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$3,000,000, instead of $4,000,000, a loss of $1,000,000. There is, 

 therefore, a total direct loss of over $2,000,000. 



In dealing with the probable losses by the weevil we have been 

 very conservative in our estimates. For example, we have attempted 

 to estimate the loss occasioned by the decrease in acreage ; but unless 

 the best substitutes for the pea crop are grown, persons engaged in 

 the bacon industry, or the export trade, will be disposed to believe 

 that Ontario suffers a heavy loss in this great decrease. 



Varieties of Field Peas. 



Upwards of one hundred varieties of peas have been grown in 

 our experimental grounds within the past fourteen years. The 

 greater number of these have been tested for at least five years in 

 succession, after which time the poorer varieties have been dropped 

 and th3 more valuable kinds have been retained in the experiment. 



