WHEAT TESTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1435, 9 May 1912, Page 8

WHEAT TESTS.

SOME VAEIETV EXPERIMENTS. The following are the results of variety n v « x ,l»»ment< coiulucUd on the f ar ,u of_ Mr. V, . Ci. Paul at Iriitane, Waimate ine wheats were -uivn va June 7, 1!)U without any maTiure:— v ttt • , I , " Acre. Name of Variety. Bus. 11>. Red Marvel 61 :tt Marshall - ? Improved Tuscan 52 - Bed Chaff 4S 15 Pearl Whito Jf, 35 White Velvet ,JG 15 Solid Straw Tuscan 44 30 E«d Tuscan ■ .14 jj Treasure « ; 39 -.jj White Marvel .11 _ Federation 25 jn. ' Eed Marvel, which has yielded so well, is a strong-growing wheal, with 0 solid straw, very large grain, and long head?. [ It should l>3 a good wind-resister. as tho I chalf is hard, and tightly fastenJil, similar to Solid - Straw Tuscan, hut lias uo beard. This crop was superior lo all others right, from the commencement, anil was a. beautiful crop. Whito Marvel, on Ihe other hand, is a weaker straw, more open in Ihv head, and it. did not. stool out nearly sn well as Red Marvel. Treasure is 11 wheat that is giving wonderful results in (he .South of Kn,"land, and although it has not yielded so well as some others, it may yet, as it: pete accustomed to this climate, give good results. Federation was very disappointing, the wet: season not suiting it at all. This wheat wmild only be profitable in dry season?. A number of plots were sown with Velvet, wheat, and with a variety of manures. Some of l.lip«c Jiavo given record yield?, but as the compositions of ttier vniiuus manures arc.not yol available, Hie results cannot be published, or, rather, they would not be of ;uiy value. When the composition is wnl from Urn Agricultural Department the results will lie made known, and the cost per aero fiT manure, also. The above wheals were all sown in ||| ( . presence of an ollicer of tho Department i>l AxrirulluiT, whnwiisiil-n prisi-nl «lien the grain was threshed and weighed. Chick-rearing is lint only profilnUo. | l>lll a plcisiire', when yon feed "A mid 1'" <;liick-liat-';r. It is comiilolo and pro-psrly-blpiulcd food for Youuf; Chicks. Übt.iinable from all .storekeeper-.—Advt. Tor Bronchial Coughs, take ■ffoods' Great Ecppoimint Cure, lSi fjd *