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Hugh McQueen, of Orwell, P.E.T., had a yield of 40 lbs. and reports: "Sown 

 23i'd May on a rich mellow soil; harvested 10th September; no rust or smut; straw 

 white and clean." Sample weighed 49^ lbs. per bushel. 



A. E. Cook, of Dundee, Man., had 86 lbs. from 3 lbs. sown : " Sown 9th May on 

 black clay loam; harvested 21st August; no rust or smut; straw long and fine, 

 lodged badly. I think if sown thin on good land it would be a heavy yielder, mine 

 gave at the rate of 60 bushels per acre, and had 1 made it cover twice as much 

 ground it would have gone 90 to 100 bushels." Weight of sample 49 lbs. per bushel. 



The rej^orts received concerning the other varieties distributed are com^Jaratively 

 few in number and may be bi'iefly summarized as follows: — 



Danish Printice Chevalier. — From Ontario seven j-eports have been received, the 

 average jaeld being 30 lbs.; from Quebec thirteen I'eports with an average of 25 lbs., 

 and from Prince Edward Island one report with a yield of 70 lbs. 



Peerless White. — Two reports of tests of this variety were received from 

 Quebec, the average yield being 57^ lbs.; one from Nova Scotia of 13 lbs., and four 

 from Prince Edward Edward Island, yield 471 lbs. 



English Malting. — Concerning this there were seven reports from Ontario with 

 an average jneld of 38 lbs., and one from the North-West Territories with a yield of 

 20 lbs. \yith this latter sample the statement is made that " there was much wasted 

 as the harvest time was very wet." 



Thanet. — Two reports w^ere received from Ontario regarding this barley, the 

 average 3'ield being 69 lbs. Theje was one also from the same Province on the New 

 Zealand l3arley, the yield reported being 55 lbs. 



Large Two-rowed Naked. — The average yield of three reports from Ontario on 

 this large grained feeding barley was 22^ lbs., and from one test in Manitoba 25 lbs. 



Six-rowed Barley. 



Pennie's Improved. — One report only has been received on this promising variety, 

 it comes from Ontario and the yield is given as 62 lbs. 



Spiti Valley Barley. — This is a six-rowed, hulless variety, the grain being of ;: 

 bluish colour, and in some disti'icts gives promise of being a valuable barley for 

 feeding purposes. Four reports from Ontario give an average yield of 27|^ lbs., one 

 from Nova Scotia 23 lbs. and one from the North-West Territories 60 lbs. 



Ladoga Wheat. 



This early ripening wheat which was imported from Northern Eussia, under 

 instructions of the Minister of Agriculture, in the spring of 1888, is rapidly gaining 

 in favour in the Canadian North-West, and while maintaining its relative earliness 

 appears to be improving in quality and yield. In most parts of Ontario and 

 some other localities East this variet}^ seems very liable to rust, but from the north- 

 ern parts of Ontario and Quebec and from Prince Edward Island the reports are 

 much more favourable. At the Central Farm nearly all the leading varieties of 

 spring wheat have given a poor yield, the Ladoga with its crop of 10^ to 10| bushels 

 per acre, weighing 56^ lbs. per bushel, comparing favourable with many others. At 

 Nappan, N. S., the yield has been 19 bushels per acre, weighing 62 lbs. per bushel, 

 at Brandon, Man., 21^ bushels, weighing 59J lbs. per bushel, and at Indian Head, 

 N.W.T., 30 bushels per acre, weighing 59^ lbs. per bushel. 



From Ontario twenty-one leports have been received, giving an average of 30J 

 lbs., from Quebec iMa^ity-three, averaging 29J lbs., Nova Scotia eight, with an aver- 

 age of 32^ lbs., New Biunswick six, averaging 29|- lbs., Pi-ince Edvvai'd iHland five, 

 giving an average of 594 lbs., Manitoba three, with an average of 31^ lbs., North-West 

 Territories eleven, ave:aging 68f lbs., and one repoi't from British Columbia, where 

 the yield is said to have been 634 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. 



Jas. Madill, of Dunedin, Ont., had 90 lbs. from 3 lbs. sown. He says: "Sown 

 30th April on light clay soil, harvested 20ih August, there was some rust and some 



