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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



is a heavy bearded wheat, which is considered a serious objection by many farmers here. 

 This variety will have to be tested for a number of years before reliable conclusions can 

 be reached regarding it. 



Monarch and Wright's Favourite were sent here by farmers for a comparative test, 

 both are bald varieties, and this year rate low in productiveness. 



The old favourites — Red and White Fife — are again nearly at the top of the list, 

 and the difference between them in yield is only one bushel per acre, farmers living in 

 districts where these varieties ripen in time to escape fall frosts in an average year will 

 do well to hesitate before abandoning them for varieties of uncertain value. Much 

 injury is sustained by farmers mixing these inferior varieties with their best grain, and 

 by this means permanently injuring the quality of the grain exported from the pro- 

 vince, for that reason farmers should use for feed any variety found inferior in quality 

 and not mix it with their grain offered for sale as is often done. 



Wheat — Test of varieties, sown in plots of -^ acre in sandy loam. 



Cross Bred Wheats. 



A noticeable feature of this year's tests is the high standard of productiveness 

 shown by the cross-bred wheats — Preston and Percy — these varieties ranking fifth and 

 seventh respectively on the list, they weigh from one to two pounds above the standard, 

 and are from two to four days earlier in maturing than the Red Fife ; and yield about 

 the same as that variety. 



Percy is beardless, which will make it all the more acceptable on that account. 



