332 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



THE SALE OF SEED GRAIN TO EARMERS. 



Eor many years past much of the. surplus grain on, this farm has been sold to 

 settlers in Manitoba for seed purposes. Wishing to know how this grain compared 

 with that usually grown by farmers, and whether the product from it was still being 

 used for seed purposes, a circular containing the following questions was sent out to 

 as many of the purchasers as possible: — 



1. How did the grain compare with that usually sown by you ? 



2. Was it productive? 



3. Have you disposed of any grain, produced from it for seed purposes? 



4. Have you taken any prizes at the fairs with it? 



5. Do you still use the product of this grain for seed purposes? 



6. If so, is it still of good quality? 



7. Have you any suggestions to make regarding the sale of seed grain by the Ex- 

 perimental Farm ? 



8. Remarks. 



Eighty-two replies were received, of these 75 were favourable, and only 7 un- 

 favourable, the follow! Ag are extracts from a few of the replies received : — 



The Red Fife wheat I purchased from your Farm in 1898 was practically pure, 

 therefore better than my own, and it is still the best wheat around here. I can count 

 eleven, at least, who have been supplied with seed from the product of this lot of wheat. 

 Your institution is proving very useful in supplying seed grain. 



Wm. Guild, Kemnay, Man. 



I procured four bushels of splendid Red Fife wheat from you in 1899 and I con- 

 sider it as good to-day as when I got it from you. I have supplied a number of others 

 with seed, and took the first prize at the fall fair this year. I consider the Experimental 

 Farm the best place to secure pure seed grain. 



A. West, Plumas, Man. 



I consider it of great value to the country that reliable seed can be purchased at 

 the Experimental Farm, 



D. W. McCuAiG, 

 Pres. Grain Growers' Assoc, Portage la Prairie, Man. 



I am much pleased with the seed grain I have purchased from the Experimental 

 Farm, and I have gained many prizes both in the old country and America with grain 

 grown from the seed you supplied me. 



Wm. Stevens, Virden, Man. 



The five bushels of Banner oats I purchased from the Experimental Farm in 1899 

 was superior to any I ever had, it was very productive. I have supplied seed from it to 

 farmers living all along the Canadian Pacific Railway between Stockton and Winni- 

 peg. I think it is the only way for farmers of Manitoba to get pure, reliable seed, and 

 I am very grateful to you for your kindness in selling it to me. 



J. Caslick, Glenboro, Man. 



I got four bushels of Banner oats. They proved to be the best oats I have ever 

 grown. I have supplied seed to a number of my neighbours. I also got six bushels of 

 Red Fife wheat. I am still growing the same wheat and find it all right. 



Jas. Milne^ Oak Lake, Man. 



The two bushels of Banner oats I purchased from your Farm in 1895 was a very 

 much better yielding strain than any I ever had, they gave a return of 880 bushels from 

 ten acres of summer-fallow. I have supplied seed from this lot to farmers all over 

 this district for twenty miles or more. 



