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is the best I have ever harvested. I think it will suit our climate well." The 

 weight of the sample returned was 50J lbs. per bushel. 



Allan McLean, of Cornwall, P.E.I. , had 76 lbs. He writes: " Sown broadcast 

 7th May, on clay loam ; size of plot, 3 x 35 yards ; harvested 22nd August; no rust or 

 smut ; straw very bright and good. 1 gave this sample a fair trial, no better than 

 when sowing a large quantity." The weight of the sample returned was 53^ lbs. 

 per bushel. 



Honors Lorlie, of the Quebec Seminary, Quebec, had a crop of 153 lbs. He 

 says:' "Sown broadcast 9th May, on grey soil; size of plot, 24 x 89 feet; harvested 

 10th August; no rust or smut; straw of medium strength, good and bright. I think 

 this barley suitable for this district, and very profitable." The weight of the sample 

 returned was 52| lbs. per bushel. 



Pierre Mompetel, of Beauharnois, Que., had a yield of 102 lbs., and says : 

 "Sown broadcast 24th April, on grey soil; size of plot, 14 x 100 feet; harvested 14th 

 August; no rust or smut ; straw good. Eipens sooner than the other two-rowed I 

 had from you, and is heavier." Weight of sample returned, 50J lbs. per bushel. 



John Marion, of Marion, Ont., reports a yield of 143 lbs., and says : " Sown broad- 

 cast 6th May on clay soil; size of plot, 20 x 50 yards; harvested 22nd August; no 

 rust or smut; straw very long." The sample returned weighed 50 lbs. per bushel. 



George Hume, of Ashgrove, Ont., had a crop of 92 lbs. He says : " Sown 

 broadcast 25!h April, on clay soil; size of plot, 18x105 feet; harvested 15th 

 August; no rust or smut; straw, long, good and stiff; ten to twelve days later than 

 six-rowed, but a much heavier crop." The weight of the sample returned was 53^ 

 lbs. per bushel. 



Chas. B. Ivans, of Virden, Man., reports a yield of 232 lbs., and says: "Sown in 

 drills 14 inches apart 16th April, on deep black loam ; size of plot, 540 square yards; 

 harvested 24th August ; no rust or smut; straw long and soft ; was badly laid by 

 rain storm." "Weight of sample received, 49| lbs. 



Spring Wheat. 

 Ladoga. 



This early-ripening wheat continues to give good returns in many parts of the 

 Dominion, succeeding best on comparatively light soils and in those districts where 

 the summer season is short. On the Central Experimental Farm the yield has 

 varied on different soils from 28 bushels 32 lbs. to 21 bushels 7 lbs. ; at the branch 

 farm, in Nappan, N.S., it has given a return of 30 bushels; at Brandon, Man., it has 

 yielded 33 bushels; at Indian Head, on different plots, from 36 bushels 46 lbs. to 33 

 bushels 20 lbs., and at Agassiz, B.C., 18 bushels and 20 lbs. per acre. 



Peter Chaisson, of Tignieh, P.E.I., had a yield of 95 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. 

 He says: "Sown by hand 20th May, on dry, loamy soil; size of plot, 21 x 60 ft. j 

 harvested, 28th August; no rust or smut ; straw 5 ft. long, coo^'so and bright. I 

 find the Ladoga ripens 9 days earlier thanany other kind I have, and yields heavier." 

 The weight of the sample returned was 61 lbs. per bushel. 



M. D. Blue, of Little Sands, P.E.I., had a crop of 73^ lbs,, and reports as follows: 

 "Sown broadcast 4th June on clay land; size of plot, 200 square yards; no rust; 

 some smut ; harvested a week earlier than other sorts sown same day. I believe it 

 is suitable for this locality." The sample returned weighed 60 lbs. per bushel. 



A. T. Fawcet, of Sackville, N.B., harvested 94 lbs., and writes : " Sown broadcast 

 27th April, on sandy loam; size of plot, 5 x 35 yards ; no rust; considerable smut; 

 straw bright and good, 3 ft. high ; earlier than any other kind grown here. I am 

 well pleased with the grain." The weight of the sample returned was 61^ lbs. per 

 bushel. 



George Oulton, of Little Shemogue, N.B,, reports a yield of 78 lbs., and says : 

 "Sown broadcast 8th May, on clay loam; size of plot, 15 x 160 ft.; harvested 28th 

 August; no rust or smut; good straw; seven days earlier than White Fife ; yields 



