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earlier than Egyptian; good yielder; stood up well." Weight of sample returned, 

 36 lbs. per bushel. 



A. Hobson, of Killarnej, Man., reports a yield of 100 lbs., and says : " Sown 

 broadcast 15th May, on sandy loam; harvested 4th September; no rust or smut; 

 6tra?v strong and clean." Weight of sample returned, 34 lbs. per bushel. 



American Triumph. 



A few reports have been received, giving the results of the test of samples of 

 this grain. They nearly all speak of the variety as being late, and this agrees with 

 our experience in Ottawa. The largest yield reported from Quebec is 60 lbs., the 

 lowest 33 lbs. ; the largest yield from Ontario, 110 lbs., and the lowest 24 lbs. ; all 

 the samples returned were deficient in weight. At the Central Experimental Farm 

 it has given a crop of 37 bushels 16 lbs. per acre. At the branch farm, atNappan, at 

 the rate of 77 bushels 22 lbs. ; at, Brandon, Man., 59 bushels 26 lbs., and at Agassiz, 

 B.C., 39 bushels 24 lbs. As there are many earlier-ripening varieties which have 

 given on the average much better results, there seems no special reason for continuing 

 the distribution of the American Triumph. 



No reports haye yet been received relating t« the few samples of Egyptian 

 oats distributed. 



TWO-EOWED BaHLET. 



Prize Prolific (Garter's.) 



This useful variety has been widely distributed, and the reports of the past 

 season are on the whole very favourable. In some localities thfi straw is reported to be 

 weak, a failing which in wet seasons seems to be common to all the two-rowed barleys 

 of the Chevalier type, not because the straw is less stout than other sorts, but because 

 the ^en<iani head when weighted with water proves a much greater strain on the 

 straw than do the more upright heads which characterize the Duckbill, Goldthorpe, 

 Italian and other sorts of that class. At the Centi-al Experimental the Prize Prolific 

 barley has yielded in difi'erent fields and plots from 33 bushels 18 lbs. to 65 bushels 

 10 lbs. ; at the branch farm, at Nappan, N.S., 50 bushels; at Brandon, Man.; 75 

 bushels 54 lbs.; at Indian Head, N.W.T., from 45 to 54 bushels 28 lbs., and at 

 Agassiz, B.C., 32 bushels 39 lbs. 



A. A. McNeill, of Alberton, P.E.I. , had a crop of 125 lbs. from 3 lbs. seed, and 

 says: " Sown broadcast 5th May, on sandy loam; size of plot, 5 x 50 yards; eo rust 

 or smut ; straw clean and bright ; about 5 days earlier than other barley. I never 

 saw better he:ids and stems ; stood up well and ripened even." The sample returned 

 weighed 53^ lbs. per bushel. 



Isaac M. Doughart, of Long Eiver, New London, P.E.I., had 100 lbs. He says: 

 " Sown broadcast 27th May on sandy loam ; harvested 13th September ; no rust or 

 smut ; straw bright yellow ; ripens no earlier than our own." The sample returned 

 weighed 48J lbs. per bushel. 



James Friar, of Shediac, N.B,, had a yield of 52 lbs., and says : " Sown broad- 

 cast 6th June, on sandy loam, on 100 square feet; harvested 16th September; no rust 

 or smut ; straw long and stout, but rather soft ; ripens later than most varieties." 

 The sample returned weighed 47f lbs. per bushel. 



Percy Eandall, of Bayfield, Autigonish, N. S., had a crop of 51 lbs. He says : 

 " Sown broadcast on 6th June on light sandy loam; size of plot, 7 x 26 yards ; har- 

 vested 28th September ; no rust or smut ; straw bright and heavy ; compares favour- 

 ably with other sorts." The sample returned weighed 48f lbs. per bushel. 



Peter Devoe, of Little Bras d'Or (south side), N.S., had 42 lbs., and says : " Sown 

 broadcast 16th May, on dry sandy soil ; haiwested 4th September ; no rust or smut; 

 straw coarse ; ripens about the same time as other sorts." Sample returned weighed 

 52J lbs. per bushel. 



George Maynard, of St. Foy, Que., reports a yield of 180 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. 

 He says : " Sown broadcast 26th May, on gray sticky soil ; size of plot, 45 x 135 feet ; 



