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Barley.— In L904 Escourgeon, Black Japan, Eclipse, and Bere were added t«. the 

 list of 6-rowed varieties at Ottawa. Of 30 varieties under teal L3are crossbred sorts 

 produced at the experimental farms. In earliness the 6-rowed varieties have nor 

 differed much, bul Mensury, Common, Odessa, and Stella were several days earlier 

 than most <>i" the varieties in the list. Champion appeared to be the besl variety ol 

 the beardless 6-rowed type. Zero winter barley, n 6-rowed variety under experiment 

 one season, partly \\ interallied, bul yielded ;it the rate of 1 1 bu. 32 lbs. per acre. 



( )i' 27 varieties of 2-rowed barley under test, 10 are crossbred sorts originated at t he 

 farms. The earliest varieties in this list were Beaver, Jarvis, and Gordon. Yale, a 

 S-rowed sort obtained by crossing Duckbill and Rennie Improved, gave good results 

 at Brandon, and has also given excellent returns at nearly all the experimental 

 farms. Beardless varieties at this farm have been comparatively low in yield and 

 freight per bushel. The 6-rowed varieties had the strongest straw and withstood 

 lodging on snmnier fallow land, while the straw of 2-rowed Chevalier varieties has 

 usually been too weak on such land. Among 9 varieties grown in field lots for 4 

 years at Indian Head, Claude ranked first in yield per acre with 63 bu. 4 lbs. and 

 Royal second with 60 bu. 23 lbs. For 4 years fallow at this farm lias produced an 

 average of 21 bu. 6 lbs. more per acre than stubble land. 



Rye. — At Ottawa 4 varieties of winter rye ranged in yields from 40 bu. to 70 bu. 

 40 lbs. per acre, the latest variety being Giant. All varieties remained free from 

 rust. At Indian Head spring rye sown May 10 required HI days to mature. The 

 yield of grain was is bu. and that of straw 1,880 lbs. per acre. 



Com. — The cost of producing a ton of silage in the silo at Ottawa this season was 

 |1.63, and the cost of producing an acre ready to feed from thesilo was $21.25. Corn 

 for silage grown in drills yielded 1,074 lbs. per acre more than corn in hills. As in 

 previous years, rows 21 and 24 in. apart for the closest planting gave the best results 

 at Ottawa, Xappan, Brandon, and Indian Head. 



Peas.— At Ottawa, Chancellor appeared to be the earliest variety, ripening several 

 days before Golden Vine. Of the .S4 varieties tested 17 were crossbred sorts pro- 

 duced at the experimental farms. Laxton Charmer, with a yield of 58 bu. 40 lbs. per 

 acre, was the leading variety of a number of garden peas grown in field lots at Indian 

 Head. 



Potatoes. — At Ottawa the average yields for 5 years of the 12 leading varieties 

 ranged from 432 bu. 58 lbs. to 496 bu. 19 lbs. per acre. The 4 best varieties of the 

 12, mentioned in decreasing order of yield, were Professor Maercker, Late Puritan, 

 P.urnaby Mammoth, and Money Maker. The yields of 14 varieties tested in addi- 

 tion to the regular list in 1!H>4 ranged from 308 t<» .">4."> bu. :5b lbs. per acre. The :; 

 leading varieties in this collection— Ashleaf Kidney Heber Rawlings, Hahneny 

 beauty, ami White Albino— yielded each over 500 bu. 



Spraying this season was of much greater benefit to the late than to the early varie- 

 ties Where Bug Death and Bordeaux mixture were applied together an increase in 

 crop value of $21.86 per acre was secured, as compared with $17.68 in the test where 

 Paris green was used with the Bordeaux mixture. At Xappan the crop treated 

 with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green gave the largesl yield per acre, but Bug 

 Death alone was quite as effective in killing the bugs as either Paris green or 

 poisoned Bordeaux mixture. At the British Columbia Experimental Farm at 

 igassiz whole, smooth, even-sized seed potatoes, averaging from 2\ to Sh oz. each, 

 gave better results than large seed with not less than 3 eyes each and weighing on an 

 average 1 oz., and seed cut to 2 eyes each and averaging about i oz. in weight. 



Flax.— At Ottawa, Yellow Seed and Novarossick, the most productive varieties for 

 the season, yielded 20 bu. and 19 bu. 10 lbs. per acre, respectively. These varieties 

 were medium early, while Russian and Common were earliest in maturing, requiring 

 tally 75 and 76 days, respectively, to ripen. At Brandon, La Plata with 23 bu. 32 



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