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Hector Ferguson, of Port Haney, B.C., had a crop of about 100 lbs., and says : 

 " Sown broadcast 9th May, on alluvial deposit; size of plot, about 50 square yds. ; 

 harvested 9th September; no rust ; a little smut ; straw strong and very good ; about 

 seven days later than the Ladoga. This is one of the best varieties I have seen, and 

 yields far better than Ladoga or Eed Fife." The sample returned weighed 61 lbs. 

 per bushel. 



Bed Fife. 



The Eed Fife as grown in the Canadian North-West is one of the best wheats 

 which the world produces. As grown there it is of the highest quality ; is product- 

 ive, and comparatively free from rust ; when grown in the eastern provinces it is 

 much less desirable. At the Central Experimental Farm it has during the last year 

 produced a crop of 22 bushels and 25 lbs. per acre. At the experimental farm at 

 Brandon, Man., it has varied on diflferent soils from 29 bushels and 40 lbs. to 52 

 bushels 55 lbs. ; at Indian Head, N.W.T., from 38 bushels 20 lbs. to 51 bushels 10 

 lbs.; and at Agassiz, B.C., it has yielded 21 bushels and 40 lbs. per aci-e. 



James Boulter, of Little Pierre Jacques, P.B.I., had a crop of 70 lbs., and says: 

 " Sown broadcast 12th May, on dry hardwood land ; size of plot, ^ acre ; harvested 

 10th September ; some rust ; no smut ; straw rusty in spots. I think it will do well 

 here on a dry season, but if wet I think it will rust." Weight of sample received, 

 61 lbs. per bushel. 



John Rutherford, of Tweedside, N.B., had a yield of 96 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed, 

 and says : " Sown broadcast 20th May, on dark heavy loam ; harvested 20th Septem- 

 ber; no rust or smut; straw bright, tall, and stood up well." No sample was 

 received. 



John Corregan, of Caledonia, N.S., had 80 lbs. He says: "Sown broadcast 21st 

 May, on heavy soil ; size of plot, 2x6 rods ; harvested 8th September ; no rust or 

 smut; straw heavy and coarse." The sample returned weighed 61 lbs. per bushel. 



P. Beauchamp, of Valencay, Que., had a crop of 40 lbs., and says : " Sown 

 broadcast 8th May, on clay soil; size of plot, 15 x 100 feet ;,harve8ted 4th September; 

 a little rust or smut; sti-aw medium." The sample returned weighed 59 lbs. per 

 bushel. 



Augustine Doyon, of St. Frederick Station, Que., had a yield of 38 lbs. He 

 says : " Sown broadcast 15th May, on sandy soil ; harvested 3rd September ; no rust 

 or smut ; straw good and white." The weight of the sample returned was 62^ lbs. 

 per bushel. 



John Leach, of Cape Am able, Ont., had a yield of 60 lbs. He says : " Sown 

 broadcast 4th May, on sandy loam; size of plot, 11 x 30 yards; harvested 10th Sep- 

 tember ; no rust or smut ; straw short and stiff." The weight of this sample was 61 

 lbs. per bushel. 



Ernest Morgan, of Kerwood, Ontario, reports also a yield of 60 lbs., and says : 

 " Sown in drills 28th April, on clay loam ; size of plot, 12 x 165 feet; harvested 10th 

 August; no rust or smut; straw bright and clean, and a good length." This was 

 cut before it was ripe, and the sample returned was shrunken, and weighed 57^ lbs. 

 per bushel. 



Multiplier Peas. 



This promising variety of pea, which has produced very good crops on the 

 experimental farms, was distributed in limited quantity for test. 



Wm. Clark, of North Wiltshire, P.B.I., had a crop of 60 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed, 

 and says: "Sown 30th May; cut 15th September." The weight of the sample 

 returned was 65^ lbs. per bushel. 



J. R. Taylor, of Port Elgin, N.B., had 100 lbs. He says : " Sown 6th May, on 

 loamy soil ; size of plot, 14 x 100 feet." Date of harvesting is not given. The weight 

 of the sample returned was 64 lbs. per bushel. 



W. J. Eenyston, of Harmony Mills, N.B., had a crop of 90 lbs., and says : " Sown 

 2nd May, on loamy soil ; harvested 15th August." Weight of sample returned, 66^ 

 lbs. per bushel. 



