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followed, then another of "Archer," and so on for all the 

 sixteen strips. After this there came one large area — \ acre — 

 of "Archer," and then a \ acre block of "Chevalier." On 

 May 23, clover and grass seed mixtures (to form the experiment 

 of 1913) were drilled in the barley. The "Chevalier" was 

 the more forward, and came into ear on June 22, being fully 

 in ear by June 27, when the " Archer " began to " ear." The 

 crops were cut on September 10, threshed and weighed on 

 September 14, and the results are given in Table VI. 



Table YI.— V(nveti(s of Barley, 1912. 



Stackyanl Fiel<l Produce per acre. 



Taking the results as a whole, it will be seen that the 

 Archer's " Stiff-straw " gave from 8 bushels (small plots) to 10 

 bushels (large plots) of total corn more per acre than did the 

 "Chevalier." There was more tail corn, however, from the 

 "Archer" variety. The quality of the grain of these lots was 



