TESTS OF BAELEY YAKIETIES IX AMERICA 
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SCOTT, SASKATCHEWAN 
Yields from field plats of barlev grown at Scott, Saskatchewan, in the years 
1912, 1913, 1914, and 1915 are reported in Table 10. Five of the nine varieties 
are compared in detail in the summarized digest. Duckbill was the best of the 
varieties tested for the full four years. O. A. C. 21 (C. I. No. 1470), v>'hile 
second in point of yield, was distinctly inferior to Duckbill (C. I. No. 1916) for 
these four years. Black Japan (C. I. No. 2717) was third, and Early Chevalier 
(C. I. No. 2725) was fourth for productivity. There was ver}' little difference 
in jdeld between O. A. C. 21, Black Japan, Early Chevalier, and JNIanchurian 
(C. I. No. 739). At Scott, as at the other points in Saskatchewan, barleys of 
the Thorpe type showed much greater promise than in eastern Canada, while 
barleys of the Alanchuria type still 3'ielded well. 
Table 10. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the experimental 
station for northicestern Saskatchewan (at Scott) in part or all of the four years 
from 1912 to 1915, inclusive 
[Data compiled from the Canadian Experimental Farms Reports] 
Variety 
C.I. 
Xo. 
Acre yield 
s (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
jneld 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
weighted 
mean 
739 
1470 
2717 
2707 
1576 
1916 
531 
2725 
586 
65.0 
64.4 
37.7 
10.8 
2.1 
88.0 
75.3 
51.8 
25.8 
35.8 
37.5 
16.3 
10.0 
14.6 
20.8 
15.6 
61.9 
65.2 
73.9 
31.4 
2 
40.7 
45.0 
42.5 
18.5 
2.1 
53.1 
75.3 
41.5 
43.0 
101 
0. A. C.21 
Black Japan 
111.7 
105 5 
45.9 
Early Indian 
4 3 
Duckbill 
29.6 
25.8 
69.2 
131 8 
152.4 
Early Chevalier 
37.1 
17. 1 
28.3 
60.2 
57.7 
103 
Brewers Favorite 
109 1 
Summarized Digest, Sho^ving the Relathe Performance of Five Representative Varieties 
Variety 
Early Chevalier . 
Duckbill 
O. A. C.21 
Black Japan 
Success 
C.I. 
No. 
Data shown 
2-25 /^^^ars comparable. 
\ Percentage yield... 
f Years comparable.. 
\Percentage yield... 
14-0 /^'sfii's comparable.. 
' \Percentage yield . . 
f Years comparable.. 
\Percentage yield. . . 
f Years comparable.. 
\Percentage yield.. 
1916 
2717 
Varieties and percentages 
Early 
Chevalier 
4 
127.9 
4 
lOS. 3 
4 
102.2 
4 
44. G 
Duckbill 
4 
84.7 
4 
79.9 
4 
34.9 
O.A.C. 
21 
4 
92.3 
4 
118.1 
4 
94.4 
4 
41.2 
Black 
Japan 
4 
125.1 
4 
105.9 
4 
43.6 
Success 
4 
224.3 
4 
286.9 
4 
242.9 
4 
229.3 
LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA 
A part of the farm at Lethbridge, Alberta, is under irrigation. Barley varieties 
were grown both on dry land and under irrigation. With the exception of 19*11 
varietal experiments were conducted on the dry land at Lethbridge from 1908 
to 1915, inclusive. During this period 32 varieties were tested for one or more 
years (Table 11). Of five groups compared at this station the Thorpe was dis- 
tinctly the best. In order of yield the Hanna, Chevalier, INIanchuria, and 
Hybrid follow the Thorpe. It is unfortunate that more groups were not repre- 
^* sented. The only variety of the Coast group tested was Blue Long Head (C. I. 
No. 2685), and it was grown only for the year 1909. It was the best of the 24 
varieties grown that year. It was also unfortunate that Hannchen (C. I. No. 
631) was not continued in the experiment after 1912. For the two years in 
} which it was grown, Hannchen was superior to the six other varieties with which 
^ it is compared in Table 11. Following Hannchen were Chevalier II (C. I. No. 
K- 200), Invincible (C. I. No. 590), and Odessa (C. I. No. 182), in the order named. 
