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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



Strathcona, Alta. — Four samples of Klein Wanzleben -were examined, of -which the 

 particulars are as follows : — 



Sugar Beets, Strathcona, Alta., 1902. 



1 

 2 



Name. 



R. Sheppard 



J. W. Suddaby. 



Wm. Place 



John J. Scribner. 



Variety. 



Klein Wanzleben 



Dates. 



Sowing. 



Pulling. 



May 24 

 .. 20 



June 1 

 May 29 



Oct. 10 

 ., 14 



14 

 17 



Remarks. 



Black loam, previous crop for 2 



years, potatoes. 

 Prairie loam, no manure ; 1899, 



turnips ; 1900, potatoes ; 



1901, mangels. 

 Deep prairie loam. 

 Black prairie loam, previous 



crop on new land, potatoes. 



The laboratory data are presented in the following tabular form : — 



Analysis op Sugar Beets, Strathcona, N.W.T., 1902. 



It -was stated that these beets merely received ordinary field culture. 



CANADIAN 'BAKERS' STRONG' FLOUR. 



The high standing of Red Fife -wheat as grown in the Canadian North-west for the 

 production of a superior bread-making flour has been well established, both by chemical 

 analysis and practical baking tests. Indeed, to the ' Bakers' Strong ' as manufactured 

 from No. 1 Hard, is now generally accorded the very highest place as a bread-making 

 flour. 



In 1888, in a series of 26 samples of domestic and foreign wheats submitted to 

 analysis in the laboratories of the Experimental Farms, the Red Fife of Manitoba and 

 the North-west Territories was shown to have a very high gluten content and quite equal 

 to that of the very best Russian varieties. (Bulletin No. 4, Experimental Farm Series). 



At the World's Columbia Exposition held at Chicago in 1893, the writer as a pro- 

 fessional j uror was engaged in the analysis of the cereals entered for award. A summary 

 of the results obtained wiU be found in the Report of the Experimental Farms for 1895, 

 and the data in full in Bulletin No. 45 of the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Di-vision of Chemistry. It was gratifying on that occasion to find that the Red Fife 



