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far there has been Httle success with it in our 

 district, though it is possible that with more 

 experiment it may have a future before it. 



About this time, however, there was much 

 talk of a new variety that was spoken very highly 

 of, and known as " Marquis," and we found that 

 Bob had been in correspondence with the super- 

 intendent of the Experimental Farm at Indian 

 Head about this variety. He read us a very 

 interesting letter he had received from the kind 

 and genial superintendent, from which we learned 

 that he considered " Marquis " fully equal in yield, 

 if not superior, to " Red Fife," and with an equal 

 milling quality, also from a week to ten days 

 earlier. The letter informed us that some seed 

 could be obtained in that neighbourhood. 



All this seemed so encom-aging that an ani- 

 mated discussion followed as to whether we could 

 obtain some of the coveted seed. After a talk 

 about ways and means, it became evident that 

 it would be a much more costly venture in the 

 first instance than purchasing local seed, but 

 it seemed to us possible that by clubbing our 

 resources in this line we might manage what 

 seemed to be decidedly worth trying, and our 

 friends urged me to make a trip to Indian 

 Head and investigate further and try to buy 

 some. 



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