Canadian  Wheats. 
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“ Preston,”  “ Red  Fife,”  and  “ Percy,”  these  being  the  ones 
which  Dr.  Scumders  thought  most  likely  to  succeed  in  England. 
They  were  grown  at  the  South-Eastern  Agricultural  College  at 
Wj'^e,  in  Kent,  in  1902,  and  the  seed  gathered  was  distributed 
to  various  centres  in  England,  Wol)urn  being  one  of  these. 
Plots  were  laid  out — six  in  Lansome  Field,  and  three  in  Great 
Hill — for  the  trial,  the  soil  in  each  case  being  light  sandy  loam 
(Lower  Greensand).  Lansome  Field  was  selected  for  autumn 
sowing,  and  each  variety  was  drilled  at  two  different  rates  per 
acre,  viz.,  7 bushels  and  10  bushels.  In  Great  Hill  the  wheats 
were  spring-sown  at  the  rate  of  10  pecks  per  acre.  In  Lansome 
Field  the  wheats  followed  potatoes,  and  were  drilled  in  on 
November  7,  1902.  The  crops  stood  the  April  frosts  fairly 
well  ; the  first  to  come  into  ear  was  “Preston”  (June  13), 
“ Percy  ” following  about  -foiir  days  later,  and  “ Red  Fife  ” 
Table  \l.— Canadian  Wheats,  1903. 
Produce  per  acre 
Plot 
Variety  and  Seeding 
per  acre 
Head  corn 
Tail  corn 
Straw, 
chaff,  &c. 
Weight 
Bushels 
Weight 
per 
Bushel 
Weight 
1 
Anfumn  xoion 
(Lansome  Field) 
“Preston”  7 pecks  . 
Lb. 
7.52 
11-8 
Lb. 
03-25 
Lb. 
14-0 
T.  c.  q. 
23  3 20 
2 
„ 10  „ 
!)42 
14-7 
64'25 
20-0 
20  3 0 
3 
“lied  Fife”  7 pecks  . 
1,277 
20-0 
63-5 
34-0 
24  1 19 
4 
„ 10  „ 
1,371 
21-5 
03'5 
200 
29  2 6 
.5 
“Percy”  7 pecks 
012 
90 
03'5 
07-0 
23  0 9 
6 
„ 10  „ 
0!)4 
10-8 
64-0 
. 580 
21  2 9 
1 
Sjirhi//  .town 
(Great  Hill) 
“ Preston”  10  pecks  . 
850 
141 
00-7 
13-0 
12  0 14 
2 
“Red  Fife”  10  „ 
1,248 
20-3 
013 
90 
13  2 18 
3 
“Percy”  10  „ 
844 
140 
00-2 
12  5 
8 2 20 
being  still  later.  Both  “ Preston  ” and  “ Percy  ” showed  a good 
many  “ smutty  ” ears,  but  “ Red  Fife  ” was  nearly  free  from 
these.  “Preston”  and  “Percj"”  were  cut  on  August  7,  and 
“ Red  Fife”  on  August  11. 
In  Great  Hill  the  three  wheats  were  sown — after  oats  of 
1902 — on  March  13,  1903.  As  in  Lansome  Field,  so  here, 
“ Red  Fife  ” was  rather  later  than  the  other  varieties,  perhaps 
some  four  to  five  days.  Bad  weather  delayed  harvest,  and  the 
wheats  were  cut  on  August  27.  Table  VI.,  above,  gives  the 
results  of  the  threshing. 
It  will  be  noticed  that  in  each  case  the  “ Red  Fife  ” variety 
gave  decidedly  the  best  yield ; the  “ Preston  ” was  next  best. 
