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interest, due before the end of December follow- 

 ing. I was assured that 90 per cent, would 

 germinate on test, and took samples to try ; this 

 ultimately proved to be the case, but in the case 

 of the wheat the time taken was irregular. 



Having done the best I could, but with many 

 misgivings as to the final upshot of the trans- 

 action, I was anxious to get home, and started 

 on the morning train to catch the C.N.R. West- 

 bound at Regina. At that place I had just 

 time for a run round the town, and arrived at 

 F in the evening. 



Without forestalling the result of the harvest, 

 I may say at once that we had no reason to com- 

 plain of the way we were treated by the seed 

 growers at Indian Head. 



Although Bob had undertaken to meet me, 



he was not in F on my arrival, and, as I 



knew something unforeseen might easily have 

 delayed him, I determined to get a lift with the 

 first suitable team going north. 



There was, however, an important matter to 

 attend to, and I was not sorry for the opportunity 

 to try to purchase a seeder, as the big grain-drill 

 is called, though Tom and I had discussed the 

 matter anxiously, asking ourselves whether we 

 could not do without it for this season. The 

 fact is, plenty of farmers are very willing to lend 



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