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CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM. 
 
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 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
 
 OTTAWA, - - - OAT^ADA., 
 
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 BULLETIN No. ft. 
 
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 Results of the growth of Two-rowed Barley from Seed 
 imported by the Government of Canada. 
 
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 FEBRXJ.A.R^S'. 1891. 
 
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 OENTIIAL EXPERIMENTAL E ARM. 
 
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 DEPARTMENT OF AGIUCULTURE. 
 OTTAVv^A - - - - CANADA. 
 
 lU'LLETlN NO. li. 
 
 Results of the growth of Two-rowed Barley from Seed 
 imported by the Government of Canada. 
 
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 Bv \Vm. SAUNDERS, Director 1']xperimentai- Farms. 
 
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 A deep interest i.s felt in this subject at the present time l>y many 
 Canadian farmers, but more particularly by those residinu,- in thoso 
 counties in Ontario whei-e barley has been for many years one oi' 
 the leading' crops, and a g'eneral desire has been expresnud to know 
 the i-esults of the many tests which have been made during- the 
 past season, especially with the variery whicii was imporLed by the 
 (rovernnient for seed. The present bulletin contains these results 
 as far as it has been possible to got them, Jiearly one-half of the 
 farmers who joined in the test having repoi-ted. 
 
 When the Government, in February, 1890, decided, on the recom- 
 mendation of the Minister of Agriculture, to place in the Estimates 
 the sum of $25,t)00 for the purcdiase of two-rowed barley in Enghmd 
 to be disposed of for seed in Canada, the announcement was received 
 with general approbation. The prospect of a tariif high enough to 
 exclude the greater part of the crop of Caiuidian barley from the 
 United States had led Canadians generally to the conclusion that 
 the wisest course was to look for markets elsewhere, and the only 
 other country which could take orir baide}' was Great Britain. An 
 impression prevails in many minds that in order to sell two-rowed 
 barley at all in the mother country for bi-ewing purposes it must 
 be produced to weigh 56 lbs. to the bushel, since this is the English 
 standard weight for a bushel of that grain. This is an error. Any 
 kind of barley of almost any quality, however poor, will sell in the 
 
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 British niiukol, but tho more interior the grade tho lower the price 
 it will bring, and inferior bai'loy from Canada would have to com- 
 pete with tho largo quantiticH of barley of low grades which find 
 their way to England from Russia and other European points, whore 
 farm labour is much lower than it i in this country. Since it costs 
 as much to carry a bushel of inferior barley to England as it does 
 to carry one of .uperior quality, and the question is not one of 
 sale but of relative profit, tho faimer here can only expect as his 
 I'eturn tho English figure, less the cost of transportation and com- 
 mission, and when the price realized in Britain is low the highest 
 figure which could bo paid hei'O would be too low to be remunera- 
 tive to the grower. 
 
 The lower grades of barley, chiefly six-rowed, are used largely foi- 
 feeding purposes and for distilling; the higher grades of two-rowed 
 barley being in demand for malting and brewing, and for this pur- 
 pose barley of high quality commands high pJMces. As a I'ule, the 
 heavier and plumper the barley the better figure it will bring, the 
 malting barleys varying in weight from 52 to 56 and in some cases 
 to 57 lbs per bushel. There are, however, other points besides weight 
 which influence buyers in the choice of bailey for malting, such 
 as mellowness and thinness of skin ; but the full value of bailey 
 from any new source can be determined best by the character of 
 the beer which results from the brewing. Chemical analyses have 
 shown that barley of high quality is uniformly low in the pro])or- 
 tion it contains of albuminoids or nitrogenous products ; and as it has 
 been shown that the six-rowed barleys grown in Ontario have a low 
 proportion of nitrogen, and hence are higher in quality tlian the same 
 class of barleys grown in the United States or Russia, and as it is 
 altogether probable that this condition of the grain is brought about 
 by climatic influences, there are good grounds for hope that two- 
 rowed barleys grown under the same favourable conditions will 
 possess that low proportion of nitrogen which will eventually prove 
 an important factor in determining their value. From an average of 
 400 analyses published in Europe, extending over six j'^ears' crops, 
 the fine two-rowed Austrian barleys average 9-61 per cent., those of 
 England 9-69, Denmark 10-91, France 10-55, North Germany 11-21 
 and Russia 12-76. In the course of a special investigation into the 
 composition of American barley maae by the Chemist of the Depart- 
 ment of Agriculture in Washingtua in 1876, the average proportion 
 of nitrogenous products obtained from 12 analj'ses of Canadian 
 
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 biirloy from Ontario was 0*83, while tlic average of those grown 
 in (lilfercnt parts of the United States, Joaving out California, was* 
 11'50, California standing atlO*r>0. 
 
 A numhor of samples, botji of two-rowed and six-i'owed baiKy. 
 grown in dill'erent pai'ts of Canada, are now iieing analysed Ity the 
 Chemist of the JOxporimental Farm, Mr. F. T. Shiitf, with the ohjeet 
 of gaining ftirthei- information on this std)je('t. 
 
 Canadian six-rowed barley is preferred by brewers in the United 
 States, because having a lower proportion of albuminoids it is belter 
 than that grown in their own country ; and there is reason to hope 
 that the same relatively high character may be established for 
 Canadian two-rowed barley. If this be done there is no reason why 
 the brewers of Canada and the Unittvl States should not also jirefer 
 the two-rowed l)arley, which tinds such favour in (ireat Britain. 
 
 As soon as the Canadian (rovernment had decided to place the 
 sum referred to in the Estimates negotiations were begun foi- the 
 purchase of the barley, and to save time the arrangements were made 
 by cable, pending the receipt of samples which were forward'^l by 
 mail. After careful enquiry, 10,000 bushels of barley was purchased 
 from James Carter & Co., of London, England, of tlie variety known 
 as Prize Prolific, this being selected mainly for the reason that the 
 experiments already matle with this barley in Canada had given 
 good results. It was brought out in 5,000 bags of 112 lbs. each, and 
 on ari'ival carefully inspected, and as it was not found as clean as 
 was expected the bags were ail opened and the barley passed twice 
 through the cleaning apparatus of the Montreal Warehouse Com- 
 pany, by which means the sample was made uniform and good, and 
 although not absolutely clean, was, from a commercial standpoint, 
 very clean. Not knowing how large the demand might be it was 
 tii'st offered to Canadian farmers, one bag only to each individual, 
 at $4 per bag, freight being prepaid to the nearest railway station to 
 the purchaser. As soon as the bulk of the orders were in, this limit 
 of purchase was withdrawn, but the season then was too far 
 advanced in the principal barley districts for the farmers to avail 
 themselves of the offer of a further supply. Indeed in many 
 instances, although every effort was made to secui-e prompt des- 
 yjatch, the barley purchased ilid not reach those who ordered it 
 until a week or two after most of their grain was sown, and such 
 late sowing lessens the yield, sometimes very materially. 
 
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 About 3,200 bags wore Hold to 2,600 piircliaserH. OfthoHc, 1,052 
 
 have Hoiit in reports of the crop jiroducod and samplos of the u^rain 
 
 as followH : — 
 
 Table showing' rcsultB ol" tuslH ofTwo-rowod Bai-ley (Prize rrolitic), 
 imported by the (rovoiMirnont of Canada lor Seed. 
 
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 iu^^'^' Acir. ll'J I'nuii.ls. as U.'ccivcd. (;i.-iuiiuir. 
 
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 ( )ntari( > cS72 
 
 (^iH'hfC! 4H 
 
 X(iva S(!()tin 13 
 
 New Hninswiok '2'A 
 
 I'riiRi' l'](l\var(l Island. 11 
 
 Maiiitdha 02 
 
 North-Wfst'rcrritorii's 22 
 
 Jiritisih Coliinibia ! 1 
 
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 20f 
 
 2.11 
 
 45? 
 
 linslu'ls. 
 
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 Lbs. 
 
 501 
 
 48; 
 
 51,'. 
 
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 50Y 
 
 4M 
 
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 5H 
 
 
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 Since the greater part of the barley exported to the United States 
 is sent from the Pi'ovince of Ontario, some of the information gained 
 from farmers in that Province will be given prominence in this 
 Bulletin. Out ol the 872 reports received from Ontario, 337 report a 
 yield of the crop after roots, and the avai'age of these is 27f bushels 
 per acre and the samples sent weighed as they were received 50 1^ lbs. 
 per bushel. Many of the farmers who sent samples stated in their 
 letters that they were sent just as they came from the threshei', and 
 since such grain is not in a marketable condition it was thought 
 only fair to the barley to make the samples merchantable by further 
 cleaning. This was done by passing them all through a small fanning 
 mill, which separated from 12 to 18 per cent, ol the lighter grain 
 and left the samples weighing on an average 51^ lbs. per bushel. 
 
 The results of those grown after other crops, given in 535 reports 
 are as follows: Yield, 24^ bushels per acre; weight as received, 
 501 lbs. ; after cleaning, 5H lbs. The average of the barley crop of 
 Ontario for 1890, as given by the Bureau of Statistics, is 22*2 bushels 
 per acre and this is based on the returns from 1,015 correspondents. 
 On comparing the yield of two-rowed barley with this estimate, the 
 barley grown after roots shows an average gain of 5| bushels per 
 acre and that grown after other crops of over 2 bushels ; or, 
 taking the average of the whole, the yield is 25| bushels, or a gain 
 of 3*3 bushels. Such a gain per acre on the barley acreage of 
 
Ontario for 1800 would juUl Sl,ir)7,l87 tofho incornc of the fanning 
 community of tlio Provinco and tjtill bettor rosidtH might bo looked 
 for with oarlv Hovvini;. 
 
 The following table, fompilod from the " StatiHtics of (^Vops in 
 Ontario," HhowH the average for eight yeai-s, from 1S82 to lcC9, 
 incluHive, of the acreage in barley in the dilforent counties, the 
 yield per acre and the total yield, arranged in the ordei" of pre- 
 ecdenco. 
 
