32 BULLETIN" ISU, tJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICtTLTCTKE 
BRANDON, MAMTOBA 
One of the first of the Canadian experimental farms to be established was 
that at Brandon, Manitoba. The testing of barley varieties commenced in 
1889 at the Ottawa station. Brandon is much farther north as well as farther 
west. The summers are cooler, and there is less humidit}" at ripening time. 
Table 7 shows that Brandon is undoubtedly in the territory of the Manchuria 
group. In the percentage valuation of the varieties Mensury (C. I. No. 2657) 
and Odessa (C. I. No. 182), which were grown for almost the entire period of 
years, ranked very high. From the average yields shown it is evident that 
barley is highly productive in Manitoba. Mensury (C. I. No. 2657), for example, 
produced an average yield of 56.3 bushels for a. period of 24 years. Several of 
the hvbrid varieties gave good vields at Brandon. Among the best were Yale 
(C. I." No. 1592), Mansfield (C. I. No. 2241), Argyle (C. I. No. 2681), and Nugent 
(C. I. No. 176). Of the varieties which were introduced so late that they were 
tested in only a few years Garton 68 (C. I. No. 2740), Hannchen (C. I. No. 531), 
Manchurian (C. I. No. 739), and Gold (C. I. No. 1145), v\'ere among the best. 
The Chevalier barlevs gave onlv average vields at Brandon, Danish Chevalier 
(C. I. No. 180) yielded nearly lOO per cent, French Chevalier (C. I. No. 175) 
102 per cent, and Chevalier II (C. I. No, 200) 99 per cent of the weighted mean. 
The Thorpe varieties were more irregular than the Chevalier sorts, but on the 
whole produced slightly better yields. 
Seven groups of barleys were compared, which ranked as follows: Manchuria, 
Thorpe, Hanna, Polar, Himalaya, Hybrid, and Chevalier. The ^Manchuria is 
outstanding as compared with the other groups. It is significant that a group 
of Polar barleys which are 6-rowed sorts adapted to regions north of the Man- 
churia barleys yielded well at Brandon. 
Ten varieties of different types are compared in the summarized digest of 
Table 7. Mensury (C. I. No. 2657) was the best of these. Odessa (C. I. No. 
182) and Hannchen (C. I. No. 531) were almost as good. Hannchen was tested 
for only four years, being introduced in 1910. The comparative yield of Blue 
Long Head (C. I. No. 2685) was low, as is usuaUy the case where Manchuria 
yields well. Likewise, Nepal and Manchuria seldom do well at the same place. 
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