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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 1901 



Record of Sunshine at Central Experimental ^'arm, Ottawa, for the Years 1898, 1890 



and 1900. 



Months. 



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January . . 

 February . 

 March.. . 

 April .... 



May 



June 



July 



August. . 

 September 

 October . . 

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 December 



21 

 15' 

 26 

 29 

 30 

 29 

 30 



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O to 



H 





314 

 241 

 5-53 

 7-79 

 6 01 

 6-16 

 8-80 



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27 

 21 

 21 

 15 



31 



10 



9; 



16 



166 9 



106-0 



91-3 



54-3 



5-23 

 3-41 

 304 



1-75 



1899. 



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s.-s 



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18 

 19 

 17 

 26 

 27 

 29 

 29 

 31 

 22 

 23 

 17 

 17 



13 

 9 



14 

 4 

 4 

 1 

 2 

 

 8 

 8 



13 



14 



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91 

 102 

 124 

 228 

 225 

 257 

 271 

 271 

 128 

 120 

 77 

 50 



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94 

 64 



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 62 

 27 

 57 

 75 

 74 

 29 

 88 

 56 

 61 



1900. 



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18 

 20 

 26 

 26 

 27 

 27 

 29 

 30 

 22 

 26 

 18 

 16 







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13 j 



8 

 5 

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2' 

 1 

 8 

 5 

 12 

 15 



96 

 110 

 177 

 212 

 241 

 282 

 225 

 270 

 164 

 148 

 71 

 34 



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46 

 93 

 73 

 09 

 79 

 40 

 26 

 73 

 48 

 79 

 39 

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WILLIAM T. ELLIS, 



Observer. 



VISIT TO GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE. • 



On July 21, I took passage in the steamer Dominion, from Montreal, and after 

 a. very pleasant journey arrived in Liverpool on the 31st of the month. 



VISIT TO GARTON BROS., WARRINGTON. 



One of the first places visited in England was the establishment of Garton Bros., 

 a firm well-known for the useful and interesting work they have done in the cross- 

 fertilizing of cereals. Their seed establishment is at Warrington, about an hours 

 ride by rail from Liverpool, while their experimental grounds are at Newton le 

 Willows, some 6 or 7 miles distant from Warrington. After looking carefully over 

 the interesting samples of new sorts of grain shown at the seed warehouse, I was 

 driven to the experimental grounds, where under the guidance of the senior member 

 of the firm, the grounds were inspected. These included a very large number of plots 

 of different varieties of cereals, among which there were many new sorts of wheat 

 with heads of various forms and sizes. Among the crosses of Miracle or Eldorado 

 wheat, Triticum turgidum, there were some very curious things, also some ver;>' large 

 And robust looking heads, crosses of Greek Summer wheat, Trilicum durum, with 

 other varieties. Many fine new strains of the ordinary winter wheat were also seen. 



In barley there were a number of interesting sorts, one of which is said to bo 

 veiy stiff in the straw, and another to have smut-resisting qualities. 



The work which has been done by the Garton Bros, in oats interested me much. 

 In some of their new crosses the naked oat of China has been used as one of the 