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 Vi.rk 
 
 I )lll'lliUII 
 
 .\'()i'tliuiiil>erliiiKl 
 
 I'rince I'idwjirtl 
 
 lii'Miiiix iiiul Addiii^toii 
 
 Hastings 
 
 Ontario 
 
 Wtlliiigton 
 
 I'CI'I 
 
 Sinicof 
 
 Victoria 
 
 Huron 
 
 (Iri'v 
 
 Atrrcagf 
 in Barl<'\ . 
 
 met' 
 
 1^ 
 
 l'>riint 
 
 l''rontenac' 
 
 P.'rtli 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Waterloo 
 
 Middt4esex 
 
 Lanibton 
 
 Haldiinand 
 
 Peter borough . . . 
 
 Halton 
 
 Wentworth . . . . 
 
 Dutt'erin 
 
 Leeds and Grenville 
 
 ( 'arleton 
 
 1 )uiidas 
 
 Kent 
 
 Norfolk 
 
 Klgin 
 
 Lincoln 
 
 Welland 
 
 Lanark 
 
 Prescott 
 
 Essex 
 
 Stonnont 
 
 Glengarry 
 
 Russell 
 
 Renfrew 
 
 Parry Sound . 
 
 Algoma 
 
 Muskoka 
 
 Hal i burton . 
 
 Totals for the Province. 
 
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 41,2H3 
 4(>,r)0<) 
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 3!>,r).S7 
 
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 35,r)<»2 
 31.410 
 31,2SO 
 27,33(1 
 23,34(1 
 l!t,41!) 
 
 iH,(;r)2 
 
 18,()34 
 
 17,028 
 
 17,070 
 
 10,073 
 
 10,000 
 
 l4,r.S4 
 
 14,401 
 
 13,007 
 
 13,341 
 
 13,03() 
 
 11,005 
 
 11,030 
 
 7,S7o 
 
 0,707 
 
 0,484 
 
 (i,181 
 
 4,307 
 
 4,340 
 
 3.824 
 
 2,847 
 
 2,774 
 
 2,754 
 
 2,280 
 
 2,213 
 
 1,455 
 
 1,443 
 
 040 
 
 504 
 
 531 
 
 278 
 
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 2,245 
 
 Yiel.l i ToUd 
 |»er Acre. | Yield. 
 
 r.nshels. 
 
 liusllfls. 
 
 2!» (■> 
 
 1,714,!I07 
 
 27 3 
 
 i,3(»:.,;<25 
 
 22 7 
 
 1.058,473 
 
 20 7 
 
 S53.77(» 
 
 22 3 
 
 0(»2.331 
 
 23 1 
 
 030.540 
 
 20- 
 
 1,145,353 
 
 28 3 
 
 1.0l0,8(t2 
 
 28' 
 
 000,458 
 
 20 • 
 
 .S1C>.(;71 
 
 25-4 
 
 705.573 
 
 27-7 
 
 757,750 
 
 24 5 
 
 .571,538 
 
 25-0 
 
 502,371 
 
 27 
 
 514.581 
 
 23- 
 
 428.147 
 
 20 '7 
 
 522.801 
 
 30- 1 
 
 513.778 
 
 30 8 
 
 5i(t.200 
 
 20 7 
 
 ti »•„',( i5(> 
 
 20-5 
 
 .S87,170 
 
 23 1 
 
 331,i)05 
 
 24 4 
 
 340,2.37 
 
 28 '4 
 
 .370,040 
 
 283 
 
 300.285 
 
 25 5 
 
 304.020 
 
 25 2 
 
 278.040 
 
 20 4 
 
 231.100 
 
 30 1 
 
 203. 48(; 
 
 27-5 
 
 178.3(J4 
 
 260 
 
 1(>0,,553 
 
 27 5 
 
 I2o,0(;o 
 
 254 
 
 110,400 
 
 23-9 
 
 01,581 
 
 20 
 
 75,780 
 
 27 3 
 
 75,722 
 
 27 3 
 
 75,0(;2 
 
 280 
 
 (J4,154 
 
 23 1 
 
 51,182 
 
 24-7 
 
 .35,002 
 
 24-8 
 
 35,770 
 
 22-9 
 
 14,8»)0 
 
 20-7 
 
 15,070 
 
 217 
 
 11,530 
 
 24 2 
 
 0,725 
 
 20 2 
 
 20,218,0.30 
 
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 LuHt year (ISIIO) tlio acionno fell otV to 70l,3*J(i afros aiul tlio yioM 
 was 4 biishols loss than tlio avorai^o ot tlio jirovioUH ci^lit ytiar.s, 
 which broiio-ht tho total yield down to ir),()()t),l(JI). 
 
 Extracts from the reports of lariiiorH residing in tho several coun- 
 ties will now be i^iven, bo/^innitig with tho most important barley 
 county — York. Unless otherwise stated, the results given in eaeli 
 caHc are from the sowing- of I bag of 112 lbs, 
 
 YORK. 
 
 EmerHon Cooper, of Carrville, writ(!s : " Sown 23rd A]»ril on light 
 clay loam, after potatoes; harvestotl al)out ten dayH later than 
 other barley ; yield, 25 bushels i)er aero; total yi(dd, .'35 bushels. 
 Seeded too thick to got best results. Ave ho pleased with the bai'ley 
 that we think ot' sowing none but this variety next seuHon." 
 
 L. Cameron, of Ii]lder's Mills, says : " Sown 2nd May on chiy loatn, 
 after potatoes; coidd not tell exactl}' the area sown; total yield 
 from 112 lbs., 2,580 lbs, (58,^^ bushels). The land was in good 
 order." 
 
 Wm. McDoi.ald, of Hagerman, says: "Sown 2lst April on good 
 clay soil, after corn and turnips; hai'vested 4th August; yield per 
 acre, 40 bushels; total yield, 80 bushels Irom 185 lbs. of seed. I 
 am sure H bushels of seed per acre would have produced a better 
 result, the land being lich and well drained." 
 
 Wm. Farr, Woodbridgo, writes: "Sown )}rd May on clay loam, 
 after fail Avheat ; harvested 5th August ; yield, 28 bushels per acre ; 
 total yield, 35 bushels. It yielded better than our Canadian barley, 
 but barley was below an average yield this year. I intend sowing 
 about 10 acres another year." 
 
 Wm. Giant, Markham, reports: "Sown 24th April on clay loam, 
 after potatoes; harvested 9lh August, yield, 28 bushels from ]^ acres. 
 The two-rowed barley yielded more straw than the the six-rowed 
 and 2 bushels per acre more grain ; was sixteen days longer in 
 ripening." 
 
 Thos. Geer, Aurora, says : " Sown 18th April on light soil, after 
 potatoes; harvested 8th August; total yield, 40 bushels, very near 
 double the yield of my six-rowed on same kind of soil." Sample 
 sent weighed 54 lbs. per bushel. 
 
 John W. Mablj^ Aurora, reports : " Sown 16th April on very light 
 but rich soil ; harvested 15th August; total yield, 30 bushels. The 
 
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 Prize Prolific yiolded 1.') I)Ii>1>o1h more than tim six-rovvcd, honvh s'u\v 
 hy nido. Soinu who tjot tho Iwo-i'owed l>urluy hi'io ^ot more than 
 double that ol' tho six-rowud.'" Wi'inhl of suinplc ')2\ lbs. \)vv biishid. 
 
 JoHJiiia Willoiiu^hby, of Sutloii Wont, ^ot ',V.',\ buHJicIs I'rom one ba^ 
 sown; Win. Irwin, of Noblcton, |;{ iniHlu'is; .lanu's Mullory, ol' 
 TcHton, 151) btishoU ; J{i(dmrd Haltors, of Iiond Head, nr) ImisIk-Ih ; 
 JanioH Mustard, of Markharn. .'>;") bnshols; .lame-. Dobson, Schoinborg, 
 8H busholn — he says: " It far exceeds my six-row cd barley. " Alfred 
 Fi. Keller, ot Coiieoril, .'{() bushels ; llobert Frascr, of Ibadfonl, ."JT^ 
 busiieln, whosays: " 1 intend sowinti^ at least ton aen^s next H|»rini!,\ " 
 X. A. AFalloy, of LaHkay, ."lO bushels — hosavN: •• I sowed toothi(dc; 
 at I'J- buwholH ])or acre I ho yield would have been better." T. \'\ 
 Wallace, of VVoodbi-id^-e. 3(J bushels; VA'i Wray, of S(diond»uri;h, Kl 
 buHJiols ; (too. \Vat8on, of Iviui;-, l{() bushels; BcMijamin Ua(die. of 
 liavenshoo, Ho busholn; ThoH. Cairns, ot La.-^kay, .■12 bushels; Isaac 
 W. Flotehor, Jluiuber, 88 bushels, and \Vm. Morton, Holland Land- 
 ing, HO bushols per acre, who says : " 1 consider ilie two-rowed bar- 
 ley will prove a i;'reat advantage to our <'ounty." 
 
 DURHAM. 
 
 J. D. Trelovon, ot Hampton, had a yield of 3r> buslnds from one 
 bag, and says: "1 soAved tliis Ijai-ley too thick; it stools out more 
 than the six-rowed, I th'-iiv 1.} bushels suilicient to the acre, ll 
 averaged with me iui)vv than twice as much as the six-rowed." 
 
 John Mitchell, of Millbrook, had i}? bushels, of wdiich he >ont a 
 nice bright ;^ample, which weighed 51]^ lbs. per busjiel. lie says : " It 
 has a poor-looking head, -md it all knuckled down, but it did 
 middling well." 
 
