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E. Fitzgerald, of Grenffcll, Assa., N. W. T., had 73 lbs. and says: " Sown Srd 

 May, on light sandy loam ; harvested 23rd August ; no lust or smut ; straw long, 

 line ; ripened 15 days earliei- than my earliest tield of Ked Fife ; weight, (J2 lbs. to 

 the bushel ; .suits me well ; if you have any to sell I would like to buy some." 



H. E. Eichardson, of Balgonie, Assa., had a yield of 60 lbs. He says: "Sown 

 1st May ; on light sandj^ soil ; harvested 15th August; no rust, very little smut; 

 straw strong, 4^ feet long. It was ripe when Red Fife sown on the same day was 

 still green. I think it is the best wheat for this country." This sample weighed 

 61^ lb>. ])er bushel. 



Thos. Mor^jan of Cache Creek, British Columbia, reports an extraordinary^ yield, 

 634 lbs. (10 bushels 34 lbs) from 3 lbs. of seed. He says : " Sown 5th May, on rich 

 sandy loam, on which potatoes were grown last year ; in a high state of cultivation ; 

 sown broadcast on a little less than ^ of an acre ; harvested 20th August ; no rust 

 or smut; straw tall, over 5 feet high ; very strong ; much earlier than other sorts. 

 Parties who saw it before it was cut, said they never saw anything like it; all my 

 grain is grown by irrigation." The sample sent was very fine and weighed 63^ lbs. 

 per bushel. This is the lai-gest yield ever repoi-ted from a 3 lb. sam|)ie, it is equal to 

 nearly *r0 bushels per acre — 50 bushels of wheat per acre is not uncommon in that 

 district on irrigated land. 



In consequence of the injury done to wheat by early frost in the North-Westduring 

 the past autumn more attention has been called to earl}^ ripening varieties, and the 

 Ladoga has been much sought after for seed for next spring — for the i-eason that it 

 has ripened early enough to escape all injury from frost. There must be many far- 

 mers now who have more or less of this wheat for sale, and its cultivation from 

 this time forward jDromises to be more general. Mr. Samuel Hanna, of Griswold, 

 Man., has been one of the most successful growers of this variety. He began with a 

 3-lb. sample the first year of its distribution from the Experimental Farm, and this has 

 increased so rapidly, that during the season just closed, he has grown fifty acres which 

 has given him an average yield of 30 bushels to the acre, or 1,500 bushels in all, 

 most of this he is now offering for sale for seed. A samjAc of this grain sent for 

 inspection weighs 60 lbs per bushel. Mr. Hanna's Red Fife yielded him an average of 

 30 bushels also, but most of that had the advantage of being sown on summer fallow, 

 while the Ladoga was all put in on fall or spring ploughing. The Ladoga, he says, has 

 never been injured by frost with him, and in his opinion it is ten days earlier than Red 

 Fife. The wheat buyers have graded his samples as No. 1 hard, but they would pre- 

 fer Red Fife if equally sound because it is more plump in the kernel. While Mr. 

 Hanna is a sti-ong advocate of Red Fife, he believes that every farmer in the North- 

 West should have part of his crop in Ladoga, as it escapes frost, and the farmer can 

 begin his harvesting of this grain at least a week eai Her than Red Fife. 



In the issue of The Commercial, of Winnipeg, dated 2nd February, reference is 

 made to a werj fine lot of Ladoga wheat grown in Prince Albert. The writer says : 



"A I'epresentative of The Commercial, when in Prince Albert recent!}^, came 

 across a sample of wheat which was a surprise to him. He had seen nothing like it 

 among hundreds of samples examined this season in other parts of the country. A' 

 bag of this wheat was procured by the publisher of The Commercial, and samples of 

 the grain were forwarded to grain exchanges, milling publications, and leading wheat 

 and flour dealers and experts in Canada, the United States and Great Biitain. Replies 

 have not yet been received from some who were forwarded samples, but will be pub- 

 lished when the}'' come to hand. The wheat we refer to was grown b}" William 

 Plaxton, whose farm is six miles frofn Piince Albert. The samjjles sent out were not 

 hand picked, as is usually the case with such, but just as it came out of the farm 

 gi-anarj*. The wheat was grown in 1890, which is generally regarded as the most 

 unfavoui-able year experienced for almost a decade so far as producing a tine quality 

 is concerned. The wheat is of the "Ladoga" variety, which was imported from 

 Russia by the Dominion Government a few years ago, for testing in Canada. This 

 wheat it is claimed ripens considerably earlier than Red Fife, which is an important 

 factor in the northern region. By cultivation in the hard wheat region of Canada 



