give quite such large crops but they are more popular for 

 bread-making. Prelude or Pioneer may be useful in a few localities where extreme 

 earliness is essential. 



EMMER AND SPELT. 



Owing to the shortage of land for the use of the Cereal Division, the plots of 

 emmer and spelt could not be sown. 



Common Emmer — often incorrectly called " Speltz " — is one of the best varieties. 

 However, for most districts, under ordinary conditions of climate and farming, it 

 has not proved as valuable as the more common cereals, and its use is therefore not 

 advised. 



OATS. 



Owing to shortage of land the regular variety tests of oats could not be made 

 last season. 



RECOMMENDED VARIETIES OF OATS. 



Among the most productive varieties of white oats. Banner is especially recom- 

 mended. Ligowo is somewhat earlier in ripening, but does not generally give quite 

 so large a yield as Banner. Two new sorts. Victory (also called Seger and Conqueror) 

 and Ontario Agricultural College No. 72 (a selected strain of Siberian) are now 

 attracting considerable attention. They are excellent, productive kinds, but the No. 

 72 is rather late in ripening. Gold Rain is a very prolific yellow oat. Black oats are 

 not recommended, but Pioneer and Excelsior may be mentioned as two of the best. 



Farmers who require an extremely early-ripening variety should try Eighty Day, 

 Orloff or Sixty Day. The name Sixty Day is misleading, as this oat is not earlier 

 than the other two. Daubeney is another similar sort, almost as early as Eighty Day, 

 and generally producing a somewhat larger crop, longer straw and larger kernels. All 

 these oats are, however, small in kernel; and they seldom yield as well as the later 

 sorts. 



BARLEY. 



As there seems to be no sufficient reason for separating barleys into two great 

 groups, according to whether the heads are of the 2-row type or not, it has been 

 decided, in future, to report on all the varieties together. As a matter of fact the 

 old classification is very arbitrary and unsatisfactory. 



Ottawa. 