 Geo, G-ray, of Clarke, had 132 bushels, weighing 51.1 lbs. He says: 
 " I think tho straw is going to be too soft, if this year was a projier 
 one to go by. We had a great deal of rain hero," 
 
 James Adams, of Newcastle, had 105 bushels olf :\ acres, or 35 
 bushels to the acre. He says: "The crop would have been much 
 better with a favourable season. We shall sow the whole ])roduct 
 next year. Tho best yield of six-rowed barley in this locality was 
 20 bushels per acre," 
 
 John McNeill, of Cavansville, had a yield ot 50 bushels on nearly 
 2 acres from 112 lbs,, and states, that it ''is a week later in 
 ripening, but much better than six-rowed grown alongside." 
 
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 RichJird Barrett, of Newcastle, hud a yield of 43^ bushels per 
 acre ; weight per bushel 52 lbs. 
 
 Eichard Varcoe, of Newcastle, had 2Y bushels per acre, weighing 
 58i Ihs. per bushel. He says:, " I intend to sow the total yield next 
 year." 
 
 Richard Good, of BoAvmanvilU^, had ayield per acre of 25 bushels. 
 He says : " This has been a very iDoor year for barley in this section ; 
 six-rowed averaged about 15 bushels." 
 
 Robert Ca8cadon,Wesleyville, had 25 bushels per acre, or a total of 
 35 bushels weighing 52:^ lbs. per bushel. He says : " My land is low, 
 and season being wet and cold my barley had no ciiance ; there was 
 one high knoll on the patch and it was grand, good enough looking 
 for 45 bushels per acre." 
 
 Thos Medd, Millbrook, had 40 bushels per acre, weighing 53 lbs. 
 per bushel. 
 
 Joseph Bland, Mount Pleasant, had 28 bushels per acre, says : " It 
 was a very bad barley season in this part." 
 
 NORTHUMBERLAND. 
 
 Geo. Farr, of Harwood, sowed his bag on less than an acre; had a 
 total yield of 35 bushels, or at the rate of 40 bushels per acre, weigh- 
 ing 53 lbs. per bushel. He says : " Sowed 3rd May on clay loam, after 
 roots, harvested 15th August. Had I sown 2 acres with the same 
 quantity of seed I would have realised about double the yield ; am 
 satisfied with the barley; think it will do well on my farm. I intend 
 Sovving quite a quantity next year." 
 
 Wm. Cochrane, of Colborne, had a yield from 1 bag of 34 bushels, 
 weighing 52|- lbs. per bushel saj's : " Sown about I2th May, on clay 
 loajn, aftei- oats; harvested 4th August. I am well pleased with the 
 grain; it was the best crop raised in this section. 1 am going to 
 give it a ftiir trial another year." 
 
 F. BoneycuHtle, of Campeilford, had 25 bushels per acre, after fall 
 wheat. He says : " Turned out better than the six-rowed, but has a 
 very weak straw." 
 
 John L. Grogean, of Cobourg, had a total yield of 24 bushels on ll 
 acres. He says: " Spring very wet; about ^ acre was drowned out; 
 yielded better than the six-rowed barley; it will not lodge like the 
 six-rowed ; straw not so long, and brighter." 
 
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 W. B. Huyck, of Custleton, had 18 bushels per aero. He says : 
 '' Although this is a small yield, it is eonsiderubly better than the 
 eix-rowed did, which was the poorest ever grown in this section on 
 account of heavy rainfall. I think well ol it." 
 
 Cf. L. Duncan, of Colborne, had 21 bushels per acre. He says: 
 "about one-third of my crop was drowned out with heavy rains; a 
 poor crop, but better than the six-rovred barley this yeai-." 
 
 "^V. T. Burnham, of Cobourg, had .. total yield of 54 bushels from 
 one bag or 39 bushels per acre, weighing 5l:>^ lbs. per bushel. He 
 says : " The season was much against it, on accoun t ot so much rain." 
 
 Jacob R. Harris, Warkworth, had 30 bushels from one bag sown. 
 He says: " One-third of this was sown at 2 bushels per acre, one-third 
 at 1^ bushels, and one-third at 1 bushel. That sown 1 bushel pei-acre 
 was best ; the barley was injuied by heavy rains." 
 
 Thos. Gibson, Newcastle, had 35 bushels from one bag sown. He 
 says: " I think it can be grown successfully in this county." 
 
 Thos. Clarke, of Brighton, had 21 bushels per acre. He says ; 
 " Season was very unfavourable ; had six-i"owed barley alongside of 
 it, and the two-rowed was equally good, if not bettei". The wet 
 drowned part of it out." 
 
 PRINCE EDWARD. 
 
 James R. Anderson, of Mountain View, had a total yield of 40 
 bushels, 32 bushels per acre, weighing 535 lbs. He says : " Sown 
 21st April on black clay; preceding crop, barley ; harvested last 
 week in July. I sowed my bag on 1^ acies of ground ; had I sown 
 it on IJ acres I would have had a much better crop. When it began 
 to stool it was altogether too thick to do well. I showed it at the fairs 
 near by and took the first prize on it ; am well pleased with the way 
 the barley has turned out." 
 
 Geo. C. Hurlburt, of Cressy, had a total yield of 39 bushels, 
 weighing 53 lbs. per bushel. He says : " About ten days later than six- 
 rowed ; preceding crop, barley. I sowed on ordinary soil ; had no 
 extra chance ; the yield wa- double that of the six-rowed." 
 
 Elkanah Babbitt, of Rossmore, had 50 bushels from one bag sown 
 on 1| acres. He says: "I am well pleased with this year's trial ; the 
 yield was more than double that of our common six-rowed, which 
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 Dr. Edwiird Kydd, of Picton, had a total yield of 25 biisliels. He 
 says: *' It yielded better than my other barley o)i similar soil; will 
 try it again next year. " 
 
 Geo. F. Affir, of Picton, had a similar yield of 25 bushels. He 
 says: " It yielded better than my other barley ; am well satisfied, 
 and will sow next vear" 
 
 Alex. H. Anderson, of Rossmore, had 20 bushels pei- acre ; total 
 yield, 26 bushels. He says: "Preceding crop, six-iowed barley. I 
 used no manure in the field, and sowed six-rowed barley in same 
 field alongside of it, as I wished to see which would do the best. I 
 found the two-rowed far exceeded the other in sti'aw and yield." 
 
 G. J. Walmsley, Waupoos, had 22 bushels per acre. He says : '" I 
 think it does better than the six-rowed barley. 
 
 Oscar Bristol, Demorestville, reports a total yield of 60 bushels, or 
 30 bushels per acre. He says: "J am well pleased with the two- 
 rowed barley." 
 
 W. S. DeAtill, Picton, had 130 bushels from five bugs sown, and says 
 that his two-rowed yielded much more than the six-rowed, " Am 
 satisfied we can make it a success". 
 
 John J. Young, Consecon, sowed his bag on H acres, and had a 
 yield of 40 bushels. He says " The two-rowed barley yielded about 
 one-quarter more than the six-rowed did." 
 
 W. C. Kilhip, Consecon, had 25 bushels, and says : "This two-rowed 
 barley turned out better than the six-rowed sown in the same field." 
 
 James Arthur, of the same place, had 27 bushels per acre, or a 
 total yield of 40 bushels. 
 
 Enock A. Mills, Demorestville, had 26 bushels per acre, or a total 
 yield of 40 bushels. He says : " It was late sowmi, l)ut did very well 
 after all ; it gives very good satisfaction." 
 
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 J. J. AVatson, Adolphustown, had 33 bushels from one bag sown. 
 He says : '' Sown 2l8t April; harvested 31st J\i\y; the six-rowed 
 barley was the poorest of any crop this year in this section." 
 
 Thomas Gurran, Sandhurst, had 45 bushels from one bag sown, or 
 30 bushels to the acre. He says: " I sowed it about one-fourth too 
 thick; would have had 60 bushels if sown on more around." 
 
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 Lewis Hastman,, Odessa, reports a yield of 18 bushels from 1 
 bushel, and says : " Six-rowed barley turned out about 10 bushels 
 from 1 in same field." 
 
 David T. Finley, Stella, had a total yield of42|buHhol,s from two 
 bags sown, and says : " I am well pleased with the Iwo-rowed barley 
 for this unfavourable season. I did not receive it eaily enough ; my 
 six- rowed was up before the other arrived.' lie also states that his 
 two-rowed barley, although so late sown, yielded better than the six- 
 rowed. 
 
 John Galbiaith, Camden East sowed one bag on 1 acre, and had 
 a yield of 20 bushels. He says : " I find 2 bushels to the acre toa 
 much ; 1:^ bushels would be quite enough, as it is a gi-cat barley to 
 stool, some roots having as many as ten shoots. Tlio six-rowed 
 barley in this section was not half a crop." 
 
 Jas. Cousins, Enterprise, had 30 bushels to the acre, 75 to SO bushels 
 from two bags, and says ; " Sowed six-rowed same day in same field, 
 all conditions alike ; the two-vowed gave 8 to 10 bushels per acre 
 the better yield." 
 
 J. D. Wager, Enterprise, had 34^ bushels per acre, or a total yield 
 of 40 measured bushels from one bag. lie says: '■ Had six-rowed 
 barley in same field, same treatment; yield onl^' 16^ bushels from 
 one, and lighter barley." 
 
 N. B. Hough, Sillsville, had 37 bushels from one bag sown. He 
 says: " Part erf it was hurt with wet weather; otherwise, I think 
 there would have been 45 to 50 bushels." 
 
 Peter D. Davis, Dorland, had a total yield of 35 bushels, or 25 
 bushels per acre. 
 
 Micheel McKeever, Sandhurst, reports a total yield of 30 bushels, 
 and John Marshall, Stella, 24 bushels per acre. He sent a sample 
 which weighed 53 lbs. per bushel, and says : " The barley was half 
 drowned out; think it will do well here." 
 
 HASTINGS. 
 
 S. E. Lane, Wallbridge, sowed one bag on 1 acre, and had 23 
 bushels , and says : '* It yielded about 7 bushels to the acre more than 
 the six-rowed barley, and stands the wet weather better." 
 
