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E. J. Yocum reported an average yield of 20 bushels to the acre 
from a field showing 10.6 per cent shrunken grain and an average of 
four maggots to a head in a sample taken before harvesting. 
One field of Mr McPherson’s, Le Roy, which showed 11.5 per cent 
shrunken grain, produced 30 bushels an acre, with a shrinkage of 
s to 6 bushels for each 100 bushe s. 
The field of E. S. Gifford, Gasport, showing 27 per cent shrunken 
grain in the sample, produced 30 bushels an acre. Mr Gifford could 
give no information as to the screenings though he stated they were 
mostly chaff. 
Seven samples of white chaff had an average of 6.4 per cent of 
shrunken grain, the number of maggots for the various samples 
averaging from a little less than 1 to6ahead. This variety appeared 
to be somewhat more immune from maggot injury than the more 
popular no. 6 and in one section the more generally grown Jones 
red wave. The yield from a 6-acre field of Mr Kelkenberg was 
reported as 160 bushels, a little over 26 bushels an acre. There 
was 2 to 24 per cent of shrunken grain. Mr Kelkenberg states that 
the yield was reduced somewhat by a low sag extending nearly across 
the field. 
The field of Mr Capen, Lockport, showing 8.4 per cent shrunken 
grain in the sample, produced 203 bushels an acre, there being 
practically no screenings. 
Jones red wave had an average of 16.6 per cent of shrunken grain 
for three fields and an average of nearly four maggots a head. The 
midge, for some unexplained reason, appeared to be unusually 
abundant in the vicinity of Clarence and Akron, where this variety 
is grown quite extensively. Other wheats, however, seem to be 
nearly as badly infested. E. J. Snell reported that 16 acres pro- 
duced 420 bushels, or 26 bushels an acre. The total waste was about 
25 bushels, consisting of chaff, cockle, straw, quack, seed weevil 
and shrunken wheat. E. J. Yocum reported an average of about 18 
bushels to the acre and stated that it was of poorer quality than his 
no. 6. A sample taken from the field before harvesting showed 16 
per cent of shrunken grain and an average of 10 maggots to a head. 
This infestation was considerably greater than that of nearby no. 6. 
Klondike had an average of 14.9 per cent of shrunken grain for a 
series of eight samples, the average number of maggots a head rang- 
ing from 1.3 to 16 for the different samples. Attention is called in 
particular to the field of Mr Dale of Lockport, with its 27.3 per cent 
of shrunken grain out of a total of 476, the average maggots to a head 
being 13. Mr Dale reported subsequently that this field yielded 500 
