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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7 GEORGE V, A. 1917 



AVERAGES FOR FU'E YEARS. 



In the six varieties of six-row all have been grown for five continuous years. In 

 the two-row barley five only have been grown for five continuous years, Gold having 

 been grown for two years only. The following tables give the average results obtained 

 for each, from 1911 to 1915:— 



Barley^ six-row. — Averages for Five years. 



Name of Variety. 



No. of years 

 in test. 



1. O.A.C. No. 21 



2. Nugent..- 



3. Stella 



4. Odessa 



5. Manchurian. . . 



6. Oderbruch.... 



Average date 

 of sowing. 



5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 



May 17 

 May 17 

 May 17 

 May 17 

 May 17 

 May 17 



Average date 

 of cutting. 



Aug. 28 



Aug. 27 



Aug. 30 



Aug. 23 



Aug. 27 



Aug. 23 



Yield per acre. 



Bush. 

 45 

 4.5 

 42 

 41 

 40 

 40 



LI'. 

 40 

 1 

 32 

 27 

 4G 

 20 



Barley^ two-row. — Averages for Five Years. 



From the above table it will be noted that in the six-row O.A.C. No. 21 gave the 

 highest average yield of all varieties tested, but that Nugent was a very close second. 



In the two-row, Swedish Chevalier and French Chevalier were the two highest, 

 there being very little difference in their yields. 



It is also interesting to note that in most cases the two-row varieties gave better 

 yields than did the six-row. The earliest and latest dates of sowing and cutting were 

 May 7, 1913; June 2, 1916; August 5, 1911; and September 16, 1915, respectively. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS. 



Fifteen varieties of oats were tested in duplicate plots of one-fortieth of an 

 acre in size. The seed was sown on June 2 at the rate of 3 bushels per acre. Oats, 

 like wheat and barley, suffered to a greater or less extent from unfavourable weather 

 conditions ; perhaps not quite so much in the earlier stage, but later on from lodging. 

 As all varieties of grain were treated for smut the percentage was greatly reduced 

 as compared with last year. 



Nappan. 