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 Henry Fern, Foxboro', had 28 busliols, and ways: "I believe we 
 can raise tiie barley if you can ^et us a market for it." 
 
 John Toppings, Marysville, sowed bis bag on 1 acre, and got 30 
 bushels, lie says: "I sowed it too thick." 
 
 Alex. 31iller, Frankford, had a yiohl of ;>0 bushels, or about 20 
 busiiels an acre, and says: "Sown 28lh April; hai'vested 15th 
 August. The seed weighed 55 lbs. per bushel, the yield only 51. 
 Six-rowed growing in the same Held beside it weighed 48 lbs. and 
 about the same yield per acre." 
 
 Jos. Ilaggerly, West Huntingdon, sowed one bag on nearly Ih 
 acres and had 82 bushels. He says, " Sown 8th May; hai-vested 12th 
 August. Straw quite soft ; lodged badly; sowed 1 bushel in iield with 
 six-rowed, which stood much better; all our barley almost a failure 
 this season; think it should be sown very early, and am of opinion 
 it will do well. 1 intend sowing next spring." 
 
 Robert Bush, Frankford. had 31 bushels, or 23^ bushels per acre, 
 and says: "I liked it very well ; had ii bigger yield than any one in 
 our neighbourhood." 
 
 John H. McColl, of the same place, sowed his bag about H 
 bushels per acre, and had 28 bushels. He says : " I didn't give 
 this barley any cxti-a chance ; I sowed it on one side of a field with 
 my six-rowed barley ; I don't thiidc the two-rowed barley yielded 
 quite as much per acre as my own barley." 
 
 W. N. Ponton, Belleville, who ha I 26 bushels from one bag, says: 
 "A larger yield than the ordinary Canadian barley, which this year 
 did not hold out its usual weight and was very poor." The sample 
 sent by Mr. Ponton weighed 53 lbs. per bushel. 
 
 Wm. Arbuckle, Thomasburg, htid 35 bushels ti-oni one bag of seed, 
 and says: "Took tirst prize tit Township show. J). McFarlane, Mel- 
 rose, 35 bushels; John Leverton, Shannonville, 32 bushels, and 
 Charles Long, Blossington, 27 bushels, who sa3^s: "I am well satis- 
 fied with it, comparing it with the growth of six-rowed barley." 
 
 P. E. Daly, of Belleville, had 24 bushels from one bag sown, and 
 says: "The seed arrived late, and I was obliged to sow it upon 
 unsuitable ground ; still, it beat my six-rowed in quantity and 
 quality. I intend to sow all that it produced, and will try and give 
 it a fair trial the coming season. " 
 
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 James Tran, Green River, had 40 bushels per aero, or 44 bushels 
 in all. lie nays " : Sown Gth May. I think the harle}' did very well 
 for the chance it «;jot ; land wan not fall-])loui!;hed. imly ganu- 
 ploughed in the spring; barley crop ])0()r here, only averaging 
 about 20 bushels per acre. For the last2r) years have not raised less 
 than 25 to 50 bushels; this year I had only 24 bushels per acre." 
 
 Mr. Coates, Shirley, had 32 bushels t'roui one biig of seed, and 
 says : " We liked it very well ; will sow about 1(J acres lu^xt yea."' 
 
 Thomas Stonehouse, Cannington, had 2,000 lbs. (41 bush. 32 lbs.) 
 from one bag sown, and says : " A splendid crop ; great yield ; far ahead 
 of the six-rowed; will sow 27 acres of this barley next spring ;dias 
 a strong, rank straw ; will only sow 1 bushel to the acre next 
 season, as it stools out very much." 
 
 Geo. Ruttle, Brechin, cleaned up 30 bushels ]ku' acre.saj'S : '• This 
 barley had not a good chance, but did better than the six-rowed 
 beside it; was strong in the sti-aw, and did not rust; the six-rowed 
 rusted badly. " 
 
 William Pearson, Manchester, had 40 bushels from one bag of seed, 
 and says; " 1 am satisfied that I can raise more per acre of llio two- 
 rowed than I can oi'the six-rowed. I intend sowing about 00 acres 
 next spring. " 
 
 Robert Brabagon, Wick, had 35 bushels, and says. " 1 had about 
 three times as much two-rowed barley on the same farm as J had of 
 the six-rowed.' 
 
 John Forsyth, of Glasgow, had 28 bushels, and says. "The yield 
 would have been much larger had it not been for the heavy rains. 
 Our Canadian barley in the same field produced scai'cely 20 bushels 
 to the acre. The tw^o-rowed pi-oduced more straw than the six- 
 rowed." 
 
 A. P. McDonald, of Millington, had 30 bushels 40 lbs. per acre, 
 and says. " This year was very unfavourable for barley in this part of 
 Ontario; six-rowed, which usually does well, was a failure. The two- 
 rowed barley did much better with me on the same soil. I believe it 
 will be a success if the farn\ers will prepare thegvound properly for 
 it." 
 
 Thos. Waddell, Beaverton, had a jdeld of 40 bushels from one bag 
 on 1^ acres. Robert Bruce, Bi'echiu, -iO bushels per acre; Wm. Oak, 
 
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 Beavei'ton, 40 bushels per acre; VVm. Jeffrey, Brookliii, had 60 
 bushels flora Ih acres ; Wm. Brent, Raghin, 40 bushela per acre. 
 He says: " T think il' I had received the barley ten days sooner it would 
 have done better, although I think it did first-rate." Wm. Brain, 
 Beaverton, had 30 bushels 27 lbs. per aero ; B. T. Brown, (lame- 
 bridge, 41 bushels per acre ; R. S. Vickrey, Prince Albert, 40 bushels 
 off 1^ acres; .lanies t'ound, Dumbarton, 35 bushels pei'aci'c, hesays, 
 "The season was dami) ; there was a heavy crop of straw, and it 
 went down a good deal, which lessened the yield." W. Eyj-es^ Can- 
 nington, had 35 bushels from one bag, or 30 bushels per acie ; John 
 Martin, Raglan, 32 bushels per acre ; James Trull, Whitby, 30 busliels 
 per acre; C. Harleston Irving, Newmarket, 30 bushels. He says, "I 
 intend to sow 10 or 12 acres next spring. John H. Whitfield, Port 
 Perry, reports 35 bushels per acre ; and Wm. Blackwell, Cannington^ 
 32 bushels per acre, total yield from one bag, 40 bushels, who says : 
 *' Sowed six rowed barley in same field ; yield per aci'e 20 bushels." 
 
 WELLINGTON. 
 
 Geo, Wright, Elora, had 40 bushels per acre or 45 bushels in all 
 from one bag. He says, " I intend to sow Carter's Prize Prolific next 
 season." Charles Gillies, Mount Forest, had 30 bushels from one bag- 
 sown, and says : " It has yielded about 5 bushels more to the acre 
 than six-rowed barley." 
 
 H. A. Hunter, Orangeville, had 32-^ bushels per acre, and says: 
 " Bright, and 4 lbs. per bushel heavier than six-rowed barley 
 grown in the same field." 
 
 Geo. Haycock, Abei'foyle, had 26 bushels per acre, and says : " It 
 did well for the chance it had ; could have sown it 15 days sooner if I 
 had it. It }^ieldod far better than the Canadian barley, and stands 
 up well. I intend sowing it all next spring on a better piece of 
 land." 
 
 John Shaw, West Luther, had ayield of 32 bushels, and says : " Shall 
 not sow any six-rowed barley next season." 
 
 J. Riordan, Arthur, had 40 bushels, and says : '' Sowed my bag on 
 exactly 1 acre ; if put on 1^ acres the yield would have been bettei* 
 I will manage the sowing better another season." 
 
 John Given, Ballinafad, had 34 bushels from one bag, about 25 
 bushels per acre, and says : " I think that with good cultivation it 
 would do well here, and that seems to be the prevailing opinion." 
 
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 .his. W. BiU'iiB, Rockwood, hud 30 hushels per aerc, Jind says: 
 " When it erame out in liead a dosti'iietivo storm laid it flat; bill tor 
 this I feel certain we would have had 40 bushels.' 
 
 .ra8. McNanghton,(:rOurocl<.had 80 bushels froin two bai^^s^or about 
 40 bushels to the aerc^, and says : " I am very mu(di ]>least'(l with the 
 two-rowed barley. \ have had a number of larmeis asking tor 
 seed." 
 
 Thos. K. VValsli, (ruelpli, had oH bushels tVoni a bag. or :!(i bushels 
 per acre, and says- " It was sown too thick, also too late, butiheyield 
 was better than the six-rowed barley under the ^aIU(' coiidilions." 
 
 L. B. Crewson. tJrand \';dley, had IJO bushels per ;icre, an<l >ays: 
 •' Will sow mostly of it next season." (Jeo. W. Thompson, <fuel))h, 
 .'>0 bushels; .[udson W. Crewson. Grand Valley, .jf) bushels, or :»(• 
 bushels [)er acre; JJobert Fyfe, Harj'iston. ;>() bushels; M. .Mooney, 
 Orton, 32^ bushels ; .Tames Da vey, (rrand Valley, ."id bushels; A. F. 
 Mcdill, Ilillsburg, total yiekl, 38 bushels. ;J0 bushels per acre ; John 
 Allen, Riverstown, 34 bushels per acre ; Kobert A. Patullo. Vanatter, 
 had 28 bushels ; Eichard (ratfeiy, Mount Forest, 30 bushels, who says: 
 " 1 think it might do veiy well in this countr}';" and Chas. Dniry, 
 Arthur, got 38 bushels. 
 
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 Geo. Douglass, Graham's Station, had a total yield of 40 bushels, 
 says: " Sown 15th May on not very rich soil ; harvested 12tli August. 
 I believe it is a verv i^ood barley for this climate, and if sown on li'ood 
 soil would be vi'vy protitable." 
 
