AGRIGUL,TURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



TESTS OP^ VARIETIES. 



145 



PROF. WALTER BALENTINE. 



Field Tests with Varieties of Barley and Oats. 



For several years the Station has been doing considerable work 

 in testing varieties of oats and barley. Of the many varieties of 

 oats and barley on trial during these years only a few have been 

 considered of sufficient merit to warrant us in continuing to grow 

 them. Of these there were two of barley and five of oats, which 

 were sown on half acre plots with the following results as to yield 

 in grain : 



NABIE OF VARIETY. 



NO. OF PLOT. 

 1 



2 

 3 

 4 







6 



7 



YIELD OF GRAIN. 



Chevalier Barley, 813 lbs. 



Champion two rowed Barley, 1112 " 



White Seizure Oats, 472 '' 



Victoria Oats, 578 " 



New Race Horse Oats, 634 " 



Clydesdale Oats, 450 '' 



Henderson's Clydesdale, 190 " 



The yields of barley were very satisfactory but owing to the 

 attack of rust on the oats the results are not as favorable for any 

 of the varieties as was expected from the condition of the ground 

 on which they were sown and the previous yields of these varieties 

 on similar plots. 



Test of Varieties of Peas. 

 Six varieties of peas which have not been tested previously at 

 the Station have been on trial with the following- results : 



Name. 



Americau Champion 



Yorkshire Gem 



Sander's Marrow 



Epicure 



Melting Suf^ar 



Henderson's Wild Summer 



May 30 



" 30 



" 30 



" 30 



" 30 



" 30 



July 12 

 " 15 



^ o 



July 31 

 Aug. 3 

 •• 15 

 July 20 

 Aug. 1 

 3 



Aug. 28 



" 28 



Sept, 10 



Aug. 19 



" 28 

 " 28 



^ 



12 lbs., 8 oz. 



18 



15 



4 



5 



6 



O" 



Good. 



Extra. 



Good, 



Inferior. 



Interior. 



Extra. 



