VARIETIES OF WHEAT. 



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TABLE No. 1.— 1865. 



TABLE No. 3. 



REMARKS. 



In thrashing and dressing the different lots, both years, great 

 care was taken to prevent mixing ; Shirreffs I found a little 

 more difficult to thrash clean than any of the other varieties, but 

 I do not consider this to be an objection of much importance, as, 

 where the high speed or English drums are used, it is quite easy 

 to put the drum of the mill a little closer to the concave, when 

 necessary, for different kinds of grain. In estimating the value 

 of the grain I took a fair sample of each variety, stating weight, 

 kind, &c, and had them valued by two first-class corn merchants, 

 according to prices at the time. I estimate the straw and chaff 

 as if, like the wheat, they were to be sold off the ground. It 

 will be observed, on comparing the two years, that there is not 

 any very marked difference in the time of brairding, coming in 

 ear, and being in full bloom, of the four kinds ; in crop 1864, 

 however, the ShirrefTs and Fenton were four days later of being 

 ripe than the other two, while in crop 1865, they were all re- 

 markably equal in this respect. 