 Geo.Sheard,Woodhill.had32 bushels j)ei' acre, and says: ''Sown lOth 
 May, on clay loam; harvested 20th August. The yield is greater by 30 
 per cent, than six-rowed barley with me." G. S. Boyes. also of Wood- 
 hill, had 30 l)ushels, and says : "Season was unfavourable for barley; 
 this was about t wo weeks longer maturing than common six-rowed." 
 
 •John Craig, Sandhill, had 28 bushels per acre, and says: " I can re- 
 commend the barley; there was no manure put on this tield for six 
 years and it was a very wet season. It stood the storms well, 1 
 cut it with my bindei-, and had to mow the rest of my barley, i 
 intend sowing all I have on hand." 
 
 Joseph Wiggins, Claude, had a total yield of 34^ bushels, or about 
 30 bushels to the acre, and says : "In a good season I would have had 
 50 bushels." F. Lundy, Brampton, total yield 35 bushels, .30 bushels 
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 hud at loaHt 10 bushels more," Henry Richardnoii, Burnhamthorpe, 
 had about 36 bushels per acre, and says, " Itdid not get a fair chance 
 this year. 1 intend to sow 10 acres next season, and would advise all 
 farmers to give this barley a chance." James Lyons, Salmonvillc, 
 28 bushels, says, " It was a week later ripening; [ think 1 sowed it 
 one-half too thick." Wallis Dunn, Cooksville, says : "J got about 
 20 bushels, which f intend to sow next season. The yield was fully 
 as good if not a little better than the six-rowed.'' 
 
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 David Wamman, Orillia, had a total yield of 30 bushels, 30 bushels 
 per acre, and says : " Sown 24th April on a sti-ong loam ; hai'vested 6th 
 August. 1 am well satisfied with the yield this year; it was not a 
 favourable season." 
 
 Wm. Neve, Dalston, had 46 bushels per aci-e, weighing 53,\ lbs. per 
 bushel, and says: "I believe it is a good kind of barley." 
 
 Thos. B. Murray, Avening, had a yield of 52 bushels, 34 bushels per 
 acre. Ho says : " The straw was very light, and it appeared to be a 
 light yield, but when you examined the head it was plump, and from 
 30 to 40 grains in good heads." 
 
 Robert Lawrence, Honeywood, had 31 bushels, oj- 30 bushels per 
 acre, and says: " 1 propose sowing all of mine next season, as its 
 yield compares favourably with the six-i-owed." 
 
 Geo. Newby, Lovering, got between 40 and 50 bushels, and says : 
 " I am going to sow no other kind next year but the two-rowed 
 barley." 
 
 Thomas Casey, Crossland, had 40 bushels per acre, and says : 
 *' Sowed six-rowed barley in the same field ; it yielded 10 bushels less 
 per acre." 
 
 Lambert Wilson, Churchill, divided his bag with a neighbour; had 
 24 bushels from i bushel sown on a little over half an acre, and says : 
 "It yielded much better than our six-rowed barley." 
 
 Wm. Draper, Cookstown, had 30 bushels per acre, and says : " This 
 was sown alongside in same field with six-rowed barley, and the 
 two-rowed yielded the best." 
 
 John Darby, Crown Hill, had 30 bushels, sowed one bag on 1 acre, 
 and says : " It was too thick oji the ground ; shall sow 1^ bushels 
 next season." 
 
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 Edward Penth.nd, Collin^vvood, ^ot .'14 bushels. 
 
 R. W. Bonton, Orossland, — total yield, oO l)ushels. R. T. fvcarns, 
 about 32 buHliels per acre. 
 
 Sheldon Brooks, Ifolly, MO bushels. Aslcs: " What do y >ii ijiink of 
 this sample of barley." It was a ^-ood, !)iii;lit sample, wei_n-Iiinn- 54 
 lbs. per bushel. 
 
 John A. Brest had 40 bushels, 3.') bushels per acre, and says: 
 " Sowed too thick ; I think it will do well." 
 
 James Kerr, Avenini!;, 49 bushels 35 lbs. on I aere. 
 
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 John Calvert, Jioaboro, got about 40 bushels per acre, and says : 
 "1 would advise to how 4 })e{d<s per acre, many of my nei^hlioiirs 
 sowed 1^ bushels, and it went down more than that thin sown.'" 
 
 W. If. Teherne, Downeyville, had 42 busheU from 1|- acres. 
 
 John Campbell, jr., Woodville, sowed one hivj; on 2 acres, ami had 
 60 bushels. He says: *'l think had it been sown a little thicker it 
 would have yielded better. I am so pleased with it 1 shall sow no 
 other barley the coming season." 
 
 Samuel Mitchell, Dunst'ord, had 40 bushels on a little over an 
 acre, and says : " Sowed it too thick, and it lay down. 1 never had a 
 crop that paid as well; am selling it to my neighbours at $1 per 
 bushel." 
 
 Thomas Newman, Lindsay, had 50 bushels from about an acre, 
 and says: "Sown too thickly; think it did fairly well, better than 
 six-rowed barley. 
 
 John Westlake, Manilla, had 40 bushels per acre, and says: " The 
 two-rowod did better in this part than the six-rowed.'' Joseph Mc- 
 (jrahoy, Eden Valley,— total yield 51 bushels, 38 bushels per acre. 
 says : " We like it well." Issac W. Head, Eeaboro, total yield, 50 bush- 
 els; 30 bushels per acre; J. S. Cruess, Cambray, about 30 bushels 
 per acre ; James Taylor, Oakwood, 41 bushels from one bag sown on 
 a little over one acre. He says : " I am more than satistied with 
 my returns of this barley." Thos. Delehay, Eeaboro', 30 bushels; 
 Alex. iVlcGee, Fenelon Falls, about 40 bushels on 1^ acres ; 
 Thos. Robinson, Omemee, 30 bushels per acre, who says : " The two- 
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 '• Am tolerably well Batistied M'itli llio ritsiilts, considoriuii: thechanci* 
 it had. My Hix-rovvod harloy yielded 28 hiishelb per aci'O." 
 
 Alex. ClardrKU*, Brussels, liad IU\ biiwheLs. l[o isays : ''This sample 
 took Hrst prize at I'l'ist itiding show anaiiist all other varietieH of 
 two-rowetl.'' 
 
 Richard Armstroiii!;, Brussels, liad 30 luishels jxm" aci'e, ami sayt? : 
 " It did hetter with me than the six-rowed barley." 
 
 Petor (Jautlon, Porter's [[ill, had 40 bushels from one haijj, sown 
 on 1^ acres of lan<l. lie says: " It would have l)een hetter if it was 
 not sown so thick; but it made a better yield than the six-rowed 
 barley in the same field heside it." 
 
 ( Miarles McKea, Belgrave, had 10 hushels pei' acre, lie says : '• I 
 am well pleased with the result." 
 
 O. C/reswell, I^^gmondville, had from 42 to 45 bushels to the acre. 
 Says : " I am Avell pleased with the result." 
 
 John McDovall, Westtield, had oO bushels per acre. Says: "I 
 am going' to sow H acres in the spring of this bai'ley." 
 
 Samuel Ferris, lloimesville, had a total yield of 40 bushels, 3') 
 bushels per acre. Says : " It's yielding qualities are all that could 
 he desired, being almost double that of the Canadian, sown side by 
 side." 
 
 Wm. Burrows, Goderich, had 3(1 bushels per acre, which weighed 
 54 lbs. per bushel; T. Colbur, (rodei'ich, 31 bushels of similar 
 weight per bushel ; Henry Warren, Clinton, had 30 bushels per 
 acre ; Wm. McCracken, Brussels, a total yield of 40 bushels ; Sam. 
 McBuruie, Wingham, had 84 bushels from two bags sown. 
 
 James Aulton, Belfast, had 30 bushels. Says: "Barley was a 
 very poor crop around here this year." 
 
 P. H. Elliott, Holmesville, had a total yield of about 'jO bushels. 
 
 Alex. Cox, Porter's Hill, had a total yield of 45 bushels, 36 
 bushels per acre. 
 
 Wm. Bryans, Belgi-ave, had 30 bushels per acre. Says : " I think 
 the two-rowed barley will do well in this country." 
 
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 ,l()hn White, Mcat'ord, had 4<> hiishels ;{2 Ihs. IV<,im on«' ha.i;' sown 
 on 1 aero, weii-diiii;;' ')'A lbs. jier huHliel. Says: •' The hai'loy exceeds 
 my expectations." 
 
 W. S. Porter, Oxeiidon, had 4') biishois poi- a<ie. Says: •' I Ihiidc 
 this barley will do very well in this section.'' 
 
 Thomas McArthnr, Flesherton, had 41 bushels KJ lbs. per acre. 
 Says: "This barley will do well in this country ; fipens about ten 
 days later than six-rowed." 
 
 John J. Vickers, Ileathcote, had a total yield of about 40 bushels. 
 
 K. Berwick, Shelburne, had 31^^ bushels per acre. 2."!') bushels 
 from 7 bag's, sown one hug ])er acre. Says: "Crop was much too 
 thick; think the yield and quality would both have been a g-ood 
 deal better if sown thinner" 
 
 Thomas Kells, Vandeleur, had 31 bushels per acre. Says: "I 
 believe the County of Grey juHt the place to cultivate this barley 
 with success." 
 
 Daniel McMichael, Shelburne, had 40 bushels per acre. Says: 
 "It ripened very well. A good part of it was laid down; but for 
 all that it was a good crop." 
 
 W. G. Noble, Homing's Mills, had 30 bus'.ols per acre; says it 
 gave him satisfaction. 
 
 Hugh McCorkindale, Desboro', had 20 bags trom 112 lbs. sowed, 
 and says : " The best yield I ever saw for barley." 
 
