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worse than No. 1. No. 5 contained a greater quantity of 

 flinty particles which would not pass the bolt» than in any of 

 the others. The bran from No. 5 was coarse and heavy, 

 while that from No. 3 was thin as a bee's wing." 



Mr. Hannam extended his experiments to some length, and 

 sums up the advantages of cutting wheat two weeks before 

 fully ripe as follows: First, there is a gain of 15 per cent, of 

 flour upon equal measures. Second, a gain in the weight of 

 straw of 14 per cent. Third, flour produced from No. 3 was 

 far better in quality than that produced by the grain cut at 

 any other time. 



If our farmers would adopt the practice of cutting wheat 

 two weeks before fully ripe, they would not only secure the 

 benefits accruing from the increased weight of flour and 

 sti*aw, but would secure their crops from the devastating in- 

 fluences of rust, which usually makes its attacks about the 

 time of ripening. 



The crop is generally harvested with the common grain 

 cradle, or where convenient, the patent reaper is used. As 

 soon as practicable after harvesting the crop, it is hauled to 

 some convenient place in the field, where it is threshed with 

 a machine, and the grain placed in a rude crib or bin made 

 of common fencing rails, the inside being lined with straw to 

 secure it from wasting. (?) This course is unquestionably 

 wasteful, but is adopted more from necessity than choice, as 

 a very few of our farmers can boast the possession of a barn 

 or granary. But one benefit arises from this method of saving 

 grain, and that is, the liability of old bins to the incursions of 

 wevil, is in this completely obviated. Grain thus stored is 

 usually removed during autumn or early winter to market. 



The average produce per acre for the past year will exceed 

 that of the preceding considerably. Crops impropei'ly culti- 

 vated have been harvested at an average of not more than 

 12 bushels per acre ; while as high an average as 35 bushels 

 has been secured from ground tilled as recommended. The 

 average for the season may be safely rated at 20 bushels per 

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