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Manitoba or the TSTorth-West Territories. It is too soft, and lacks that proportion 

 of gluten which would make strong flour. On this account but very few samples 

 have been sent to the western plains — only sufficient to lest its productiveness there. 

 At the Central Experimental Farm the crop has varied from 47 bushels and 50 lbs. 

 per acre to 25 bushels and 23 lbs. At Nappan, N.S., it has yielded at the rate of 37 

 bushels 20 lbs. ; at Brandon, Man., 43 bushels 45 lbs. ; at Indian Head, on different 

 plots, from 52 bushels to 33 bushels 56 lbs.; and at Agassiz, B.C., 21 bushels 10 lbs. 



W. J. Fraser, of North River, Lot 32, P.E.I., had a yield of 90 lbs. from 3 lbs. 

 of seed, and says: " Sown broadcast 2nd May, on sandy loam ; size of plot, 8 x 12 

 yards ; harvested 26th August ; no rust or smut ; straw bright and strong ; ripens 

 about the same time as White Russian. It is quite a success with me." The sample 

 returned weighed 60^ lbs. per bushel. 



George McDougall, of Bangor, P.E.I., had 87 lbs. He says: "Sown broadcast 

 25th May, on rich sandy loam; size of plot, 160 square yards; harvested 7th August. 

 A slight rust on part of crop; no smut; straw strong growth; none broken or 

 lodged ; ripened five days before White Russian." The weight of the sample returned 

 was 62^ lbs. 



J, B. Hamblen, of Pictou, N.S., reports a yield of 120 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. 

 He says : " Sown broadcast 7th May, on sandy loam ; size of plot, 30 x 80 feet ; har- 

 vested 29th August; no rust or smut; straw 4| feet high ; does not ripen any earlier 

 than other sorts, but gives a heavier yield." The weight of sample returned was 

 56J lbs. per bushel. 



R. D. Ross, of Bajrview, N.S., had a crop of 70 lbs., and says : " Sown broadcast 

 7t'B May, on clay land ; harvested 26th August ; no rust ; some smut ; stra v bright 

 and very strong ; eight days earlier than VVhite Fife, sown same day. l consider 

 this a very good variety of wheat, I took first prize at provincial exhibition at 

 Halifax for best bushel white spring wheat with Campbell's White Chaff. 



E. Laffdri^re, of St. S^bastien, Que., had a yield of 100 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. 

 He says : " Sown broadcast 13th May, on grey soil ; size of plot, 18 x 171 feet; har- 

 vested 31st August ; no rust ; some heads of smut ; straw fairly good ; ripened five 

 or six days later than a bearded sort which I sowed. This which you sent is pre- 

 ferable." The sample returned weighed (il| lbs. per bushel. 



R. A. Ralph, of Shawville, Que., had 90 lbs., and says : " Sown broadcast Ist 

 May, on sandy loam ; size of plot, 245 square yards ; 1 bushel per acre ; harvested 

 6th August; no rust or smut; straw short,, clean and while; ripened about 6 days 

 earlier than White Russian sown beside it, and I think yields about half as much 

 more. I am proud of my wheat; would not take $5 for what I have from the 3 lbs." 

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



James McGuire, of Brinston's Corners, Ont., had a yield of 140 lbs. He writes : 

 " Sown broadcast 22ad April, on gravelly soil; size of plot, 20 x 160 feet; harvested 

 8th August; no rust; a few heads of smut; straw good; is better than our own wheat 

 grown alongside of it." The weight of the sample returned was 61 lbs. per bushel. 



James Adams, of Newcastle, Ont., had 130 lbs., and says : " Sown broadcast 

 17th April, on clay loam; size of plot, 40 x 120 feet; harvested 10th August; no 

 rust or smut; straw good ; ripens early; a good wheat." The weight of the sample 

 in this case was 60^ lbs. per bushel. 



J. D. Wager, of Enterprise, Out., had a crop of 92 lbs. He says : " Sown broad- 

 cast 17th April, on clay loam; size of plot, 15 x 30 yards; harvested 3rd August ; 

 no rust or smut ; straw short, being parched by drought ; about a week earlier than 

 Fife wheat sown in same field." Weight of sample returned, 62 lbs. per bushel. 



John Menary, of Holmfield, Man.,'had a crop of 75 lbs., and says : " Sown in 

 drills 7th April, on clay loam; size of plot, 9 x 160 feet; badly rusted; a little smut ; 

 straw long ; 8 days earlier than Red Fife ; will try it again." No sample received. 



Thomas James, of Spulmacheen, B.C., reports the extraordinary yield of 454 

 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. He says : " Sown by hand 30th April, on sandy loam; size 

 of plot, ^ of an acre , harvested 22nd August ; no rust or smut , straw grew rank, and 

 lodged by heavy rain; ripens about the same time as ordinary wheat in this section; 

 a much heaver yielder." The sample returned weighed 62^ lbs. per bushel. 