 Thomas Brown, Lake Charles, had a total yield of 40 bushels, or 
 32 bushels per acre. Says: "Sowed the bag on 1} acres, and it 
 stooled out so that it was altogether too thick." 
 
 H. Eozel, Egremont, had a total yield of between 35 and 40 
 bushels. 
 
 G. Adams, Walter's Falls, had 36 bushels. Says : "The ground 1 
 did not consider at all fiivourable for the ciop, but I wanted to see 
 what it would do under unfavourable conditions, and I ani well 
 satisfied with it. as it was a heavy crop." 
 
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 IVU'i- WatHOM. LiH'kiiovv, liud u yii'ld ol' Mbout .">() biiHlids from 
 one ba<j^, or 4(1 l»iisliels ]»er acre. Says: " Sown Htli May ; haivostod 
 !Hh AiigUHt. It did very well for the first time of sovviiii^." 
 
 M. Campbell, LiicUmow, hail 50 bushels from oiu' bai;', or 4.'{ 
 bushels jH'r aere. Says : •' This lot took second prize at tiio Jjucknow 
 A^-ricultural Show, is about oi;;-lit days later tlian tlie old Inirle^'s 
 sown, but is Iieavier and better i-rain." 
 
 Oliver Coh), ivincard.ine, jiad 24 bushels. Says: " My I'Xperience 
 ill this one trial is that for Iccil j would ^jrefer the two-rowed barley 
 to the 8ix-rovv(;d." 
 
 J. Taylor. C'artjill, liad .'JO bushels per acre. 
 
 AVm. Cannon, ( 'liesley, had a yield of .'JT bushels, or 30 bushels 
 per acre. Says : " H:irloy was received too late to give it a fair 
 chance. Ii was somewhat inclined to lodge ; will give it a better 
 chance next year." 
 
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 J. B. Howell, St. George, had 40 bushels from one bag sown. Says : 
 "I tind this barley groat for stooling. Quantity sown was 1^ 
 bushels per acre; 1| is plenty. Intend sowing U acres the coming 
 season." 
 
 A. Clement, Paris, had a total yield of l>0 bushels, 24 bushels per 
 aore. Says: "It yielded a little better with us than the six-rowed 
 variety, which only gave 22 or 23 bushels per acre, although we 
 usually grow 35 as an average crop."' 
 
 H. E. Egleston, 'Ancaster, had a total yield of 40 bushels. 30 
 bushels per acre. Says: ''Sown a little late in the season ; wants to 
 be in early and on land not too strong." 
 
 James Richmond, Washington, had 36 bushels per acre. Says: 
 '■' Tli9 common barley was not so good in that same field." 
 
 David Shultis, RocVwood, had 21 bushels pei' acre. Says: "The 
 barley was sowed on the worst field on the farm, and water 
 smothered part of it. I had six-rowed barley in the rest of the field, 
 which was almost a total failure." 
 
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 S. B. LnwrnMon, St. Ciooi'^-o, had 'M't hiislieU per jioro. Suys : 
 " .Sowed Olio ljuuion 1 iicie; was too thi(dc ; 1} IiiihIicIs peracn* would 
 be plenty." 
 
 Thomas Aulsohroolc, Paris, had a total yield "I" .".(I hiKsluds. :{() 
 biiHluds |)or aero. Says: '* F think it woiihl have boon belter if 
 isowii two weeks sooner." 
 
 Charles Baxter, Driiinbo, total yield .'{(» bushels; AV. JI. 1). LaPere, 
 Paris, had 71) Itushels fVoni 2 ba^'s sown. 
 
 fnsorge Aitkins. Glen Morris, had a total yield of .';> bushels, or 
 30 bushels per acre. Says: "It stood the heavy rains as ^^ood as 
 the six-rowod — I mean, it did not lodtje any worse." 
 
 11. J). Cf. Ilamner, Mount Vernon, had a total yield of 40 bushels, 
 27 busliels to the acre. Says : " Tlu^ season ha^ not been as favour- 
 uhle as last year. 1 believe with liij^h cultivation and favourable 
 weathei' a fair samj)lo can bo produced." Mr. llamner's sani])le 
 weighed 52^ lbs. per bushel as received. 
 
 Eobert Spiers, Richmond, had a total yield of 3>^ bushels, 30 
 bushels pel" acre. Says: "Suited voi-y well; will sow again, but not 
 so thick." 
 
 John Taylor, Lancaster, had 53 bushels per aero. Says: "I 
 intend to sow 14 acres in si»ring if 1 can tind a mai'kot." 
 
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 R. J. Dunlap, Kingston, had a total yield of 31 bushels, about 30 
 busliels per acre. Says: '' The two-rowed barley did better gener- 
 ally than the six-rowed. 1 think' there will Ix; no trouble growing 
 it." 
 
 Stephen Fairrield, Collin's Bay, says: " I had a total yield of 45 
 bushels, about 18 bushels per acre. 1 was vevy well satisfied with 
 the barley. It did very well this season, iilthough the weather was 
 against it. 1 think it will answer in this part of Ontario." 
 
 James F. Gibson, Cataraqui, had about 30 measured bushels "per 
 acre, and says : " T think we can gi-ow this barley, if we can only tind 
 a market for samples such as I sent you. I am afraii we cannot 
 make it 56 lbs. to the bushel." Samples sent weighed 51 lbs. as 
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 JamoH AVilson, Mitchell, had 45 bushels per acre. He says : " I am 
 well pleased with the grain ; think it did better than the ordinary 
 barley. My 2 bushels were sown broadcast on rather less than an 
 acre. Wo had 20 full bags from the threshing machine. Have a 
 number of applications for the grain." 
 
 Thomas Driver, St. Mary's, had 40 bushels per acre. He says : 
 " The barley has done very well indeed. I think it will be suitable 
 to the countiy." 
 
 F. (r. Ballantyne, Atwood, Ont., had 40 bushels per acre. He says: 
 " ft does not suit this climate ; season rather short, but will try it 
 next year.'' No sample vvjis received with this report. 
 
 lioberl Simpson. Sebi-ingville, reports a total yield of about 40 
 bushels. 
 
 Wm. Makiu, Stratford, had a total yield of 28 bushels. He says: 
 " It would have been a big yield, but it got lodged with storms 
 in June." 
 
 Alex. Crawford. Linwood, had a total yield of 34 bushels. 
 
 Henry Lawrence, Mitchell, had a total yield of 34f bushels, or 26 
 bushels per acre. He says : "It looked beautiful until the heavy 
 rains in June ; then the lower leaves turned yellow and the rust 
 struck it, which hindered the yield a great deal." 
 
 Messrs. Hay Bros., Listowel, Ont., had a total yield of 30 bushels. 
 They say : '' Past season too much rain, and fear it will not work in 
 this locality." This sample was one of the heaviest of all the samples 
 received fi-om Ontario. 
 
 John Miller, St. Mary's, had a total yield of about 50 bushels. 
 He says: "Sown with drill at the rate of 1^ bushels per acre. One 
 bushel would have been enough." 
 
 George Langford, Milverton, reports a total yield of 37 bushels, 
 01' 30 bushels to the acre. 
 
 OXFORD. 
 
 J. 1). Eddy, Scotland, had a total yield of 35 busliels. He says : 
 " I think early sowing very important. Everything consideied, am 
 well satisfied. Will plant all of my seed the coming spring." 
 

 Henry Hewitt, Bright, liad HtotalyioM ofUO bushels, or 28 bushels 
 to the acre, and says: I am well pleased with the barley, it is the 
 best we grew this year out of 26 acres." 
 
 Patrick Carney, Eastwood, had a total yield of 45 bushels. Ho 
 says: " My opinion is that it will be the coming barley." 
 
 George Weir, Cathcart, had 'iO bushels from one bag sown. He 
 says: " We sowed tlie rest of the tield with the common six-rowed 
 vai'iety, which grew and ripened much earlier but did not turn out 
 so well." 
 
 M. Payson, Bright, had oG bushels or 2-1- bushels per acre. He 
 says : " Sowed part of it at the ra'e of 1 bushel per acre, the rest 
 at H. Thin seeding thick enough. Best sample of bai'ley weighed 
 53 lbs. to the bushel. Yielded as well as Canadian l)arlev -irown 
 in the same tield on land pre])ared the same. WouM grow all 
 English barley if 1 thought we would have a good market for it." 
 
 John Cuthbert, Sweaborg, had 30 bushels per acre. He says : 
 ^'I sowed my six-rowod barley at the same time and alongside of 
 Cartei-'s Prize Prolitic. The latter turned out the best, and ;dso 
 stood up the best. Season was not favoui-able for barley in this 
 section. 1 am satistied we can raise "Prize Prolitic" if you can find 
 a market." 
 
 James Vii-tue, Woodstock, had a total yield of 40 bushels from 
 one bag, at tfie rate of 30 bushels per aci't;. He says : " Season wet 
 and unfavourable for f)arley. Had six-rowed giowing alongside of 
 two-rowed. Have done away with the six-rowed and will sow nothing 
 but two-rowed." 
 
 William Eoberts, Medina, had 32 bushels from 1^ of an acre. He 
 says : " At the time of i-ipening we had four or five weeks of hot, dry 
 weather, which hastened the ripening at least ten days aii<l injured 
 the crop." 
 
 William Donaldson, South Zorra, had 35 busbels to tbe acre. 
 
 George Allen, Oriel, had a total vield of 30 bushels, 24 bushels 
 per acre. He says : " Barley in this section this 3'ear is far below 
 the average yield." 
 
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 Alex. McPhail, Gait, had 36 bu shels from 1 acre. He says : " It 
 was eight days later in ripening than the six-rowed, yielded fully a- 
 well as the six-rowed, stood up well." 
 

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 Thomas Allison, Gait, had 31 bushels per acre. Sowed one bag 
 on an acre. He says : " I sowed ^oo thick. If sown early on good 
 ground and not too thick, I am satisfied ii would do better." 
 
