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in yield where the land is in excellent tilth it is only reasonable to assume that there 

 would have been a greater difference with soil in poor condition. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



Winter wheat has been grown repeatedly on this Farm, but a successful crop was 

 harvested for the first time last year. 



Seed of Kharkov wheat was secured from the Experimental Farm at Lethbridge, 

 Alberta, in 1909. and two sowings were made, — the first on August 26, and the second 

 on October 4. The first came up soon after sowing and covered the ground 

 well in the fall. There wa.s no rain after the second sowing and practically none of 

 it came up in the fall. 



The plots were all covered with snow until the middle of March. As soon as the 

 snow disappeared the late-sown plots came up and all of them made excellent growth. 

 The plot sown with 90 lbs. of seed per acre on August 20, suffered considerably from 

 winter-killing on account of a very heavy bank of snow. 



The plots were one-fortieth of an acre. 



WINTER WHEAT. 



A number of plots of Kharkov and one plot of Azima winter wheat were sown last 

 fall and a good stand secured before winter set in. The plots are in the middle of a 

 lame field but have been well covered with snow throughout the winter. 



SMUT PREVENTATIVES. 



The stinking smut of wheat and the loose smut of oats and barley are more or 

 less prevalent throughout Manitoba every year, but in 1910, there was very little loss 

 from this cause. In view of the fact that these diseases can be controlled by any 

 farmer by properly treating his "grain before sowing, and as many continue to neglect 

 this treatment each year or perform it in an inefficient manner, it has been considered 

 advisable to repeat what was said in last year's report on this subject. 



' During the past twenty years various chemicals have been tested to secure one 

 for the prevention of smut in grain crops. Little difficulty has been experienced in 

 controlling this disease in wheat or in oats, but no practicable method has yet been 

 introduced that will entirely prevent it in barley. The formalin treatment has been 

 found, after numerous trials, to be highly satisfactory. Formalin can now be secured 

 almost anywhere; it is inexpensive, the solution is easily prepared, and its efficiency 

 when properly applied is beyond doubt. One pound of formalin is sufficient to make 

 thirty-two gallons of solution, and this quantity will easily cover forty bushels of 



