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from grain grown in a more southern climate. When it is 

 impracticable to obtain seed as recommended, it is advisable 

 that they should be selected from different qualities of soil.i 

 Should the soil be of clay, get of wheat grown on sandy soil, 

 and visa versa. 



In ordinary seasons the crop is ready for harvesting by 

 the beginning of July. It is usually left standing until dead^ 

 ripe, which is not advisable, the results of all experiments 

 proving the contrary. English farmers being so celebrated 

 for the exactness manifested in pursuing a course of agricul- 

 tural experiments, we may be pardoned for quoting here the 

 plan and result of one of the many trials made in the har- 

 vesting of wheat. J. Hannam, Esq., of Yorkshire, England, 

 experimented as follows : 



Quantity No. I was cut a month before fully ripe. 



Quantity No. 2 was cut three weeks before fully ripe. 



Quantity No. 3 was cut two weeks before fully ripe. 



Quantity No. 4 was cut two days before fully ripe. 



Quantity No. 5 was cut when ripe. 



Taking one hundred pounds of wheat from each quantity 

 cut, it yielded flour and bran as follows : 



" It thus appears," says Mr. Hannam, " that No. 3, (cut 

 two weeks before fully ripe,) is superior to all other varieties ; 

 giving more per bushel than No. 5, (cut when fully ripe,) by 

 6^ fbs. of flour, and a gain of about 15 per cent, on the flour 

 of equal measure of grain. 100 ft)s. of wheat of No. 3 makes 

 80 ft)s. of flour, while 100 ibs. of No. 5 makes but 72 Bbs.; 

 showing a gain of 8 per cent, in favor of grain cut raw. 



" In grinding it was found that No. 5 cut the worst — even 



