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The following report was received in October last by the High Cominissioner of 

 Canada, through Mr, A. F. Dale. IL contains the result of the brewing of this barley 

 conducted at the brewery of J. Flinn, Esq., of Bishops Stortford, England, and the 

 report is signed by Mr. Arthur O. Stopes, of Colchester : — 



" In compliance with your request, I have pleasure in stating to you my opinion 

 of the sample of malt sent me on 23rd May last, which I understand was made ex- 

 clusively from Canadian barley sent you by the Dominion G-overnment. 



" From careful examination of this malt, and from information furnished me by 

 brewers well acquainted with the use of Canadian malt in the Dominion, and also 

 from suggestions made by the well-known brewery export, Mr. Frank Faulkner, I 

 felt justified in using this malt exclusively without any mixture of other malts. I 

 therefore proved its brewing qualities entirely upon its own merits, and, to test it 

 as severely as possible, I brewed a pale ale from it, although I fear the colour is a 

 little higher than I generally get from malt made from English or European barleys. 



" The brewing worked easily, and I liked the handling of the goods in tun and 

 the way they spent, indicating from the initial stages the quality of the malt. Bach 

 successive stage followed in proper sequence in exceedingly good form; the fer- 

 mentation was practically perfect, and the condition of the beer at racking was ex- 

 ceedingly good. The final attenuation also was just as I wished, and, as a conse- 

 quence, I think the brewing operations were those well adapted to the malt, and it 

 must have been of good quality to have given such satisfactory results at every 

 stage. 



"The stability I have proved to be exceedingly good, indicating soundness of 

 material. 



" The extract was equivalent to 87 lbs. per quarter; and, coupling all the pre- 

 ceding facts with the judgment I formed of the malt, irrespective of its use, I assay 

 its value 35s. to 36s. per quarter, 1 may say that had I wished to obtain a greater 

 extract, so as to attain the maximum amount possible, I could readily have increased 

 it, but I deemed it under the circumstances preferable to secure quality rather than 

 quantity. 



" The beer after racking has remained entirely satisfactory, and the Yevy 

 numei-ous people who have tasted it have been almost without exception of opinion 

 that it is exceedingly good. 



"Should you wish to have fuller and more complete notes of a more technical 

 class, either as to the nature of the water employed in the brewing and of the malt 

 itself, I shall be happy to place them at your disposal. I assume the above report is 

 BufiScient for your present purposes, and I have much pleasure in testifying, as a 

 practical brewer, to the value that good malt of this class would prove to the brewers 

 who understood it use. 

 " October, 1891." 



This report is highly satisfactory and shows that good two-rowed barley, such 

 as will meet the approval of the English brewer, can be grown in Canada, and many 

 6am))les, much better in quality and heavier than this shipment referi'ed to, have 

 been received of late at the Experimental Farm from farmers in Ontario, the growth 

 of 1891. 



Favourable reports as to the yield of the barley have been received from every 

 band, and it is the geneial opinion that the ciop of the two-rowed has averaged much 

 better than the six-rowed. Many repoits of yields of 40 to 50 bushels per acre have 

 been received from different points in Ontario, although some of the samples 

 sent in have been light in weight and much discoloured. The buyers in the barley 

 districts in Ontario paid up to the close of navigation from 8 to 12 cents more per 

 bu.^hel for the two-rowed than was offered for the six-rowed; but in many instances 

 no care seems to have been taken to grade the purchases, butlight and heavy, bright 

 and discoloured lots, were all mixed together, making a very uneven sample. Much 

 broken grain was also found in some lots. The returns received for ^orae of the 

 shipments are said to have been very unsatisfactory, having resulted in loss to the 

 shippers. This disappointment, however, is clearly traceable to want of care in 



