REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARP E. 



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Oats — Results of early, medium and late sowing. 



These were sown on plots of -fa acre each. There was no smut or rust, but the 

 yield was much injured in all these plots by the high water. Where late plots have 

 shown a proportionately larger yield, it has been because the land on which those plots 

 happened to be was a little higher than others. All suffered from the water, bait some 

 less than others. Every year's experience confirms the opinion that, owing to the diffi- 

 culty in harvesting late sown grain, on account of showery weather, it is very important 

 to get grain sown here as early in spring as the ground can be prepared. 



Wheat — Results op early, medium and late sowing. 



These plots also suffered from high water, the water oozing through to the surface 

 and remaining, from one to six inches deep, for several days in June, killing the crop in 

 the lowest part of the plots. There was no rust or smut. These plots were all y 1 ^ acre 

 each. 



