308 The Wohurn Field Experiments, 1912. 



much better than that of any other corn grown on this land, 

 the valuer's (Mr. T. Smith, junr., of Bedford) remarks being 

 that the samples were well threshed and well above the average 

 for the district. They were, indeed, some of the nicest barleys 

 he had seen this season, being vmiform in colour and size. As 

 between the two varieties, he thought that, while the bolder 

 grain of the " Hallett's " would tell with some buyers, the 

 beautiful skin and "curl" on most of the "Archer's" would 

 be more to valuers' liking. 



Comparing next the produce of each variety on the large 

 plots with that on the small strips, it may at once be said that 

 the season was certainly not a favourable one for making a 

 close comparison of this kind. A review of the returns for 

 individual plots, as set out in Table VI., will show that there 

 was in some cases a wide divergence between the yields of 

 different strips of one and the same variety. Yet, if the whole 

 yields be added up and averaged, it will be found that the 

 " Archer " barley when grown on strips gave an average of 

 38"8 bushels of head corn and 5*5 bushels of tail corn per acre, 

 or a total of 44-3 bushels of corn — as against a total of 45"6 

 bushels per acre of corn on the large plot ; while the 

 " Chevalier " gave, on the strips, an average of 33*2 bushels 

 of head corn, and 3*6 bushels of tail corn per acre, or a total 

 of 36*8 bushels of corn, as against a total of 35"G bushels of 

 corn on the corresponding large plot. Hence the divergence 

 in any one variety between the produce of strips and that of 

 large plots was only about 1 bushel of corn per acre in either 

 case. In the one case (" Archer ") the large plot gave the 

 higher return, and in the other (" Chevalier ") the strips. 

 Accordingly, the difference between the returns for either 

 variety, as between the large plots and the small strips, may 

 be put at ±2*7 per cent. only. The general result as between 

 the two varieties which it was the object of the experiment 

 to compare, shows the yield of the " Archer " barley to have 

 been quite 8i bushels of corn per acre more than that of the 

 " Chevalier," and that the grain was not inferior in value. 



Varieties of Wheat. 



(a) Lansome Field. 

 (ft) Road Piece Field. 



Further trials were given in 1912 to French wheats, as also 

 to Prof. Biffen's " Little Joss," and to the Dutch wheat 

 " Wilhelmina," as compared with the English wheat " Square 

 Head's Master," generally grown on the farm. Of the two 

 fields, Lansome Field is distinctly the lighter and poorer soil, 

 being entirely on the Lower-Greensand, whereas Road Piece 



