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no rust; no smut; a good stiff straw; two days earlier than the Egyptian." The 

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



J. D. Wager, of Enterprise, Ont., had 190 lbs., and says : "Sown broadcast 20th 

 April on clay loam ; size of plot, 15 x 35 yards; harvested 3rd August; no rust; no 

 smut; big straw ; about a week earlier than the Banner sown same date." Weight 

 of sample returned, 39 lbs. per bushel, 



L. Cameron, of Elder's Mills, Ont., had 162 lbs. He says: "Sown broadcast 

 2l8t April on clay loam; size of plot, 2|- x 4 rods; harvested first week in August; 

 no rust; no smut; the best straw and oats that I ever had, and as early as any; I 

 have been farming 35 years." Weight of sample returned was 39| lbs. per bushel. 



A. Hobson, of Killarney, Man.,had a yield of 170 lbs. He says: "Sown in drills 

 27th April on sandy loam ; size of plot, ^^j^th of an acre ; harvested 10th August ; 

 there was some rust ; no smut ; straw very strong and tall, and lodged badly." No 

 sample received. 



John Fizell, of Holmfield, Man., had 136 lbs., and says: "Sown by hand 23rd 

 April on heavy black loam ; size of plot, 25 x 72 feet ; harvested 15th August ; 

 rusted badly; no smut; straw very heavy, about 6 feet high. I believe it was the 

 heaviest crop cut in Manitoba ; ripened a week earlier than Egyptian." No sample 

 received. 



J. J. Porte, of Boharm, N.W.T., had a crop of 98 lbs. He says : " Sown in drills 

 24th April, on loamy soil ; size of plot, 3x100 yards ; rusted a little ; a few heads of 

 smut; straw stout, 4^ feet long." Weight of sample returned, 41f lbs. per bushel. 



C. Elton, Pincher Creek, N'.W.T.,had ayield of 91 lbs., and says : " Sown broad- 

 cast 24th April on sandy loam ; size of plot, 39x39 feet; harvested 23rd September ; 

 very little rust and a little smut; straw strong, 4^ feet high." Weight of sample 

 returned, 37 J lbs. per bushel. 



Thomas James, of Spulmacheen, B.C., had a crop of 289 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. 

 He says : " Sown broadcast 30th April on saudy loam; size of plot about ^ih of an 

 acre; harvested 11th August; no rust ; a little smut; straw very good ; about one 

 week earlier than White Cave." The weight of the sample returned was 37^ lbs. 

 per bushel. 



Flying Scotchman. 



This is a white oat, a little longer in the kernel than Prize Cluster or Victoria 

 Prize, which has made a good record for itself, having proven generally prolific, 

 healthy and vigorous. At the Central Experimental Farm it has varied from 48 

 bushels and 26 lbs. per acre to 29 bushels and 7 lbs. At Nappan, N.S., the experi- 

 mental plots have returned at the rate of 95 bushels 10 lbs. per acre, and at Agassiz, 

 B.C., 58 bushels 8 lbs. per acre. 



John Clark, of Alberton, P.E.I., had a jneld of 118 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. He 

 says : " Sown broadcast 29th April on heavy clay soil; size of plot, 12^ x 15 yards ; 

 harvested 25th August ; no rust; no smut; straw large and bright; much earlier 

 than any other sort." The sample returned weighed 38|- lbs. per bushel. 



J. B. E. Lea, of Victoria, P.E.I., had 89 lbs., and reports as follows: "Sown 

 broadcast 23rd May on sandy loam at the rate of 2^ bushels to the acre ; harvested 

 29th August; no rust; no smut; straw a fine growth, but broke down a week before 

 harvest; earlier than most other sorts." The sample returned weighed 44^ lbs. per 

 bushel. 



Josiah Wood, M.P., of Sackville, N.B., had a crop of 78 lbs., and says : "Sown 

 broadcast 16th May on sandy loam; size of plot, 13 x 120 feet; harvested 10th 

 September; a little rust; no smut; straw tall and very stout; ripens earlier than 

 other sorts we have been sowing. Our neighbours' hens and geese got in to this grain, 

 otherwii^e we should have had a much larger yield." The sample returned weighed 

 36 lbs. per bushel. 



H. Sabean, of New Tusket, N.S., had a yield of 125 lbs., and writes thus : " Sown 

 broadcast 3rd May on gravelly loam ; size of plot, 20 x 33 paces; harvested 12tb 



