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29. Essex — White Fife Female with Stewart Male. 



30. Countess — Early Sonora .... do Red Fife do 



31. Rideau — Spiti Valley do Red Fife do 



Of these results in cross-fertilizing six were originated at the Central Experimental 

 Farm by the Director, three in 1889, Nos. 16, 30 and 31, two in 1890, Nos. 20 and 29, 

 and one in 1891, No. 23. Seven were the results of the work of Mr. W. T. Macoun 

 also at the Central Farm; six were produced in 1891, Nos. 22, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28, 

 and one in 1892, No. 19. Three were originated by Dr. A. P. Saunders, in 1892, two 

 of thein Nos. 17 and 21 at the branch experimental farm at Brandon, Manitoba and 

 one No. 18 at the branch farm at Agassiz, British Columbia. 



FIELD PLOTS OP WHEAT. 



Preston. — \ acre. Soil a sandy loam of fair quality, which received a dressing of 

 barn-yard manure in the spring of 1896, of about 12 tons per acre. The previous crop 

 was potatoes. The land was ploughed in the autumn of 1896, about 8 inches deep, and 

 in the following spring disc-harrowed twice and harrowed twice with the smoothing 

 harrow before sowing. Sown 1st May; IJ bushel per acre; came up 11th May; and 

 was ripe 7th August. The time to mature was 98 days. Yield per acre, 28 bushels 42 

 pounds; weight per bushel, 56 J pounds. Length of head, 3 to 3^ inches; length of straw, 

 36 to 40 inches. Growth medium to strong and even ; all standing well. There was no 

 smut, but the leaves and stems were badly rusted. 



Advance. — | acre. This and the next plot referred to were both adjoining the 

 Preston ; the soil was similar and the preparation and treatment of the land the same 

 Sown 1st May; 1-| bushel per acre; came up 11th May; and was ripe 7th August. 

 The time to mature was 98 days. Yield per acre, 25 bushels 1 pound ; weight per bushel, 

 55 pounds. Length of head, 3f to 4 inches ; length of straw, 36 to 41 inches. Growth 

 tolerably even ; standing fairly well ; some of the straw was broken about a foot from 

 the ground. There was no smut, but the leaves and stems were badly rusted. 



Herisson Bearded. — ^ acre. Sown 1st May; 1^ bushel per acre; came up 11th 

 May ; and was ripe 9th August. The time to mature was 100 days. Yield per acre, 

 25 bushels 58 pounds ; weight per bushel, 57^ pounds. Length of head, 2 to 2^ inches ; 

 length of straw, 36 to 40 inches. Growth medium to strong and even ; all standing 

 well. There was no smut, but the leaves and stems were badly rusted. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEASE. 



During the season of 1897, seventy-nine varieties of pease have been tested on 

 uniform plots of ^th acre each, and the results are given in the appended table. The 

 land on which these pease were sown was adjoining that used for the plots of barley, 

 the soil however was a lighter sandy loam and not so good in quality. The preparation 

 and treatment of the land was the same as that used for the barley plots. The land was 

 occupied in 1896 with experimental plots of wheat, oats and barley. The plots of pease 

 were all sown on the 3rd and 4th of May with the following results : — 



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