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BUCKWHEAT. 
Rhode Island, Maryland, and all the cotton States, except North Caro- 
lina and Tennessee, return no buckwheat. The yield compared with last 
year was, in Vermont, 116; Virginia, 111; Tennessee, 110; Massachu- 
setts, 108; New York, 106; ’ Oregon, 105; New Jersey, 104; California, 
102 ; Connecticut and North Carolina, 100; ; in the other States less than 
100, the lowest being Nebraska, 40's Towa, 53; Kansas, 56; Illinois, 
Dian Missouri, 61. 
Trials of Silver-hull buckwheat distributed by the Department were 
for the most part quite successful. In York, rons 4 quarts 
yielded 5 bushels of good quality ; in Virginia, Page, 2 quarts yielded 
2 bushels; in Floyd, the seed yielded forty fold ; in Highland, it is re- 
ported as our best variety; ripens earlier, and hence may be sown 
earlier, escaping early frosts and late hot sunshine.” In Mercer, West 
Virginia, it also ripened earlier, and was better filled than the common 
variety. Further results of experiments with‘it will be found noted in 
the extracts which follow: 
New YorKk.—JVashington : Less sown than usual; crop good. Tioga: A little extra. 
Albany: A fair crop. Wyoming: Large yield. 
New JeRSEY.— Warren : Good average crop; good thrashing weather. ~ 
PENNSYLVANIA.— York: Quality good. Armstrong : Extra good crop. Lawrence: 
Injured by early frosts. ik: Increased acreage. Nor thumberland : Crop large and 
fine; no early frosts. 
Vireinta.—JVarren: Buekwheat very fine. Spottsylvania: Crop large. Northumber- 
land: Promises to thrash out well. Silver-bull does not suit our climate. Page: Crop 
good, Washington : Amounts to nothing; 2 quarts of Silver-hull from the Department 
produced 2 bushels ; ripened two weeks earlier than the common variety, and doubled 
its yield. Highland: Growth good, but much destroyed by squirrels, turkeys, &ce., 
there being no mast in the w oods. Floyd : Silver-hull a success; seed prodiives: 40 fold, 
Greenville: Seed from the Department did not do well; needs acclimation. 
Norte Carorima.—Stanley : Taken by rats and rabbits. 
SouTH CaRoOLina.—Orangeburg: Silver-skin a failure. 
GEORGIA.— Taylor: Silver-hull from the Department very favorabiy reported. 
TEexas.—Denton: Buckwheat from the Department very fine considering the drought. 
ARKANSAS.—Arkansas: Grew luxuriantly, but has no seed in the chaff. Garland: 
Gained 5 per cent. in quantity and 40 per cent. in quality. 
West VIRGINIA.—Grant: Badly injured by frost. Mercer: Slightly over average ; 
Silver-hull did well; matures a week earlier and is better filled than the Black-hull. 
Fayette: Three quarts Silver-hull produced’1} bushels; the straw is objectionable. 
Tyler: Generally good. 
Oxnro.— Vinton: Crop would have been large but for early frosts. Medina: Reduced 
to half a crop by gr asshoppers and early frosts. Coshocton: Above av erage; increased 
acreage. JVood: Almost a total failure. 
MICcHIGAN.—Shiawassee : Early sowings escaped damage, but the frost cut down the 
yield below average. Berrien: Shortened by drought. 
INDIANA.—fipley : Greatly damaged by frost. 
InLivois.— Bureau: Almost a failure. Jinnebago: Not half a crop. 
WISCONSIN.—Green: Almost a failure. .ddams: Scalded in the blossom and did not 
fill; some fields not harvested. Dodge: Drought prevented the grain from filling; 
only 75 per cent. of an average. Silver-hull about the same as our native varieties. 
Green Lake: Injured by drought and early frost. 
MiInneEsota.—Jsanti: Silver-hull a great acquisition; cropped well and ripened 
early. 
— lowa.—Clarke : Badly injured by summer drought. Mills: All frost-killed. Hardin: 
Frosted. Tama: Failure through ‘drought and early frost. Benton: Mostly destroyed 
by frost. Des Moines: A total failure because of drought; silver-hull two weeks earlier 
than either the black or gray. Jefferson: Ruined by frost. Wayne: Almost a total 
failure through frost. Louisa: Ruined by drought; won’t pay for harvesting. Monona : 
Increased acreage, but swept by grasshoppers. “Calhoun : Killed i by early frost. Grundy : 
Almost ruined by September frosts. 
Missourt.—Caldwell: Entirely ruined by drought. Clinton: Destroyed by early 
frost. Harrison: Almost a failure through frost. De Kalb: Nearly a failure. Howard: 
Nearly destroyed by frost. Mercer: Silver-hull yielded 3 bushels very fine from 4 quarts 
