to 3^ inches long ; two to three grains to mesh ; color red ; 

 grains small and plump; yield 30.5 bushels per acre ; 

 quality best. 



11. Flour Ball. Ripe June 15. 3^ feet high; badly 

 affected with rust ; heads two to three inches long, one to 

 two grains to mesh; color white; grains small and imperfect; 

 yield 7.83 bushels per acre, quality poor. 



12. Prince of Wales. Ripe June 12 ; 3 feet high ; rusted 

 very badly; heads smooth, 3 to 5 inches long; from none to 

 two grains to mesh ; color red ; grains very small and imper- 

 fect; yield 6.16 bushels per acre; quality very poor. 



13. Hundred Day. Ripe June 10. 4 feet high; rusted 

 badly. Heads smooth, 2 to 3 inches long; from none to 

 two grains to mesh ; color white ; grains small and imper- 

 fect; yield 10.66 bushels per acre, quality poor. 



14. Miller^ s Delight. Ripe June 10. 4 feet high ; rust- 

 ed badly; heads smooth and from 2 to 3 inches long; from 

 none to two grains to mesh; color white; grains small and 

 imperfect; yield 11.60 bushels per acre; quality poor. 



15. While Chajf. Ripe June 5. 4 feet high; some 

 rast; heads beardless; 3 to 5 inches long; one to two grains 

 to mesh;, color white; grains medium size, plump; yield 

 30 bushels per acre; quality best. 



Only six of the above fifteen varieties can be recommended 

 to the farmers of this State for cultivation, which are given 

 below in the order of their excellence. The other varieties 

 are quite worthless here. 



1. Purple straw. 



2. White Chaff. 



3. Anglo Canadian. 



4. Large White. 



5. Large Red. 



6. Earliest of All. 



SPURRY. 



This plant was grown here for the first time in 1886, but 

 as no record was kept of the results obtained, it was thought 

 advisable to try it again this year. It is a new plant in 



