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while the variation in the ratio of grain to total product, shown by com- 

 paring the weights in the two columns, gives a general indication as to 

 which varieties were best filled. A more detailed account of each variety 

 appears below. 



Russian. The earliest and dwarfest variety on trial. Perfectly hardy. 

 Straw small and slender, yellowish when approaching maturity, not 

 inclined to lodge; heads bearded, very light brown, slightly curved, small 

 and tapering, but well filled, the grain separating easily from the chaff; 

 grain very hard, red, plump and of fine appearance. A promising variety. 



Sandomir. Straw tall and erect, heads bald, slender but fairly compact,, 

 somewhat curved; chaff brown; grain amber. Grain not so plump, and 

 paler in color than the original seed. Season medium to late. 



Waldersdorf (Count Waldersdorf Improved, Graf Waldersdorfscher 

 regenerirter). Straw tall and erect; heads bald, square, of medium length 

 and size, somewhat curved, nearly white, closely resembling Dawson's 

 Golden Chaff'. Grain red, hard, shrunken. Original seed exceedingly 

 plump. 



Seelander. Very late, with large, tall, erect straw and long, bald, 

 rather slender heads, often tinged with dark brown; grain of average 

 size and shape, light red, badly shrunken. 



Schilf {Schilfweizen). [Reed-Wheat.] Straw large, stout and erect; 

 heads bald, erect, very short and thick, somewhat club-shaped or thicker 

 toward the top, the spikelets packed tightly together in the head. It 

 ripened, or dried up, early, being apparently injured by the heat. Grain 

 shrunken so as to be almost worthless. The seed sown was very plump, 

 almost spherical, rather soft, and of a beautiful yellowish color. It is 

 classed with the white wheats. In Germany this variety is said to be 

 adapted to soils of only moderate fertility. It is evidently an excellent 

 sort, but requiring a different climate from ours. 



Kuhanka. A very striking and distinct variety, of fine appearance, with 

 large, heavy, nodding, compact heads, covered, as are the stems, with a 

 thick, bluish bloom, the heads remaining of a bluish gray when ripe; awns 

 reddish, very large, spreading outward at maturity; grain of a beautiful 

 pale amber color, large, long and flinty. Much of this season's crop was 

 shrunken. This is recorded in foreign catalogues as a spring variety and 

 has been tested as such by several experiment stations in this country. 

 It was sent to us, however, both by way of Washington and direct from 

 Germany, as a winter variety. It is certainly too tender for a winter 

 variety here. 



TEN MICHIGAN WHEATS. 



In August last a circular was sent to about two hundred representative 

 farmers in the State asking what varieties of wheat were grown in their 

 several localities and which were grown most extensively. Replies were 

 received from one hundred and thirty of these correspondents in 

 fifty-four counties. Below are the names of the wheats reported, with 

 the number of times each variety was mentioned. The figures in paren- 

 thesis indicate the number of localities from which that variety was 

 reported as the leading wheat : 



