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Some varieties fall down at once when the grub or larva? begins its work ; 

 others stand erect but the blossoms seem to blast, as tliere will be no filling of 

 the head and no grains produced 



Other varieties have produced shrunken grain, the straw standing erect to 

 tlie time of harvest. 



These plats have been visited by many farmers in this and adjoining locali- 

 ties, who liave evinced a marked interest in the results that were to be reaped 

 by watching their growth and development. 



July. 19. — We have threshed out tlie grain by hand and weighed, with the 

 following results, tlie same amount of seed having been sown in each instance, 

 viz., one and one-half ounces : 



The yield per acre was as follows, for some of the leading varieties : Shu- 

 maker, 40.8 bushels; Fultz, 38.5 bushels; Michigan AVick, 36.88 bushels; Jen- 

 ning's White, 34 bushels; Mediterranean 24.88 bushels ; Treadwell, 23.8 bush- 

 els; Deihl, 23.3 bushels; Arnold's Gold Medal, 23 bushels; Arnold's Hy- 

 brid (red), 30.1 bushels; Muskingum, 25.5 bushels; Clawson, 24.88 bushels. 



The remaining varieties varied in yield from 9.85 bushels to 20 bushels; 

 most of them below ten bushels. The yield of the last three should not be 

 compared with tlie others on account of late sowing. The others were sown 

 at tiie same time. 



C. L. INGEKSOLL. 



I have sown most of these varieties again in experimental plats, in a much 

 better place, but the comparative yield will be of little value, as a defective 

 hand-drill did not deposit the seed in even quantity on each plat. Tlie interest 

 manifested in this question of wheats has brought me quite a large correspond- 

 ence. I have received letters from Nova Scotia to Missouri, and as far as Texas 

 in the South and West, with regard to these varieties I have sown, the reports 

 in our State papers having been copied far and wide. Prof. Tracy, of the Ag- 

 ricultural Department of the Missouri State Universitv, Columbia, JNIo., writes 

 that he lias experimented with several of these varieties and report of their yields 

 with him is relatively nearly like ours. Mr. C. E. Thorn, farm manager and 

 experimenter under Dr. Townshend, of the Ohio Agricultural College, reached 

 results nearly like our own. I have this year added several new varieties, 

 through exchanges with other colleges and by individuals. 



