302 The Woburn Field Experiments , 1905 and 1906. 
Table XII. — “Head ” and “ Tail ” Barley ( Lansome Field), 
1905. 
Produce per acre. 
Plot 
Head corn 
Taii corn 
Straw, 
chaff, &c. 
Weight 
Bush. 
Weight 
per 
bushel 
Weight 
Bush. 
Lb. 
Lb. 
Lb. 
O. 
q. lb. 
r 
“ Tail ” corn, 
12 pecks 
per acre . 
, , 
2,063 
39*7 
52-0 
167 
52 
24 
0 26 
2 
‘•Tail” corn, 
8 pecks 
per acre . 
, , 
1,901 
36A 
52A 
152 
3-5 
21 
0 18 
3 
“ Head ” corn 
, 8 pecks 
per acre . 
. 
1,661 
32T 
51-9 
145 
3'6 
19 
3 17 
The thickly sown “tail” corn gave 3 bushels more corn and 
3 cwt. more straw than did the “ tail ” corn less thickly sown, 
while the latter produced 4 bushels more barley and 2 cwt. 
more straw than did the “head” corn. Moreover the weight 
per bushel with the “ tail ” seed was in no way inferior to that 
from “ head ” corn. The barley of plots 1 and 3 was valued at 
26s. 6d. per quarter, and of plot 2 at 27s. It would seem from 
this and earlier experiments to be by no means the case that 
the selection of large plump grains, or the rejection of the 
smaller corn, is advisable for seed purposes. 
Canadian Wheat {“Red Fife ”), 1905 {Great Hill) 
and 1906 {Lansome Field). 
Canadian wheat has for some years past been tried at the 
Woburn Farm. Of different varieties experimented with, the 
“ Red Fife ” has proved the best. The seed now used had been 
grown on the farm, and this was the fourth year of its growing 
in England. In comparison with it was put, in the same field, 
English wheat (“ Square Head’s Master ”), both lots following 
clover. The English wheat was drilled (9 pecks per acre) on 
October 25-26, 1904. It looked rather poor during the winter, 
and on March 2-3, 1905, was given a top-dressing of 40 bushels 
of soot per acre. The Canadian wheat (“Red Fife”) was 
drilled on February 14, 1905, at the same rate (9 pecks per 
acre) and had a similar dressing of soot in March. It came 
well and in June looked quite as forward as the English wheat. 
The two crops came into bloom on the same day (June 22). 
The “ Red Fife ” was cut on August 7, and carted August 22, 
the English wheat being cut on August 8-9. Both crops were 
threshed November 1. The respective weights are given in 
Table XIII., page 303. 
