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In Bulletin No. 35 of the Bureau of Industries, issued by the Ontario Department 

 of Agricultui-e, the statistics of crops in Ontario for 1890 are given. These are com- 

 piled from returns made by 1,015 correspondents and the average yield of Rix-row*:d 

 barley is there given as 22y2^ bushels. The average yield in Ontario of the tW'>- 

 mwed, based on the returns made by 872 farmers, is 25^ bushels, showing 

 that the yield of the two-rowed has been superior to that of the six-rowed by 3-,\ 

 bushels. With such an increase on the whole barley crop of Ontario, taking barley 

 at 50 cents a bushel, there would be a total gain of 1 1,15*7,187. 



With reference to a market for this barley, there is every prospect of its findin^' 

 a ready sale in Grreat Britain at remunei'ative prices, provided it can be produced to 

 weigh 52 lbs. and upwards pei- bushel. Asa rule, the plumper and heavier the sample 

 the higher the price. It has been shown that 872 samples grown during the past 

 unfavourable season in all parts of Ontario have weighed on an average when properly 

 cleaned, 51^ lbs. per bushel, and there seems no reason in doubting that in an aver- 

 age year two-rowed barley could be grown at least 1 or 2 lbs. heavier than 

 this, particularly in the better barley districts of the Province. In the report of the 

 judges at the Brewers Exhibition held last October in the Royal Agricultural Hall, 

 London, England on the twelve samples of Canadian two-rowed barley shown there 

 weighing from 51 J to 55 lbs. per bushel, these experts say: " These samples compare 

 veiy favourably with French, Saale, Danish or other European bai-leys, and if sent 

 in good condition could be consumed in this country with great satisfaction to the 

 brewers and to the consumers of beer." And further in their closing remarks. " The 

 judges agree in speaking in high terms of many of the samples submitted and in very 

 high terms indeed of some two or three of the best." Two of the samples specially 

 commended by them were the Chevalier, which weighed 52|- lbs., and the Golden 

 Melon, which weighed 52 lbs. A shipment of 50 quarters — 400 English bushels — of 

 Prize Prolific barley of this year's growth, weighing about 52 lbs. to the bushel, has 

 been forwarded to London, England, to be malted and brewed by one of the leading 

 brewers in England, so that correct conclusions may be reached as to its commercial 

 value there. It is altogethei- probable that the brewers of the United States will 

 continue to purchase a part of the Canadian barley crop notwithstanding the high 

 duty imposed ; and if so, are they not likely to prefer a barley which gives a larger 

 proportion of extract, and hence, from a given quantity, makes more beer. W^ith 

 regard to the home market, many of our Canadian brewers would prefer the two- 

 rowed if it could be had in sufficient quantity for separate malting; and if our 

 farmers will use a portion of their barley ci-op for feeding purposes, as I believe they 

 should do, in place of selling so much grain off their farms, then the two-rowed is to 

 be preferred to the six-rovved, for the reason that it yields a larger number of bushels 

 to the acre and the grain has a smaller proportion of husk to kernel. Further 

 information connected with this important subject will be found in Bulletin 9 of the 

 Central Experimental Farm, in which the individual opinions and experiences of a 

 large number of farmers living in different parts of the country are given. 



FORESTRY. 



The plantations of belts of forest trees on the Central Experimental Farm have 

 during the past season been extended. A large number of both trees and shrubs 

 have also been planted in ornamental clumps along the sides and at the intersecting 

 points of roadways and in other locations where needed. In a very short time 

 these groups will add much to the beauty and attractiveness of the Farm. Nearly 

 all the trees and shrubs hitherto planted have made thrifty growth and are already 

 beginning to attract much attention from visitors. Within a very few years these 

 clumps will be very useful for determining the annual growth of timber trees and 

 the hardiness and adaptability of the manj^ sorts under test for this district. 



In the report of the Horticulturist some particulars are given regarding the 

 distribution of about 1,000 packages of forest-tree seedlings, which were sent 

 chiefly to faimers on the North-West plains for test. So widespread was the inter- 

 est manifested in this subject last season that the supply was not half enough to meet 



