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Michigan, and finally found in the Department of Vegetable Pathology (1) 

 a clerk (W. A. Carleton, graduate of Kansas Agricultural College), who 

 had in charge some promising Russian wheats, and some cross-bred 

 wheats from Australia. He had no ground on which to sow these 

 wheats, and was at a loss what to do with them. After some corre- 

 spondence I secured thirty kinds of these foreign wheats, somewhat late 

 in the season for sowing, and it was a question whether it would be wise 

 to sow them so late in the season. But a self-appointed committee of 

 those interested in this wheat question, consisting of Pres. Gorton, Sec. 

 Butterfield and Prof. Smith, looked over these wheats with me, and ten 

 of the most promising kinds were selected and sown on October 14, on the 

 College farm, under the care of Mr. Crozier. Specimens of these wheats 

 were reserved for analysis and comparison with next year's crop, and are 

 here exhibited. They are rich in gluten and give good promise. 



In addition to these, Prof. Smith imported two wheats from Germany, 

 the Schilf and Count Waldersdorff. 



The new wheats will be carefully tested with regard to their hardi- 

 ness, productiveness, milling quality, hread-making properties, and especially 

 in regard to the persistence of these properties. This last subject is of 

 great importance. 



The following tables exhibit the composition of the kinds of wheat 

 formerly in cultivation in this State, and the new wheats that are now on 

 trial at the College: 



