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no rust or smut ; straw coarse and of medium length ; some 3 or 4 days later than the 

 Scott wheat, but far superior." The sample returned weighed 61 lbs. per bushel. 



Mark Crawford, of Whitby, had a crop of 251 lbs. from 3 lbs. of seed. He says : 

 " Sown in drills 9th September, 1890, on strong clay land ; size of plot, ^ of an acre ; 

 harvested 25th July, 1891; no rust; no smut; straw medium, with very large head; 

 was fully as early as any other sorts grown in this locality ; am very much pleased 

 with the wheat ; it stood the winter well, started early in the spring and produced a 

 heavy crop." The weight of this sample was 62| lbs. per bushel. 



Samuel Alton, of Belfast, also had a yield of 251 lbs., and says : " Sown broadcast 

 10th or 12th Sept., on clay loam ; size of plot, ^ of an acre, ; harvested 23rd July, 

 1891 ; no rust; some smut; straw bright and soft; was ripe as soon as the Star and 

 Democrat, sown 10 or 12 days earlier; the yield was immense." The sample returned 

 weighed 62 lbs. to the bushel. 



Welcome Marr, of Glanford Station, had 186 lbs., and says : " Sown broadcast 

 8th Sept., 1890, on clay loam; size of plot, 6 x 60 yards ; harvested 24th July, 1891 ; 

 some rust; no smut; straw much like Clawson ; four days later than Clawson or 

 Golden Cross." The sample returned weighed 61 lbs. per bushel. 



George H. Thompson, of Guelph, had a yield of 156 lbs. He says : " Sown in drills 

 9th Sept., 1890, on clay loam; size of plot, ^^ of an acre; harvested 28th July, 1891; 

 no sign of rust; slightly affected with smut; straw bright, standing well ; compares 

 very favourably with other sorts; I think it will do well in this section." Sample 

 returned weighed 6 If lbs. 



V. E. Kincade, of Wisbeach, had a crop of 151 lbs., and reports as follows : 

 " Sown broadcast Sept., 1890, on light clay soil, mixed with gravel ; size of plot, IJ- 

 X 7 rods ; harvested 21st July, 1891; no rust, but a large quantity of smut ; straw 

 bright, long and strong ; compares favourably with other sorts grown by me." The 

 weight of the sample returned was 58f lbs. per bushel 



EXPEEIMENTS WITH OATS. 



During the season of 1891 forty-eight varieties of oats have been tested on the 

 Central Experimental Farm, 29 of which have been grown in field crops, the 

 remainder in ^mall plots, chiefly in plots of -^ of an acre each. Thirty-six varieties 

 were sown side by side, all on the same day, on plots of ^ of an acre. The land 

 used for this purpose was the same as that used for the ^ acre plots in 1890. This 

 field was ploughed in the autumn of 1890, and manured in the spring of 1891, with 

 about twenty two-horse loads of stable manure to the acre. 



This was spread in the spring, lightly ploughed under and the land harrowed 

 before sowing. These plots were arranged so as to have the oats follow wheat. 

 These were all sown on the 28th of April, on sandy loam with a clay subsoil, but 

 many of them rusted badly, which lessened the crops and reduced the weight per 

 bushel very much, and caused the grain to ripen prematurely, so that the normal 

 dates of ripening could not be accurately determined. For this reason the time 

 of harvesting and the number of days maturing have been omitted. 



