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any one who examines a sample of this grain cannot fail to 
notice the sub-translucent appearance it possesses, similar to 
that of the Ghirka wheat grown on the Russian steppes, and 
shipped at the Black Sea ports. Notwithstanding the prevalent 
idea that Red Fvfe originated in Scotland, and derived its name 
from the County of Fife, Mr. Sheriff Ferguson, of Kingston, 
Ont.,the first President of the Agriculture and Arts Association 
of Ontario, gives another and probably correct account of its 
origin. A family, named Fyfe, residing near Kingston, Ont., 
left there in 1837, and settled between Port Hope and Cobourg, 
