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individual, and many are the bits of personal 

 experience to which one may listen, or the vivid 

 narratives of prospectors or hunters, with an 

 occasional plunge into the depths of religion or 

 philosophy, as the great train pursues its long 

 journey over the wintry waste of snow-covered 

 landscape. The journey is, of course, varied by 

 stops at the little stations some eight or ten miles 

 apart, and broken in a welcome way by meals, 

 announced usually as *' first call to dinner " or 

 " last call to supper." 



But, to return to business, as I wanted to get 

 further information about seed, I got into con- 

 versation with a tall and stoutish man sitting 

 by me, whom I judged to be a farmer, and after 

 mentioning our difficulties as to seed, asked if 

 he could say anything about the much-talked- 

 of " Marquis " wheat. 



'* Yes," said he ; "I know a man near me who 

 had fifty acres, and he had sixty bushels to the 

 acre ; it ripened pretty good, too, though it was 

 a bit frozen." 



" Then you think it is a success ? " said I. 



'* On the whole I do," he returned, but went 

 on : " Mind you, I reckon all seed — I mean varie- 

 ties — need selection to prevent deteriorating. You 

 may sow a something special one year and get 



I a good crop, and think your fortune is about 

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