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J. C. McXair of Perth Centre, N.B., received a sample bag of 3 lbs., from which 

 he had a crop of 120 lbs. He says : " Planted 5th June, on light soil ; harvested 10th 

 October; earlier and better weight than other potatoes; am well pleased with the 

 variety." 



P. Fortien, of St. Fabien, Que., had a yield of 145 lbs. He says : " Planted Ist 

 June, on yellow soil, dressed with manure; harvested 25th September. These pota- 

 toes are the finest of this year's harvest." 



Joseph Marcott, of St. Albans, Que., had 83 lbs., and writes : "Planted 1st June, 

 on grey soil ; harvested 22nd September." 



Thomas Bradley, of Minden, Ont., had a crop of 105 lbs. He says : " Planted 

 29th May, on sandy loam ; harvested 15th October. These yielded about the same 

 as the Eoae." 



Early Ohio. 



E. E. Colpitts, of Forest Glen, N.B., had a crop of 50 lbs. He says : " Planted 

 25th May, on intervale loam; harvested 4th October ; they had not a fair chance ; 

 soon after they came up the potato beetle almost destroyed them." 



D. V. Gagn^, of Sturgeon Falls, Ont., had a yield of 103 lbs., and writes : " Planted 

 28th May, on yellow soil manured ; harvested 4th September ; they are not as early 

 as Early Eose but give double the yield here." 



S. J. Eyan, of Head Lake, Ont., had 75 lbs., and says : " Planted 1st June, on rich 

 clav loam ; harvested 1st September ; ripe two weeks earlier than Early Eose and 

 fully double the yield." 



Early Sunrise. 



Phileas Fortien, of St. Fabien, Que., reports a yield of 120 lbs. from 3 lbs. 

 received, and says : " Planted 30th May, on rich yellow soil ; harvested 28th Septem- 

 ber. These potatoes are very good, are as early as Early Eose and promise well." 



T. J. Amey, of Camden East, Ont., had a crop of 106 lbs., and says : "Planted 

 2l8t May on clay loam." The date of harvesting is not given. 



Wm. Holmes, of Kirktield, Ont., had a yield of 100 lbs. He says ; " Planted 

 15th May, on clay loam ; harvested 23rd September ; they did better than any other 

 sort we planted." 



DISTEIBUTION OF FALL WHEAT. 



CANADIAN VELVET CHAFF. 



Early in the autum of 1890 there was distributed in those districts of Ontario 

 where fall wheat is successfully grown 519 3-lb. samples of the Canadian 

 Yelvet Chaff, a very promising variety of fall wheat. This wheat was tested at 

 several points in Ontario, during 1880, and turned out remarkably well. It is a fine 

 plump wheat and a heavy cropper. A large number of excellent reports have been 

 received from the farmers to whom the samples were sent, from which the following 

 have been selected : — 



T. S. Brant, of "Whitby, had a crop of 330 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed, and says : 

 " Sown broadcast 20th Sept., 1890, on clay loam, after barley; size of plot, ^ acre; 

 harvested 20th August, 1891 ; no smut or rust; straw stiff and bright ; hardly so early 

 as other varieties, but gives a better yield. I have sown the yield of the 3 lbs. sent 

 on five acres." The weight of the sample returned was 60J lbs. per bushel. 



Thos. Harris, of Hagersville, had a yield of 299 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. He says : 

 " Sown broadcast 12th September, 1890, on sandy loam; size of plot, ^ of an acre; 

 harvested 17th July, 1891 ; no rust ; a few grams of smut ; sti-aw rather coarse and 

 soft ; a day or two later than other varieties." The weight of the sample returned 

 was 62 lbs. to the bushel. 



John Grooms, of Bothwell, had 270 lbs. He says : " Sown broadcast 9th 

 September, 1890, on clay loam ; size of plot, 44 x 115 feet; harvested 19th July, 1891 ; 



