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improvement, but the prolonged wet weather prevented all but the very 

 earliest from filling; well. The Tappahannock has been the most valu- 

 able wheat here among forty kinds this year, on account of its earliuess. 

 The wet did not injure it. 



Bnclingham County, Va. — I received from the Department of Agri- 

 culture one quart Arnautka Spring wheat. I sowed it broadcast, the 

 loth of March ; the plat of ground being small, I put it in with a hand- 

 rake, which left it so near the surface that a covey of crows attacked it, 

 and destroyed about one-half before I discovered them. What was left 

 gTew off beautifully, and was harvested the 10th of July, yielding at 

 the rate of about 25 bushels to the acre, of as pretty wheat as any raised 

 in this county. I am satisfied that by sowing- a little earlier it can be 

 successfully grown in this latitude, and would jirove a source of great 

 benefit to tenant farmers, who seldom reach their new homes in the fall 

 in time to sow winter wheat. The seed is already in great request ; I 

 shall give it my special attention next year. 



DalxOta County, Minn. — The package of barley (Saxonian) which I 

 received from the Department has done exceedingly well ; it fills well, 

 and the berry is plump, and it stands the drought better than the com- 

 mon barley. The Tappahannock wheat which I received from the Depart- 

 ment did not come \\\) to my anticipations. It grew well, but when it 

 came to fill out the heads were very small and the stalks barely able to 

 liold up the heads. 



Butler County, Mo. — I have just thrashed my Tappahannock wheat 

 received from the Department. One-quarter of a bushel, sown the 12th 

 of October, broadcast, made six and one-eighth bush'bls. It promises to 

 do well here ; ripens about ten days earlier than the wheat we have been 

 raising. 



Lampamfi County, Tex. — The Tappahannock wheat sent me l>y the 

 Department was turned over to Mr. Phil. Smith, an experienced and 

 careful farmer. He sowed the same, and reports as follows : " Sowed 

 the wheat (11 pounds) 3d of December, in drills sixteen inches apart. 

 The wheat was injured by the rust. It was sowed six weeks later than 

 the Eed May, and was ten days later in harvesting. One peck was lost 

 in thrashing. Yield, three bushels and one peck, weighing 19S pounds." 

 Mr. Smith thinks it will be the wheat for this climate. He will sow the 

 product early this fall. 



Fannin County, Tex. — I have just thrashed the second cropoi Tappa- 

 hannock wheat received from the Department. I received one ])ackage 

 and sowed it in November, ISOS ; thrashed 2^ bushels. Planted that in 

 October, 18(50, and thrashed 7i bushels of indifferent wheat. It is liable' 

 to rust here. I will continue to try it, as we are very anxious for it to 

 succeed. '' 



Tiof/a County, Fa. — I received from the Dei>artment one-fourth of a 

 bushel of Tappahannock wheat Kovem])er 1, 18GS. Sowed it ISTovem- 

 ber 3, which was about two months after the usual seeding time in this 

 county. September 7, ISGO, sowed four bushels on two acres. The 

 early part of the winter being unfavorable, it was consideral)ly injured. 

 Cut July 5, 1870; yield, 46^ bushels. Sowed the same day in the same 

 field four bushels of Blue Stem. Cut July 15 ; yield, .33 bushels. The 

 straw of the Blue Stem was considerably heavier than the Tappahan- 

 nock. The Tappahannock is ten days earlier than any other wheat 

 grown in this county. 



Gilmer County, Ga. — The Tai>pahannock wheat received from the 

 Department, after two years' trial, proves to be well adapted to this 

 section, yielding one-third more than other varieties on same land. 



