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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 

 5 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 i to 6 a head. 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-acrc field of Mr Kelkenberg was 

 reported as 160 bushels, a little over 26 bushels an acre. There 

 was 2 to 2 1 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 2o| 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 



