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equal to the sample sent in, as determined by the weight per 
bushel, as will be seen by the following Table : — 
Table IV. — Weight per Bushel of the Best. 
White Wheats. 
Ked Wheats. 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
1. 
2. 
Original sample .. 
GOJ 
58 
59J 
56 
58 
63 
Mr. Rawlcnce 
60 
01 
58 
55 
61 
61 
,, Eandcll .. 
GI 
G2 
58f 
57J 
61 
„ Maiden .. 
59 
GOi 
57J 
56 
591 
„ Edwards 
G2 
GO 
61 
b2J 
61 
The heaviest crops, judged by the standard of this Table, 
were those of Mr. Edwards ; but at harvest they suffered from 
rain, which considerably reduced the market value ; besides, 
the whole bulk was short of the crops in other localities. 
The Judges appointed by the Council, with Mr. Charles 
Whitehead, Chairman of the Seeds and Plants Diseases Com- 
mittee, as Steward, selected No. 1 White Wheat as being first 
in order of merit, and No. 1 Red Wheat as second, and No. 2 
White Wheat as deserving special commendation. 
The prizes were offered for distinctly new varieties, but the 
Judges declined to declare that the samples on which they had 
adjudicated were entitled to be considered new varieties. The 
characters presented by the samples of straw and grain sub- 
mitted to them were not, in their judgment, sufficient to justify 
them in arriving at a positive decision. Thus the question as 
to whether the specimens decided to merit the prizes, by their 
intrinsic qualities, were new varieties, was left to be investi- 
gated by the Committee on Seeds and Plant-Diseases. 
With the view of obtaining materials for their guidance in 
• dealing with this matter, the owners of the three samples 
selected by the Judges were requested to supply more specific 
information in regard to the history and peculiarities of the 
grain they had sent in for competition. 
Mr. Tuckey, the owner of No. 2 White Wheat, wrote that his 
wheat had been imported by Messrs. Webb and Sons, and that 
it had taken several first prizes when shown by them, and that 
Mr. Tuckey had himself taken some cups by it. In the judg- 
ment of the Committee this information excluded it from 
competition on the published terms. 
