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A. A. Moody, of Brock Eoad, Guelph, Out,, had 83|- lb3., and writes : " Sown 

 broadcast 6th May, on clay loam; size of plot, 27x66 feet; harvested 22nd August; 

 no smut ; no rust ; straw a good length ; head very long." No sample received. 



A. Ferguson, of Yii'den, Man., had a crop of 65 lbs., and says: "Sown broadcast 

 20th April, on heavy black loam; size of plot, 7x216 feet ; harvested 19th August ; no 

 emut; no ruet; straw very good and bright ; a few days earlier than Danish Chevalier, 

 and stood up better." No sample received. 



James Speers, of Wapella, N.W T., had a crop of 72 lbs. He says : " Sown 

 broadcast 14th April, on black loam ; size of plot, 160 square yards ; harvested 6th 

 September ; no rust or smut; straw very soft. Ten days later than another variety 

 I had." Sample received weighed 48^ lbs. per bushel. 



Webb's Kinver Chevalier. 



A supply of this fine variety of barley, which has carried off so many prizes in 

 England, was purchased early in the year from Edward Webb & Son, of Wordsley, 

 England. On arrival part of the seed was divided among the experimental farms 

 for test; the remainder furnished material for a limited distribution among farmers 

 in the several provinces of the Dominion. At the Central Experimental Farm the 

 crop on one field was 42 bushels and 36 lbs. per acre, on another 58 bushels and 2 lbs. 

 At Nappan, N. S., the yield was 48 bushels 16 lbs.; at Brandon, Man., 61 bushels 17 

 lbs., and at Agassiz. 20 bushels and 40 lbs. per acre. 



M. D. Blue, of Little Sands, P.E.I., had a yield of 42 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed, 

 and says : " Sown broadcast 4th June, on clay land ; size of plot, 10 x 20 yards ; 

 harvested 9th September ; no rust or smut; straw white. I believe it is suitable for 

 this locality. " The weight of the sample returned was 50J lbs. per bushel. 



David Cunningham, of Hanwell, N.B., had a crop of 76 lbs. He says : " Sown 

 broadcast 12th May, on black loam; size of plot, 18 x 75 feet; harvested 21st August; 

 no rust or smut ; straw good and strong. I think this will be a good kind for this 

 place. " Weight of sample returned, 53 J lbs. per bushel. 



John Lacey, of Caledonia, N. S., had 56 lbs., and says : " Sown broadcast 4th 

 May, on sandy loam ; size of plot, 1^x4 rods ; harvested 14 August ; no rust or smut ; 

 straw very short and bright ; not so early by five days as other barley grown here." 

 The weight of the sample returned was 53 lbs. per bushel. 



B. Paquette, of St. Nicholas, Quebec, had a yield of 78 lbs. He says : " Sown 

 broadcast 12th May, on dry soil ; size of plot, 10 x 160 feet; harvested 29th August; 

 no rust or smut; straw very good. This grain is to be recommended ; the yield is 

 very satisfactory." Sample returned weighed 52 lbs. per bushel. 



E. W. Ealph, of Shawville, had 70 lbs., and reports as follows : " Sown broad- 

 cast 1st May, on sandy loam ; size of plot, 204 square yards ; harvested 6th August ; 

 no rust or smut; straw very short. " The weight of the sample returned was 52^ 

 lbs. per bushel. 



Waiter H. Percival, of Burritt'e Eapids, Ont., reports the extraordinary yield 

 of 336 lbs. He says : " Sown by hand 9th April, on clay loam ; size of plot, 3 

 rods square; harvested 17th August; no rust or smut; straw long and bright, stand- 

 ing up well. I sowed it very thin ; it was a heavy crop. I like it remarkably well 

 and will sow no other barley next year." The weight of the sample returned was 54^ 

 lbs. per busheL 



John McCullam, of Belgrave, Ont., had a crop of 103 lbs., and says: "Sown 

 broadcast 25th April, on dark clay loam (date of harvesting is not given) ; no rust 

 of any account; no smut; straw a good length, bright and strong; cut same time as 

 the Prize Prolific. I think this is a very good barley." The sample sent back 

 weighed 54 lbs. per bushel. 



Goldthorpe. 



This variety of two-rowed barley was imported from James Cai'ter & Co., of 

 London, England, two years ago. It very much resembles the Duckbill in habit of 

 growth, but the grain is said to be superior, with a thinner skin on the kernel. The 



