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article alone will be worth more to onr country than the cost of the 

 Agricultural Department. 



Randolph County, N. C. — The peck of Tappahannock wheat forwarded 

 to my address by the Department in the fall of 1868 I gave to a farmer 

 for experiment as directed, and he reports results as follows : " Sowed 

 one peck of Tappahannock wheat on one-fourth of an acre of thin land 

 (not manured) about the first of November; it grew finely, and was ripe 

 on the 10th of June. .Threshed it at the usual time ; it yielded three 

 bushels of excellent wheat, weighing sixty-seven pounds to the bushel." 



C/ierol-ee County, Ga. — W. Grisham, one of my assistant reporters, 

 makes the following report of seeds received from the Department: Im- 

 perial round turnip, good, but not excellent; Fosterton Hybrid 

 turnip, not desirable ; Tipped Scarlet oval radish, excellent. Early 

 Bassano beet, good; Carter's Warden Orange Globe mangel wurzel, 

 good; iSTew Pineapple beet, good; Imperial Sugar beet, very good; 

 Kemp's Incomparable cabbage. Late Hardy Winter Drumhead Savoy, 

 and the Jersey Wakefield cabbage, not suited to this locality. The 

 Student parsnip, the Selected Scarlet carrot, and the James Scarlet car- 

 rot did not vegetate. Yokohama squash failed on account of drought. 

 Early China beans, the Large White Kidney, and the Large Pale Yellow 

 beans, very good. Carter's Early Prolific peas, excellent. 



J)e Kalb County, Ala. — The Tappahannock wheat, sent me by the 

 Department three years ago, has succeeded well. I am now engaging 

 my next crop for seed. I sold out my last crop for seed, in the fall, at 

 $2, when our common wheat was only $1 25 per bushel. Guano tried 

 on a small scale last year, broadcast on wheat, with good results. 



Kendall County, Texas. — I planted, with great care, on the 7th of last 

 December, a peck of Tapi^ahannock wheat received from the Depart- 

 ment. It came up beautifully and luxuriantly, but in the latter part of 

 February, that which was not devoured by the grasshoppers was de- 

 stroyed by the rust. The ramie also was tried, but is a failure in this 

 county; it seemed to do better among weeds and grass than in clean and 

 well cultivated patches. Of the garden seeds, the Drumhead Savoy cab- 

 bage beats Kemp's Incomparable ; the Early York is also verj^ good. 



Marion County, Tenn. — Of the seeds received from the Department, 

 Carter's First Crop pea, sown first of May, produced pods in one month ; 

 yield moderate. Advance pea, planted first of May, yielded pods in five 

 weeks ; yield heavy ; pea sweet, tender, and large ; a fine variety. 

 Student parsnip is a fine variety. Deware's Fine Dark beet is excel- 

 lent; sweet, tender, and prolific. Carter's Early cabbage produces well ; 

 white hard head, very good. Every indication shows the Short Stem 

 cauliflower to be a fine variety. Owing to the lateness of the planting 

 and the excessive dry summer, none of these seeds had a fair test. 



Monroe County, Tenn. — The following are the results of experiments 

 Avith seeds received from the Department : The Early Nocera and the 

 White Lisbon onion were planted April 1st in beds well prepared and 

 manured, and though the season was unfavorable both kinds grew finely, 

 many of them large enough for table use. I consider them excellent. 

 Phinney's Early, Black Spanish, and the Long Island watermelon were 

 planted ICth of April ; fruited early and profusely. The melons were 

 rather small, but the meat was as fine as I ever saw. Phinney's is the 

 best. The Early Bassano beet was planted 1st of April in well-manured 

 beds; an early and good variety. Bossin lettuce did well, producing 

 fine large heads, which remained tender later than any variety I have 

 cultivated. Sandringham Superb White celery failed to come up; and 

 of the True Hubbard squash, insects destroyed every plant in about 



