January, 1922. 



SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 



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Yield 

 1917 1918 



Khjukov 2212 48.33 33.50 



Kharkov (Letli) 



(Ave. all checks) .... 48.61 14.70 



Kharkov (0) 50.42 36.00 



Hardiness is clearly indicated by per- 

 centage stand in 1918, and by winter- 

 killing in 1920. The large amount of 

 winterkilling in 1920 in Kharkov (Leth) 

 and Kharkov (0), resulted in the stand of 

 these two strains being too poor 1o allow 

 to mature. The five year average while 

 not strictly comparable on this account, 

 indicates the value of the Kharkov 2212 

 to the farmer. 



Apart from this statistical data, care- 

 ful observation in many other tests where 

 comparison was possible, has abundantly 

 shown that Kharkov 2212 is superior to 



in bushels 

 1919 1920 

 57.50 40.00 



1921 

 38.77 



Ave. 

 5 yrs. 

 43.62 



Ave. 4 yrs. 

 (1920 excl.) 

 44.52 



58.96 .... 37.80 32.01 40.01 

 45.62 .... 41.67 34.74 43.43 

 all others tested as regards hardiness and 

 yield.- In view of its behaviour tjie depart- 

 ment has sent out a number of samples to 

 experiment stations and to growers under 

 the name of Kharkov 22 M.C. Kharkov 

 22 is an awned variety having glabrous 

 white glumes, medium sized, semihard to 

 hard red kernels. Its spike is somew'hat 

 longer than the Kharkov variety and has 

 a slight taper to the apex. It has a-verage 

 tillering ability and the cAaracteristic re- 

 cumbent habit of autumn growth possessed 

 by its parent. It has long narrow leaves 

 and has good length and strength of straAv. 



Kharkov 22 M.C. Average yield for five years, 43.62 bushels. Average height 40.7 inches. 



GRADING DAIRY PRODUCE 



Two objections have been made to ihe 

 Dominion Act to Regulate the Grading of 

 Dairy Produce. One is that the producer 

 would be placed under additional expense, 

 and the other that all the grading would 

 be done at ^Montreal. The Dominioji Dairy 

 and Cold Storage Commissioner, both in 

 the public press and at dairy meetings, has 

 denied that there is any reason in these 

 objections, as no additional expense what- 



ever will be incurred by the producer, and 

 there is nothing either in t^e Act itself or 

 in the regidations to justify the sugges- 

 tion that the grading would all be done in 

 Montreal. All Canada's competitors in the 

 British market, such as Ireland, Denmark, 

 Holland, New Zealand and Australia, liave 

 such regulations, and those of Denmark 

 are more stringent than are those adopted 

 for this country. 