 C, Mundy, Breslau, had 30 bushels per acre. 
 
 George Oliver, Gait, had 25 bushels from 1 bushel sown. Ho 
 savs : " Believe it will do well, and yield as much to the acre as 
 six-rowed will." 
 
 Andrew Ilei-man, l^llmira. had a total yield of H3 bushels, 21 
 hush els per acre. 
 
 G. Dorin, Wellesley, reports a yield per acre of about 35 bushels. 
 
 E. Campbell, New Hamburii-, 27 or 28 bushels and Wm. McKenzie, 
 Gait, IJ5 to 40 bushels per acre. 
 
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 John Wallis, I'ericuson, had a total yield of 31) bushels, or 35 bushels 
 to the acre. He says : ■' Our six-rowed in the same field is not so 
 productive or heavy. H'or feeding, we are satisfied that it is far 
 superior to six-i'owed." 
 
 John C. Zavitz, Amiens, had 20 busiiels per acj-e. He says : 
 "Wet weather in June hurt my barley. It yielded better than the 
 six-rowed by the side of it, and was bettei- in quality." 
 
 Thomas Ecdway, Harrietsville, had 32 bushels per acre. He 
 says: "My Canadian barley went 27 bushels to the acre." 
 
 William Pentall, Exeter, had 35 Imshels per acre. 
 
 Henry Anderson, Wilton Grove, had a total yield of 3(j bushels, 
 or 30 bushels per acre. 
 
 G. 11. Marlock, Crediton, had 36 bushels per aci'e. 
 
 Andrew Duncan, Springfield, had a total yield of 33 bushels. 
 
 Charles Harvie, Exeter, had 30 bushels per acre. He says: "It 
 yielded as well as the six-rowod in the same field, but went down 
 bad where the land was strong." 
 
 Thomas Sharpton, Exeter, had a yield of 4:0 bushels from 1-^ acres. 
 
 xVngus Campbell, Appin, 32 bushels. He says : " 1 am well pleased 
 with the English barley and intend to sow 10 acres of it in the spring." 
 
 C. J. Hayes, Park Hill, had a total yield of 38 bushels, or 27^ 
 bushels per acre. 
 
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 Samuel S. Michel, Sti'uthi-O}', had 55 bushels tVom (ine bai;- sown 
 on 1|- acres. 
 
 Eichard Ilaslvctt, Park Ilill, Inula total yield of 43 Imshels, or 34 
 bushels to the acre. 
 
 Goiad Brown, Exeter, had a total yield ot 85 bushels. He say^: 
 " Will 80W most of the two-rowed Prize Prolitic next year. " 
 
 XjAMBTON. 
 
 Arthur Vance, Bosan(][Uet had 70 bushels ft-om 2 bags sow:; and says 
 " It yielded about 5 bushels per acre more than Canadian barley. 1 
 mean to try it again next year. " 
 
 Thomas Bowman, Mandaumin, had a lotal yield of 27 bushels, or 
 25 bushels per acre. lie says : " II looked well until the heavy 
 rains came; then it began to change. " 
 
 George Forbes, Keitch, had 30 bushels in all. lie says: ''Yield 
 would have been much larger, if 1 had sown thinner. It stooled 
 wonderfully; 1 bushel per acre would have been plenty. " 
 
 Geoig'e Lucas, Lucas, had 35 bushels per acre. Ke says : " Being 
 late in sowing, decieased the yield. " 
 
 HALDIMAND. 
 
 Thomas Harris, Hagersville, had 23 bushels, or 22 bushels per 
 acre. He says : " Six-rowed barley in the same tielil averaged 20 
 bushels per acre." 
 
 William Chambers, of Jarvis, had 24 bushels. He says : '■ The 
 yield has been much better than the six-rowed, which has not been 
 more than 15 bushels ; season unfavourable." 
 
 Thomas Berry, Tynoside, had 22 bushels per acre. He says : 
 "This barley yielded nearly twice as much as my other barley did. 
 1 intend to sow 10 or 11 acres next spring. " 
 
 Waltei- Jones, Garnet, had 20 bushels per acre. Ho says : " I 
 had six-rowed barley in the same Held. It didnl yield over 16 
 bushels." 
 
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 E. Hawthorne, Warsaw, had a yield of 25 bushels per acre. He 
 says: "It yielded better than any six-rowed I have seen threshed in 
 this neighbourhood," .John Buckhani, Bereslbrd, had a vield of 36 
 
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 for barley in this section, the common six-xowed not yielding so 
 well as the two-rowed has done with me." 
 
 Chas. Nicoll, Norwood Station, had 38 bushels from one bag 
 sown ; Wm. Stewart. Petorboro, a total yield of H5 bushels, 28 
 bushels per acre. 
 
 F. Birdsall, of Birdsall's, sowed lour bags on 5 ycres ; yield, 80 
 bushels to the acre. He says : " In several places in this neighborhood 
 it has tui'nod out bettei- than the six-rowed." 
 
 Geo. A. Grover, Norwood, had lU bushels, or 26 bushels per acre. 
 He says : "A poor year for barley ; the six-rowed did not yield 10 
 bushels pel- ac 3 on same soil, this is the best crop on the whole 
 farm in bulk and if a [>rico is once established Avill be profitable." 
 
 C. Stirton, Bensfort. hud 42 bushels from one bag of seed, or 34 
 bushels per acre. He saj'^s : "Weather wet and unfavourable, it did 
 not ripen very evenly, I intend to try a few acres of it next season." 
 
 A. Scott, of Peterboro, had 30 bushel.^ per acre, L. Hunter, Lake- 
 field, 24 bushels per acre, and B. M. Sanderson, Springville, 29 
 bushels. He says: "I think my barley has done very well, as it was 
 a very poor season. ' 
 
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 Andrew Elliot, Kelso, had 38 bushels from one bag sown on 1 
 acre. He says : " I am very much pleased with the result, and have no 
 doubt if a market can be had for it the six-rowed will soon be dis- 
 placed." Mr. Elliot's sample weighed 54|^ lbs. per bushel. 
 
 AVm. Pattei'son, Milton, had 40 bushels from one bag on 1 acre. He 
 says: ''The six-rowed only yielded 20 bushels to the acre. I intend 
 sowing the two-rowed again next year." 
 
 Geo. Hume, Ashgrove, had 32 bushels from one bag sown. He 
 says : " It grew very rank, and part of it lodged before it headed, but 
 for this the sample would be better." 
 
 Wm. Cline, Nelson, had over 40 bushels from one bag, which 
 weighed 54 lbs. per bushel. 
 
 John Alexander, Tansley. a yiel<l of 40 bushels, 25 bushels per 
 acre. 
 
 Thos. Cameron, Acton West, had 30 bushels per acre. He says: "I 
 sowed too thick ; 1^ bushels to the acre is plenty." 
 
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 Wm. D. Johnston, Esquesing, had 2(» bushels poi' acre; and M. 
 Dice, Milton, a total yield of 30 bushels, or 24 bushels per acre. 
 Mr. Dice says: I am well pleased with the result of this season's 
 crop." 
 
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 John Marshall, Hamilton, had 27 busliels per acrt.'. He says : *' This 
 was sown on same day as our Canadian I»arl('y. and in the s;ime tield ; 
 Canadian barley went 20 bushels to the acre."' 
 
 Eobert Amies, Glenford. had :i(J bushels j>er ai're. Ho says: "I 
 sowed the bai;- on 1 acre, but it was too thick. Had it been thinner I 
 am satisfied I should have had 10 or 12 bushels more. 1 am satisfied 
 with the turnout 1 got from the 2 bushels. My six-rowed turned 
 out 36 bushels per acre, but I put it on good ground that was in 
 hoed crop the year before. The general turnout <*f six-rowed here 
 has been 20 bushels." 
 
 John A. Bruce, of Hamilton, had <I1S bushels from 24 acres, or 
 over 25^ bushels to the aere, says : "Sowed 2nd May, on sandy loam 
 with some clay; harvested 5th August. The soil would not bo 
 termed good barley land : had been worked foi- 20 years in growing 
 vegetables and seeds, (considering the season and conditions of soil, 
 the results were fairly satisfactory. The yield per aci-e and weight 
 of grain place the two-rowed as the largest crop in this locality." 
 The sample sent by Mi'. Bru<'e weighed 52^ lbs, per bushel. 
 
 John Marshall, Barton Township, had 27 measured bushels. Says: 
 "Weight, 52 lbs. to bushel. Ft was sown on the poorest part of the 
 farm, to give it a fair trial. Two bushels of six-rowed were sown 
 alongside and produced 20 bushels, weight 49 lbs. to bushel." 
 
 Mr. G. E. Tuckett, of Hamilton, had 334 bushels from 10 bags of 
 seed sown on 10 acres of land equal to 33|^„ busliels per acre. 
 
 A. Marshall, North Glanford. had 30 bushels per aere. 
 
 E. Blagdon, East Flatnboro' a total yield of 40 bushels or 20 bushels 
 per acre; E. Byment, Dundas, 32 bushels per acre. 
 
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 Wm. Campbell, Mono Mills, had 45 bushels per acre and says : " I 
 intend to sow a considerable quantity next spring." 
 
 James Burke, Fintona, had a total yield of 45 bushels, 38 to 40 
 bushels per acre. Robert Burke, of the same place, a yield of 45 
 
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 bushels or Mi bushels per acre. R')bort Murphy, Arlington, had 35 
 bushels from one bag sown on 1|- acres. Says: " Straw did not 
 stand up like Canadian six-rowed ; all barley was far below the 
 avera<i'e this year. Will try two-rowed again another season." 
 
