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the two years in which the tests were made, but it is thoiij?ht would 

 probably average from niuety-five to one hundred days in the vicinity 

 of Ontario. "All the varieties of two-rowed barley are later in ripening 

 than the six-rowed sorts, the difference varying from five or six to ten 

 or twelve days." The yields of 1889 were considerably larger than 

 those of 1888, due in part to a more careful selection of seed and to ac- 

 climatization. , 



The results obtained with several varieties of two-rowed barley 

 planted ten to sixteen days later than the rest are given as indicating 

 the advantage of early sowing. A table shows the comparative yield 

 of fifteen two-rowed varieties at four of the experimental farms in 1889, 

 and there are also notes on the results obtained by farmers in different 

 parts of the Dominion for five varieties — Carter's Prize Prolific, Danish 

 Chevalier, Danish Printice Chevalier, English Malting, and Beardless. 



The results "are sufficient to show that even in an unfavorable season 

 for barley growing there is a wide territory over which two-rowed barley 

 for the English market can be grown with advantage, and the yield 

 obtained from the samples sent out, as well as in field culture at the 

 experimental farms, would indicate that heavier crops of two-rowed 

 barley, of the varieties named, could be raised than of the ordinary six- 

 rowed barley. It is not practicable to entirely change any important 

 crop in a single season, especially when it covers so large an area; it is 

 better for many reasons that such a change should come more slowly, 

 but it does seem feasible to bring this about to a very large extent 

 within a comparatively short time. A very large quantity of barley is 

 required every year for feed, and the fact that the two-rowed sorts are 

 on an average from a week to ten days later in ripening than the six- 

 rowed might be an objection to their growth in some places." 



It is not to be expected that malting barley of the right quality can 

 be grown in every jiart of Canada. Whether the best conditions exist 

 for this crop in any locality can be ascertained only by repeated tests. 

 In proof of what may be done to " improve the barley crop of a country, 

 the case of Denmark, now a large exporter of.malting barley," is cited. 



Directions for the cultivation, harvesting, and storing of two-rowed 

 barley are given in considerable detail. 



Experiments are also reported with thirteen varieties of six-rowed 

 barley, with seven other varieties grown for feed, and with seven varieties 

 from seed grown at high altitudes in India. 



