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the farm being much • struck with its appearance. It was 

 ready for cutting on August 7, the other varieties being a week 

 later, namely, on August 14. The crops were carted August 

 18-19, and subsequently threshed, the results being given in 

 Table YI. 



Table VI. — Varieties of Barley, 1914. 

 Butt Close — Produce per acre. 



Though the duplicate plots do not agree well, it is possible 

 to draw the general conclusion that the " Tystofte Prentice " 

 (Danish), was quite as good as, and possibly slightly superior 

 to, the English " Archer,'' both of these, in turn, being better 

 than the Swedish variety. On the average of the duplicates, 

 the " Tystofte " gave 458 bushels of corn per acre as against 

 the 44-8 bushels of the " Archer," and the 42-9 bushels of the 

 " Svalof Primus." Nor was the amount of straw less, while, 

 on valuation of the grain, the " Tystofte " came out the highest 

 and the " Archer " next. 



The valuer reported that all three lots were sound barleys, 

 well harvested and in good condition. He placed the 

 " Tystofte " in the highest grade, as quite up to this year's 

 samples, having a nice thin skin and a good " crease," and 

 being uniform in colour. The "Archer" was thicker in skin 

 and not so uniform in colour, while the "Svalof" was hard 

 and not a good brewer's or maltster's barley, though sound ; 

 the grains, moreover, had a yellowish-green tinge. 



It would thus seem that the Danish variety " Tystofte 

 Prentice " was decidedly a promising one, but the " Svalof 

 Primus," though it looked so superior in the field, was very 

 disappointing both as to yield and quality, and only had its 

 early maturity to recommend it. 