 Mr. 11. Harris, (.aledon, had 28 bushels from one bag sown on one 
 aero, saya: "It was sown too thick. Next year I mean to sow l^- 
 bushels per aero." Hugh Wilson, Mono Road, had a total yield of 
 about 35 bushels and says: " \ thinic it will do well," and Thos. 
 Wilson, Mono Road, 40 bushels. Wm. Lindsay of the same place 
 had 30 bushels. He says; -'The barley arrived about ten days 
 too late to have a fair trial, but yiolde<l about five bushels moi-e per 
 acre than the six-rowed. John McKim, Caledon, had 30 bushels per 
 acre, and says : "The two-rowed was the best we had." 
 
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 Wm. Dunn, Sweet's Cornei-s, had a total yield of 35 bushels, and 
 says: " The season was too wet ; we are well suited with the grain 
 and think it will do well here." 
 
 John E. Stacev, Lansdowne, had a yield of 19 bushels or 15 
 bushels to the acre, and says: "The whole crop was injured by 
 excessive rains, this was 75 pei* cent, ahead of the six-rowed 
 barley." 
 
 Having now reached those counties which have had an average 
 of less than 8,000 acres in barley for Lhe past eight years and whei-e 
 but little barley is i-aised for export fewej' details will be giveji. 
 
 CARLETON. 
 
 Wm. Mansfield, Manotiek, had a total yield of 30 bushels, 23 
 bushels per acre, he says: " Compares favourably with six-rowed." 
 James Craig, North Grower, had 28 bushels per acre, says: "The 
 barley grew stronger than the six-rowed and stood up much better." 
 
 DUNDAS. 
 
 Duncan McDonald, Oj'mond, had a total yield of 30 bushels or 20 
 bushels to the acre, and says : " The exceedingly wet season was 
 unfavourable." 
 
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 Alex. Pick, Williams, rc^ports the yield per acre at 30 bushels by 
 guess, and says: " Not yet measui-ed, crop lodged badly, sowed too 
 heavy." Geo. Cook, Chatham, had a total yield of 50 bushels, or 40 
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 (t. H. Ohiysler, Port Dover, had a yield of ;^8 bushels, or 26 hushehs 
 per acre, and says: "Six-rowod barley ulmoHt an utter failure 
 in this locality, yieldin*^ only 10 or 12 bushels to the acre, am well 
 pleased with the Prize Prolitic." JI. C. lla/y^arth, (Uillodcn, had 31 
 bushels, or 25 bushels per acr". W. 11. Teeter, Teetersville, 84 
 bushels from two hags sown on throe acres, or 28 bushels per acre. 
 O. Ansley reports a total yield of 50 bushels, or 25 bushels pei- acre, 
 and C. A. Dunkin, of Victoria, between 24 and 25 bushels to theacre. 
 Mr. Dunkin says: '' 1 am well satisfied with the barley and expect 
 to sow a iiumber of acres of it in the spring." 
 
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 John Edkin>. Union, had 36 bushels, he says: "Our land was 
 poor and unfit for barley, but 1 detei-mined to try it first on poor 
 land ; am pleased to say it gave me the greatest satisfaction. There 
 was not as good a piece of barley of any kind in this part of the 
 township. ' David J. Watson, Fingal, had 25 bushels per acre, 
 He says: "Was sown three weeks latei' than my own and the yield 
 was five bushels more." 
 
 LINCOLN. 
 
 Isaac Tuffoi'd, Beamsville, had a total yield of iJO bushels, about 
 30 bushels to the acre. Says: "I have no doubt the barley would 
 do well he j vvith a favourable season." 
 
 Thos. E. Merritt, St. Catharines, sowed !l bags on 10 acres and 
 had 254 bushels, a little over 25 bushels per acre. He says : " Sown 
 April 30, harvested July 31, should have been sown early in April; 
 the ground was ready but the seed did not come in time for early 
 sowing." 
 
 W. W. Claus, Jordan, had a total yield of 35 bushels, or 28 bushels 
 per acre. 
 
 LANARK. 
 
 B. W. Dunnett, Pakenham, had 75 bushels fj-om two bags sown, 
 or 25 bushels per acre. Says: "Takes two weeks longer than six- 
 rowed; does well on clay land." 
 
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 Alex. St. Louis, Walkerville, had 25 bushels per acre, He says: 
 "Sown May 5, harvested August 10. I got mine about one month 
 too late, if 1 had sown it about the last of March it would have 
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 .las. (!arney, I'enibroke, had a yield of 26 bushels Iroin | of an 
 acre, or over 'U bushels to the aci-e. He says: " (Sown 5th June, 
 liarvested 10th Soptembcu'. This was sown late and stooled well, 
 but the season was unfavourable" This ii-rain when cleaned weiu'hed 
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 SUMMAHV. 
 
 in the sunimai'v which has been |)ioseiited, the experience of 
 820 farmei's in Ontario has been given, covering, f believe, every 
 district where the two-rowed barley has been grown. This list 
 might have been greatly increased with similar testimony equally 
 good, but enough has been given to show that there is not much 
 fault to be found with the barley. A i)ropoi'tion of the reports are 
 les.s fovourable than some of those which have been given, but in 
 most instances these may be attributed to a very wet season, lack of 
 drainage, oi- want of care in the preparation of the lantl. Many think 
 that the straw is a little weak, but a very wet season does not atford 
 a good opportunity for correct judgment on this point. There is no 
 doubt that two-rowed barlev takes a longer time to mature than the 
 six-rowed, and that it should be soM'^n early. 
 
 [t is scarcely necessary to refer here in like detail to the results 
 obtained in the other Provinces, as the number of returns is re- 
 latively small and a correct general idea can be got by consulting 
 the table of averages. 
 
 (TERMINATING POWER OF CANADIAN GROWN TWO-ROWED BARLET. 
 
 It has been stated that the two-rowed barley grown in this 
 country deteriorates so rapidly as to become deficient in vitalit3^ 
 To test the validity of this statement the germinating power of 685 
 samples of last years growth in Ontario has been determined, and 
 the average is 94^ per cent, i 29 samples from Quebec averaged 92 
 per cent. ; 17 from Xew Brunswick 87^ per cent. ; 7 from Prince 
 
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 Kilward Island 0<){r per cent.; 27 from Manitobu >!8 \)iiv cont.; and 
 IH from the North-Wesl Territories S8i^ pei- cent., inalvini;' a total 
 of 778 samples tested. These were all saini)les of the I'li/e Prolille 
 barley sent by farmers who had obtained the Meed from the Gov- 
 ernmont iinpoi-tation. These tij^unis I'eqiiii'e no i-'onimeni, and the 
 objection I'tifci'i'od to falls to the ii;roiind. 
 
 M.VHlvKTS. 
 
 With regard to a market, there .seems no doiibl thai (Jreat 
 Britain can take all the surplus that Canada will want i,o export, 
 and the price paid for it will depend on the quality of the article. 
 It is the opinion of the largest <lealers in C'anadian barley in Ontario 
 that the six-rowed barley, during the past season, has been at least 
 1 wo pounds lightej" than tht^ average of past years. If this be so, it 
 is reasonable to suppose that the same influences have atfected the 
 two-rowed barley in similai- degree. An average ol two 
 pounds in weiglit added to such two-rowed barley as was grown 
 the past season, would bring a very large proportion of it up to a 
 standard of quality which would command remunerative prices in 
 the British markets. Judging from the valuations of the samples 
 sei.t to England last year, which were published in Bulletin T, there 
 is every reason to hope for profitable returns from this trade. The 
 comments of the Judges, at the recent Brewers K.Khibition in 
 London, England, who examined the samples of Canaflian grown 
 two-rowed barley shown thei-e, give evidence that Jiivourable 
 opinions have been formed regarding (Canadian barley, even where 
 the weight has not exceeded 52 pounds per bushel. y\iiuy enquiries 
 have been made of late for consignments of Canadian two-i-owed 
 barley for the English market, but no sufficient (|uantity has been 
 available this season foi* the purpose. Fifty ([uarters or -fOO English 
 bushels of the two-rowed of last season's growth, weighing about 52 
 pounds per ''Ushel, u^ere procured and this barley has been for- 
 warded to I'higland to have its market value determined, also its 
 ([uality for malting and brewing. Another lot of 320 bushels. of 
 similar quality has been secured for a comparative brewing test in 
 Canada. As soon as these tests are completed and the information 
 which is sought available, the results will be promptly given to the 
 public. It is not to be expected that tW()-rowed barley of prime 
 quality can be grown in all parts of Canada; this cannot be done 
 in England or Scotland, where some districts produce much liner 
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 to i;-ro\v for feed, :is tlio e\])('rience u:aino(l seems to nhow that tliey 
 e more prolific than the six-rowcil sorts. In j)reparini!; barley for 
 ai'ket it should l-e thoroiiu'hiy cleaned, and all the li^hl ^rain 
 separated. The separating of 10 or 15 pei- cent, of the pooi'or grain 
 adds much to the value of the bettor barley remaining, and the 
 seieeningB can be u.sed with profit at home as food for stock. 
 
 BARLEY OlILTUHE. 
 
 I desire to refer once more to the importance of eai'ly seeding and of 
 a thorough ])reparation of the soil betbre sowing. The figures given 
 in the eai-ly pages of this l^ulletin on the results of the tests of 
 the ptist season show in the increase (>(' crop the advantage of 
 sowing barley after roots, but where this is no! practicable a good 
 mellow piece of gi'ound should be selected, one that has been well 
 worked and is in fair condition as to fertility. This ciop will not 
 give good returns when sown on cold, wet gro\ind, or on land thai 
 has been loo much impoverished by IVe(|uent cropping and scanty 
 manuring. The roots of the young barley plant maki' rapid growth 
 under favourable con'iitions, but they do not strike so deeply in 
 search of food as those of some other cereals ; hence, the nutritive 
 elements they need sh(nild be presented to them in the soil in such 
 a well digested condition as to admit of its being readily taken up by 
 the gi'owing rootiets. A little experience will no doubt enable our 
 intelligent Oanudian farmer.s to ol)tain in tavouralde localities and 
 average seasons good results fi-om this pi'omising ci'op. 
 
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