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Table XIII . — Canadian and English Wheat , 1905 ( Great 
Hill), 1906 ( Lansome Field). 
Produce per acre. 
Variety 
1905 
Headcorn 
Tail corn 
Straw, 
chaff, 
&c. 
Value of 
corn per 
quarter 
on basis 
of 29s. 
Weight 
Bush. 
Wght. 
per 
bush. 
Weight 
Bush. 
Lb. 
Lb. 
Lb. 
C. q. lb. 
s. d. 
Autumn sown 
English (‘‘ Square 
Head's Master”). 
1.826 
29‘5 
61*8 
8 
018 
25 2 8 
29 6 
Spring sown . 
Canadian (‘‘Red Fife”) 
1.628 
26*3 
61*8 
61 
r05 
21 2 0 
29 6 
1906 
Basis 
Autumn sown 
English (“Square 
27s. 6d. 
Head’s Master ”). 
2.101 
33-8 
62‘1 
46 
0‘9 
24 2 21 
27 0 
Autumn sown 
Canadian (“Red Fife”) 
1.286 
20 ‘2 
63'6 
42 
0'8 
17 3 25 
28 6 
In 1906 the experiment was repeated on a different field 
(Lansome Field), the English wheat being “ Square Head’s 
Master,” as before, but the Canadian, though it was “ Red Fife,” 
was obtained from a grower at Faversham, Kent. Further, the 
Canadian wheat, instead of being spring-sown, was this time 
sown in autumn. The English wheat was drilled (9 pecks per 
acre) on October 13, 1905, and received in May, 1906, a top- 
dressing of 6 cwt. per acre of soot. The Canadian wheat was 
drilled on November 7, 1905, and had in Maya similar dressing 
of soot. The English wheat came into bloom on June 26, the 
Canadian on June 25. The “Red Fife” throughout looked 
much the thinner crop, and was not at all equal to what had 
been grown on the farm before. Both lots were fit to cut 
on August 7, and were carted on August 16, being threshed 
and weighed on November 14. The weights are given in Table 
XIII., above. 
In each case the English wheat gave the higher yield 
of corn and the more straw. In 1905 the increase was 
3*2 bushels of corn with 4 cwt. of straw ; in 1906 it was 
no less than 13’ 6 bushels of corn and 7 cwt. of straw. In 
the latter year the Canadian wheat was manifestly inferior 
to what had been grown before, and it is open to question 
whether the four years of its previous growing in England 
may not have deprived it of its characteristics. In 1905 the 
weight per bushel was the same, though the English wheat 
had less “tail” corn. In 1906 the Canadian wheat weighed 
rather the heavier. 
In respect of quality, in 1905 the “ Red Fife ” was stated 
to be the finest sample of wheat grown on the farm, being 
