1904.] 



Varieties of Barley. 



39 



Report No. 39 of the Yorkshire College, Leeds, contains a 



note on experiments carried out in 1903, in continuation of 



previous trials, to determine the effect of a 



Experiments dressing of Z cvvt. per acre of salt on the 

 with 



Salt for Barley. barley crop.* The trial in 1902 failed 

 owing to the crops being badly " laid," but 

 1 90 1 (a very dry season) and 1903 (an extremely wet year) 

 showed in both cases an increase of 6 to 8 bushels of saleable 

 corn, and also an increase in total corn from the use of salt ; 

 while there were 8| cwt. of straw more in 1901 and i| cwt 

 more in 1903 on the plots receiving a dressing of salt. On a 

 medium loam or light soil, therefore, a dressing of 5 cwt. of salt 

 may be expected to prove profitable. The grain was also sub- 

 mitted to an expert, who reported that, for malting purposes, the 

 barley from the plot dressed with salt was the best of all the 

 samples submitted. 



A paper of considerable importance, from the botanical and 



chemical point of view, on " Varieties of Barley," by Mr. E. S. 



Beaven, is contained in the Journal of the 



Varieties Federated Institutes of Breiving, Vol. VIII., 

 of Barley. 



No. 5. After classifying the different 

 varieties of barley known, Mr. Beaven records the results of 

 experiments undertaken with a view of ascertaining the 

 characteristics as malting material of some well-known varieties 

 grown under different conditions. These experiments, Mr. 

 Beaven states, are only preliminary, and not sufficiently advanced 

 to allow of reliable conclusions being drawn as regards farm 

 practice. 



The experiments in rearing calves, conducted in 1901 by the 



Irish Department of Agriculture, were repeated in 1902, but 



with a slight modification suggested by 



Calf Rearing" t j ie previous year's experience, one lot 

 Experiments. . . 1 . ir . , c 



being given a calf meal composed 01 one 



part ground flax seed, two parts oatmeal and two parts Indian 

 meal, instead of Indian meal only, with separated milk. The 



* Journal, Vol. IX., June 1902. p. 70. 



