CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM OF CANADA. 



Bulletin No. 8, January, 1891 (pp. 11). 



Results of early and late seeding of barley, oats, and 

 SPRING WHEAT, WiLLiAM SAUNDERS. — Diiriug the seasou of 1890, 30 

 tenth-acre plats of light, sandy loam " were devoted to a test of the rel- 

 ative advantages of earl^-, medium, and late sowing of barley, oats, 

 and spring wheat, two varieties of each grain being sown" on six differ- 

 ent dates from April 22 to May 28, at intervals of one week. The varie- 

 ties selected were, barley — Prize Prolific and Danish Chevalier (both 

 two-rowed sorts); oats — Prize Cluster and Early Race Horse; spring 

 wheat — Red Fife and Ladoga. At the first sowing, however, Anglo- 

 Canadian wheat was used instead of Early Race Horse oats. The 

 results, as stated in a table, unifoindy and strongly favored the early 

 seeding. The bulletin also contains tabulated notes on the growth of 

 the several varieties and the extent to which they suffered from rust. 



Bulletin No. 9, February, 1891 (pp. 34). 



Results of the growth of two rowed barley from seed im- 

 ported BY THE Government of Canada, William Saunders. — 

 In the spring of 1890, 10,000 bushels of Prize Prolific barley, a two- 

 rowed variety, which had been tested with good results in Canada, 

 were imported by the Canadian Government. More than half of this 

 amount was sold to 2,600 Canadian farmers. Of these, 1,052 have sent 

 in reports of the crop produced and samples of the grain, as follows. 



BesiiUs of tests of two-rowed harley {Prize Prolific) imported hij lite (lovertimeni of Canada 



for seed. 



Ontario 



Quebec 



Nova Scotia 



New Brunswick 



Prince Edward Island 



Manitoba 



Northwpsi Territories 

 British Columbia 



~~ 520 



Number 

 of reports, 



wilb 

 .samples. 



872 

 48 

 13 

 23 

 11 

 62 

 22 

 1 



Yield 

 per 



Bushels. 

 2-,i 

 2)i 

 2aj 



22J 

 26J 

 39 

 27i 

 45| 



Total yiclil 



from 

 112poiinds 



Bushels. 

 28i 

 22J 

 2Gi 

 2t,'r 

 27i 



32i'i 

 45J 



Weight per 



bushel 

 as received. 



Pounds. 



48i 



47t'« 



48 

 48 

 46* 

 50* 



Weiiiht per 



liusliel after 



cleaning. 



Pounds. 

 51i 

 50^ 

 48 

 49i 

 49 

 50J 

 50i 

 53 



