49Q Summary of Agricultural Experiments, [sept., 



the average of the four years, 1906-9, Banner has ranked first with 

 an average crop of 605 bush, (of 42 lb.) per acre, while Thousand 

 Dollar comes second, and Sensation third, with 57 and 565 bush, per 

 acre respectively. The stiff-strawed oats, such as Storm King, have 

 not given good results at Cockle Park, though on good soils and in 

 less exposed positions they would probably do better. 



In the barley trials, Archer, Chevalier, and Burton Malting did the 

 best in 1909. Chevalier and Goldthorpe have now been grown at Cockle 

 Park for seven years. In the first four years, 1903-6, Goldthorpe gave 

 better crops than Chevalier, but in the last three years Chevalier has 

 done the best in each year, so that in the seven years it has yielded an 

 average of 43! bushels of grain and 29I cwt. of straw, against Gold- 

 thorpe 's 43! bushels of grain and 28 cwt. of straw. Burton Malting has 

 been grown for five years, and has given 44! bushels, while Maltster, 

 during four years, has given an average of 47! bushels. Both these are 

 of the Goldthorpe type. 



No advantage has been found in changing the seed of barley, the 

 results from seed grown for a number of years at Cockle Park being 

 as good as or better than those from seed brought from other districts. 



Four varieties of wheat were grown in 1909, the yields of good grain 

 being as follows : — Browick Grey Chaff, 40 bush. ; Squarehead Master, 

 37I bush. ; French Marvel, 36 bush. ; Scholey's Squarehead, 35J bush. 



Experiments with Wheat, Oats, and Barley (Field Expts. at Harper- 

 Adams Agric. Coll., and in Staffs and Salop, Rept., 1909). — Trials were 

 made in 1909 with fifteen varieties of wheat. The soil was a good 

 loam, well suited to wheat, and the yields were, on the whole, satis- 

 factory, all the crops standing well. The best yields (about 

 53 bush, per acre) were obtained from two varieties, called 

 Garton's 3408 Red and Garton's 3608 White, which are 

 not yet on the market. The next in yield were Browick 

 Grey Chaff (50 and 51 bush.), Stand-up White (48 bush.), and Essex 

 Conquerer (45 bush.). The first of these is considered to be the best 

 wheat for the district of Shropshire ; it has now been grown for four 

 years, and the average yield has been 49^ bushels per acre. All the seed 

 grown at the College has been supplied to farmers, and growers have 

 also sold their seed, so that the acreage under this variety is now 

 very considerable. 



Two French varieties, Marvel and Sensation, were sown as spring 

 wheats, and produced yields of 41 and 36 bushels respectively, while 

 the straw was superior to that of other varieties, and very little rust 

 was observed. A further trial will be made with them, sown in the 

 autumn. 



Three Fife wheats were grown, and produced crops of from 36 to 

 45 bushels. One of these wheats took the first prize at the Newport 

 Show. The milling and baking qualities of these wheats and of 

 Browick Grey Chaff and Stand-up White were tested, and photographs 

 are given of the loaves made, showing the marked difference in the 

 strength and quality of different varieties. A report on the grain and 

 straw of each variety is given, with a valuation of samples by a firm 

 of millers. 



The varieties of oats were grown on a heavy loam, in good condi- 

 tion. They suffered from frit-fly, but were helped to recover by rain 



