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the average man, oats were white or black, wheat fall or spring, bald 

 or bearded, and barley was only barley. Those who were careful to 

 sow good seed selected their own or their neighbor's plumpest seed 

 and put it once or possibly twice through the fanning mill. So little 

 was known of new sorts that persons desiring something better were 

 compelled to depend upon agents for information regarding cropping 

 values and many a credulous man was seriously victimized before 

 the days of Experimental Farms. 



Many will remember the introduction of Eldorado wheat, a 



The Director's residence from the north in 1912. 



so-called Egyptian variety that on account of its thick, irregular head 

 was claimed to produce extraordinary yields. In the county of 

 Ontario, many fields were sown with seed that cost twelve dollars per 

 bushel and few who saw the harvest will soon forget the miserable 

 yield of inferior grain. 



It cannot be gainsaid that for a comparatively long period 

 Canada has occupied a foremost position in regard to the live stock 

 industry. That is to say, we have had many excellent studs, herds 

 and flocks and with these have justly won international fame. 

 Through stock breeders, the entire agricultural industry has im- 

 mensely benefited, but how many of them, to say nothing of the less 



