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BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



Number of reports received, 2 ; average yield, 79 lbs. ; average weight per 

 bushel, 41^ lbs. The heaviest sample was grown by Hector Ferguson, of Port 

 Haney, who reports a yield of 90 lbs., weighing 41|^ lbs. per bushel. 



Hector Ferguson, of Port Haney, had a yield of 90 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed, and 

 Bays: " Sown broadcast 8th May on an alluvial deposit of sand and clay ; size of 

 plot about 50 square yards ; harvested 9th September ; no rust or smut ; sti-awgood ; 

 ripens about the same time as the Bonanza, and is a first-class oat." The sample 

 returned weighed 41^ lbs. per bushel. 



Hugh Nichol, of Mission, had a crop of 68 lbs. He says: "Sown broadcast 

 10th April on sandy loam; size of plot, *J yards by 12; harvested 8th August; no 

 rust or smut; straw strong; ripens early; crop good. I am very well pleased with 

 these oats." The sample returned weighed 40f lbs. per bushel. 



Victoria Prize. 



This is a short, plump, white oat, much like the Prize Cluster, but is not uni- 

 formly so good a cropper. On the Central Experimental Farm a yield of six aci-es 

 averaged 26 bushels 29 lbs. per acre, weighing 39f lbs. per bushel. At the branch 

 farm at Nappan, N.S., the experimental plots yielded 88 bushels 8 lbs. per acre, and 

 at Agassiz, B.C., 25 bushels 30 lbs. per acre. 



J). Collins, of Mink Eiver road, P.E.I., had a crop of 67 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed, 

 and says : "Sown broadcast 5th May on light soil ; size of plot, 20 square yards ; 

 harvested 19th August ; no rust or smut; bright, clean straw; ripens about the same 

 as our common black oats." The sample returned weighed 42^ lbs. per bushel. 



V. Penny, of Murray Harbour S., P.B.I., had 45 lbs. He says : "Sown broad- 

 cast 12th May on light soil; size of plot, 10 x 15; harvested 25th August; no rust 

 or smut; straw soft; about six days earlier than other varieties." The weight of 

 the sample returned was also 42^ lbs. per bushel. 



Hedly V. Price, of Eogersvile, N.B., had a yield of 83 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. 

 He reports as follows : " Sown broadcast 27th May on sandy loam ; size of plot, 12 x 

 100 feet; harvested 25th August; no rust; no smut; straw strong and stout; earlier 

 than our black oats." The sample returned weighed 40^ lbs. per bushel. 



Harvey Nesbit, of Manners Sutton, N.B., had 67 lbs. He says : " Sown broad- 

 cast 12th May, on heavy soil; size of plot, 6 x 30 yards; harvested 21st August; 

 no rust; some smut; straw very coarse; is earlier than the other sorts we had." 

 Weight of sample returned, 42 J lbs. per bushel. 



J. B. Hamblen, of Pictou, N.S., had a yield of 127 lbs., and says: " Sown broad- 

 cast 7th May on sandy loam; size of plot, 30 x 80 feet; harvested 26th August; no 

 smut; no rust; straw tall, 5 feet high ; very stout; it became so heavy that it lay 

 down; not any earlier than other sorts." The weight of sample returned was 38^ 

 lbs. per bushel. 



W. B. Wallace, of Avondale, N.S., had 122 lbs. He says : " Sown broadcast 

 about the last of May on clay loam ; size of plot, 12 x 200 feet ; do not know date of 

 h.arvesting ; no rust; no smut; straw remarkably strong; stood up well, better than 

 Prize Cluster ; think very favourably of these oats." Weight per bushel, 40 lbs. 



A. E. Guerin, of St. Isidore, Quebec, had a yield of 87 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. 

 He says : " Sown in drills 30th April, on sticky black soil ; size of plot, 5 perches ; 

 harvested 10th August ; no rust ; some heads of smut ; straw very strong and good ; 

 earlier and heavier than our other oats ; a very useful sort for farmers." The sam- 

 ple returned weighed 39^ lbs. per bushel. 



D. Leclair, of Ste. Thdr^sedeBlainvillo, Que., had 82 lbs., and reports as follows: 

 "Sown broadcast 1st May on rich clay soil ; size of plot, 12 x 108 feet; harvested 

 3rd August; no rust; some heads of smut; straw long, strong and hard." The 

 weight of sample returned was 41^ lbs. per bushel. 



Simeon Roberts, of Columbus, Out., reports a yield of 205 lbs. He says : " Sown 

 broadcast 21st April on clay loam; size of plot, 20 x 230 feet; harvested 17th August; 



