298  The  Wohtirn  Field  Experiments,  1903. 
and  the  “ Percy  ” the  poorest.  The  yield  of  straw  from  the 
“ Percy  ” was  also  the  smallest.  As  between  autumn  and 
spring  sowing,  there  was  little  to  choose  as  regards  yield  of 
corn,  blit  the  straw  was  much  more  with  the  autumn  sowing. 
The  two  fields,  it  may  be  said,  were  much  alike  as  regards 
fertility.  In  weight  per  bushel  there  was  no  regular  difference, 
but  “ Percy  ” gave  rather  the  most  “ tail  ” corn.  The  comparison 
of  yield  with  that  of  English  wheat  on  similar  land  was  hardly 
an  exact  one,  as,  though  English  wheat  was  grown  side  by 
side,  it  was  not  under  exactly  the  same  conditions.  The 
weights  of  wheat  (autumn  sown)  in  the  green-manuring 
experiment  (see  Table  V.,  page  29.5)  may  be  taken  for  one 
comparison,  and  in  Great  Hill  a plot  of  “ White  Monarch  ” 
wheat  (autumn-sown,  however,)  gave  per  acre : — 
Head  corn 
Tail  corn 
straw,  chaff.  &c. 
Weight 
Bushels 
Weight  per 
bushel 
Weight 
Lb. 
Lb. 
Lb. 
C.  q.  lb. 
1428 
25-1 
57 
29-25 
21  1 13 
The  last  point  to  be  noted  is  that  in  Lansome  Field  the 
produce  from  a seeding  of  10  pecks  per  acre  was,  as  a rule, 
not  above  1^  bushels  more  than  that  from  a seeding  of  7 pecks. 
The  report  of  the  valuer  will  be  read  with  interest.  He 
remarked  generally  that  the  autumn-grown  samples  were 
admirable,  and  handled  beautifully,  and  that  he  would  have 
been  prepared  to  give  half-a-crown  a quarter  more  for  these 
Table  VII. — Canadian  Wheattt,  1903.  Valuation  of  Corn. 
Plot 
Variety 
Value  per 
quarter  on 
basis  of  28s. 
1 
“ Preston  ” . 
s.  d. 
29  9 
3 
(Autumn  sown) 
“ Red  Fife  ” 
29  () 
5 
(Autumn  sown) 
“ Percy  ” 
30  6 
1 
(Autumn  sown) 
“Preston”. 
27  f) 
2 
(Spring  sown) 
“ Red  Fife  ” 
29  0 
3 
(Spring  sown) 
“ Percy  ” . 
28  0 
(Spring  sown) 
Remarks 
An  excellent  sample  o£  wheat ; not  quite  so 
strong  as  plot  5,  and  skin  a little  thick  ; it 
is  not  so  bright  as  5. 
Shorter  berry  than  other  samples,  but  a 
fine  wheat. 
One  of  the  best  wheats  seen,  having  a 
beautiful  skin,  and  fuU  of  gluten.  It  is  a 
grand  millers'  wheat. 
Colour  poor,  and  not  nearly  so  well  grown 
as  the  autumn-sown  lots. 
Very  little  difference  between  this  sample 
and  the  autumn-sown  one. 
Decidedly  inferior  to  the  corresponding 
autumn-sown  one. 
