TESTS OF BARLEY VARIETIES IN AMERICA 
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LACOMBE. ALBERTA 
Barleys were grown at Lacombe, Alberta, from 1907 to 1915, inclusive, and the 
results are given in Table 13. Here, again, the groups are not so well represented 
as would be desirable. The Coast group is represented by one variety, Blue 
Long Head (C. I. No. 2685), which was grown in 1907 and 1908. For these 
years its yield was 128 per cent of the weighted mean of all varieties. It pro- 
duced second highest yield of all the sorts tested in 1908, the last year it was in 
the test. It is also unfortunate that Hannchen (C. I. No. 531) was not carried 
longer. It gave the highest yield of all varieties tested in 1913, the year in which 
it wa^ discarded. There were only four groups that could be compared. Of 
these, Manchuria ranked highest. The Thorpe, Hybrid, and" Chevalier II fol- 
lowed in the order named. 
In the summarized digest of Table 13 10 varieties are compared with each 
other. Owing to the fact that these varieties were seldom comparable for many 
years, the results are not very conclusive. The varietal comparison in this case 
is more indicative of the type values than the group comparison. Hannchen 
was the best of the varieties compared. Mansfield (C. I. No. 2241), one of the 
hybrid varieties, was slightly inferior to Hannchen. O. A. C. 21 (C. I. No. 
1470) and Chevalier II (C. I. No. 200) were practically equal in yield. Blue 
Long Head was synchronous with only 4 of the 10 varieties compared. In the 
two years in which comparisons can be made, it was inferior to Mansfield but 
superior to Chevaher II, Invincible (C. I. No. 690), and Odessa (C. I. No. 182). 
Success (C. I. No. 2707) in all but two instances gave a yield of less than half 
that of other varieties. Barleys of this type have been included in the digest of 
results from most stations, because they are widely sold by seedsmen and be- 
cause of the fact that if they possessed high yielding power they would be pre- 
ferred by farmers. Gold (C. I. No. 1145) was grown during the j^ears 1914 and 
1915. It was the highest yielding variety in 1915, but only fifth in yield in 1914. 
Table 14. — Annual acre yields of varieties of harley groivn at the experimental 
station at Fort Vermilion, Alberta, in part or all of the four years from 1912 to 
1915, inclusive 
[Data compiled from the Canadian Experimental Farms Reports] 
Variety 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre j-ields (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Average 
yield 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
weighted 
mean 
Mensury 
2657 
1557 
740 
178 
2683 
2707 
595 
75.6 
63.3 
58.7 
55.6 
61.3 
60.0 
48.7 
30.4 
65.0 
60.0 
55.0 
57.5 
62.5 
61.3 
"'IV.?,' 
53.7 
66.3 
71.8 
46.6 
51.7 
67.2 
60.5 
51.9 
4 
4 
4 
4 
2 
3 
64.5 
63.1 
54.1 
49.7 
66.1 
57.3 
52.8 
111.0 
Claude 
108.6 
Canadian Thorpe 
93.1 
Sidney 
85.5 
Champion 
116.0 
Success . . 
100.5 
Nepal 
90. 6 
Summarized Digest, Showing the Relative Performance of Fh^e Representative Varieties 
C.I. 
No. 
Data shown 
Varieties and percentages 
Variety 
Canadian 
Thorpe 
Mensury 
Nepal 
Claude 
Success 
740 
2657 
595 
1557 
2707 
f Years comparable... 
4 
83.8 
2 
103.3 
2 
114.1 
4 
85.7 
4 
102.2 
2 
81.7 
3 
C anadian Thori)e 
\ Percentage yield . . 
91.9 
f Years comparable... 
\ Percentage yield 
/Years comparable... 
\Percentage yield 
f Years comparable .. 
IPcrcentage yield 
(■Years comparable .. 
\Percentage yield 
4 
119.3 
2 
96.8 
4 
116.7 
3 
108.9 
3 
Mensury 
.... 
87.1 
4 
97.8 
3 
9.1 
2 
Nepal. 
94.5 
3 
.... 
122.4 
2 
105.9 
Claude 
110 2 
.... 
90.8 
Success 
