370. 
- spring grain, as also was that parchaaed of DoE: eee The 
were sown in April. 
There were eight varieties received from Professor William 
Saunders, director of the Canadian Experiment pe ae bata 
devoted to that use, with the ee pastaniog of iu waeine the vale 
of individual plants. Only the three of which there was sufficient 
seed for both trials are included here. Lut 
A sample of Clawson wheat received from Mr. Eastman was 
Mh ment of Agriculture, and was, as Mr. Eastman informed me, | 
seventeen years old. None of the wheat grew, and none eontiee ‘ 
ated in a trial of 100 kernels under favorable conditions. 
Fulcaster, from the United States Department of Agriculture, 
ate. Both of these samples a wheat had a rancid flavor when fe } 
chewed up. No opportunity has yet been presented of applying is : 
this taste test to old or pay. stored wheats as a criterion of their 
availability for seed. ‘ 
. The following table shows the source of each variety of wheab 
4 ' the areas occupied, dates sown and harvested, rate of yield of 
i grain and straw harvested, relation of grain to straw and other _ 
data : 
