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August; no rust ; a little smut; straw stout; think very favourably of this oat, but 

 it is not so heavy as Prize Cluster," The weight of the sample returned was 36^ 

 lbs. per bushel. 



F. Beaton, of Alexander, N. S., had 86 lbs., and says : " Sown broadcast 12th 

 May on dry, loose soil ; size of plot, 5 square rods; harvested 4th September ; no rust; 

 no smut ; straw heavy and perfectly sound ; a week later than Prize Cluster. The 

 samples of Prize Cluster and Flying Scotchman are the best oats I ever raised." The 

 weight of the sample returned was 39 lbs. per bushel. 



Julien Beauvais, of Ste. Ad^le, Que., had a crop of 138 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed, 

 and says : " Sown broadcast 10th May, on yellow soil ; size of plot, 20 x 90 feet ; 

 harvested 27th August ; no rust or smut ; straw good and clean ; is earlier and 

 heavier than other varieties." The sample returned weighed 41J lbs. per bushel. 



Isidore Plouffe, of Ste. Agathe, Que., had a yield of 129 lbs. He says : 

 " Sown broadcast 15th May, on yellow soil ; size of plot, 20 x 40 feet ; harvested 

 20th August ; no rust; no smut; straw long, fine and strong ; ripened 15 days sooner 

 than our other sorts; I counted 220 grains in one head." The weight of the sample 

 returned was 38|- lbs. per bushel. 



Eevd. S. A. Moreau, of Ste. Agathe, had a crop of 100 lbs. and says : " Sown 

 broadcast 12th May, on yellow soil, well manured ; size of plot, 18 x 40 feet ; har- 

 vested 13th August; no rust or smut; straw long and very good; earlier than 

 ordinarj'" sorts. Farmers here preserve their yield from the bamples as something 

 very precious, and thank the experimental farm, as I do myself." The weight of 

 the sample returned was 37^ lbs. per bushel. 



A. R McTavish, of Loch Garry, Ont., had a yield of 190 lbs. He writes thus : 

 " Sown broadcast 29th April ; on sandy soil, mixed with gravel ; size of plot, 27 x 

 210 feet ; harvested 14th August; no rust; no smut ; straw bright and stands well ; 

 ripens earlier than any other sort I had. I am very well pleased with the oats." 

 The weight of the sample returned was 38^ lbs. per bus-hel. 



John Lawrence, of Mandamin, Ont., had 166 lbs,, and says : " Sown broadcast 

 22nd April, on sandy loam ; size of plot, 360 square yards ; harvested 8th August ; 

 no rust ; no smut ; straw very heavy, half lying down ; four or five days later than 

 Prize Cluster." The weight of the sample returned was 38|- lbs. 



Jas. Callagher, of Bethany, Ont., had 135 lbs. He says : " Sown broadcast 

 25th April, on clay loam; size of plot, 5x50 yards; harvested 10th August; no rust; 

 no smut ; straw bright and strong; ripens six to eight days earlier than my other 

 oats, and heavier in crop and weight of grain ; a remarkably fine variety of oats for 

 this part; I think they will prove to be the leading oat here." The weight of the 

 sample returned was 39f lbs. per bushel. 



John Clarkson, of Elkhorn, Man., had a yield of 170 lbs. He says : " Sown 

 broadcast 13th April, on black sandy soil ; size of plot, 480 square yards ; harvested 

 20th August ; no rust; no smut ; straw 4 feet long, medium thickness ; compares 

 favourably with other oats, and yields better than any other sort I have." The 

 weight of the sample returned was 34 lbs. per bushel. 



Charles Gilroy, of Eegina, N.-W.T., had a yield of 93 lbs., and says : " Sown 

 broadcast 16th April, on heavy clay soil; size of plot, 16^ x 130 feet; harvested 

 24th August; no rust; no smut; straw coarse, and about 44 inches long." The 

 weight of the sample returned was 38f lbs. per bushel. 



Bonanza. 



This is another white oat of fair promise, but closely resembles Prize Cluster 

 and Victoria Prize. On the Central Experimental Farm it gave a crop in 1891 of 

 23 bushels and 30 lbs. per acre; at Nappan, N.S., 77 bushels 32 lbs.; at Indian 

 Head. 72 bushels 22 lbs., and at Agassiz, B.C., 37 bushels 12 lbs. 



Wm.G.Taylor, of North Bedeque, P.E.I., had a crop of 84 lbs., and says: "Sown 

 broadcast 11th May, on light soil ; size of plot, 210 square yards; harvested 20th 

 August; no rust; no smut; straw coarse and bright; ripens about same time as Prize 

 Cluster, and about ten days earlier than Egyptian. 1 consider the Bonanza to be 



