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37 varieties of wheat in half-acre plots. As it is almost impossible to find a 

 bliick of land periectly uniform, the plan of sowing every fourth plot with Eed Fife 

 was adojited, thus establishing for comparison a standard growing in close proximity 

 to each variety, the vui-ying yields of Eed Fife as shown in the accompanying table 

 will illustrate the necessity of this. The soil of this block was light loam. Seven 

 pecks per acre of seed was sown with a broadcast seeder. 



Among these wheats it will be noticed that in 3'ield the Red Fife takes the lead, 

 but it is seveial days later in ma'uj-ing than some of the other varieties. In this 

 field the following varieties of wiieat are promising. White Connel, a bald, hard, 

 white Avheat and the next in yield to the Eed Fife. Defiance, a bald, moderately 

 ha:'d, red wheat. Both of th(>se ripened with the Eed Fife. Eureka or Eed Fern, a 

 bearded, red wheat; Eussian Hard Tag, a beai-ded, hard wheat, but rather ricy, both 

 six days earlier than Fife ; Eed Connel, a bald wheat, five days earlier, but not as 

 pi'oductive as Fife ; Ladoga ripened six days in advance of Eed Fife, but the yield 

 was less. 



In this field was sown ten varieties of wheat obtained from D. McArthur, Esq., 

 of Winnipeg, five of them had the appearance of fall wheats, these were still living 

 when winter set in, thej- were allowed to remain and some of them may possibly sur- 

 vive the winter and 3'ield a crop next year. The five spring wheats received fiom 

 Mr. McArthur were Soft Eed Calcutta, Hard Eed Calcutta, Eussian Ghirka, No. 

 1 Club Bomba}' and Austialian. 



Below will be found a list of the wheats grown in this field with yields and 

 other particulars, 



Eesl'lts of Tests with Wheat, sown on backsetting on Prairie: 



Russian Ghirka 



Soft Red Calcutta 



RedFife, No. 3 



Red Fern 



Eureka 



White Fife 



Red Fife, No. 7 



White Connel 



Red Connel 



Judket 



Red Fife, No. 10 



Club 



Onega 



Defiance 



Red Fife, No. 14 



Golden Drop 



Old Red River 



Rio Grande 



Red Fife, No. 18 



California White 



White Delhi 



Sunnner Coh 



Red Fife. No. 22 



Campbell's White Chaff. 



Saxonka 



Ladoga 



RedFife, No. 30 



Russian Hard Tag 



No. 1 Club Bombay 



Red Fife, No. 34 



Hard Red Calcutta 



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