Bedford County^ Fla. — The Tappahannock wheat sent last year was 

 distributed in two-]iound lots. Planted about 20th of October. Har- 

 vested last of April. Average yield, 80 pounds from each two pounds 

 planted. Product every way equal in quality to seed planted. Its 

 introduction has created a mania on the wheat subject. Many farmers 

 have asked for lots, that they may experiment and get seed. I think it 

 should be planted 1st of October. 



Shelbi/ County, Ala. — The ]Mediterraneau wheat is decidedly the best 

 wheat for the middle portion of this State. The two little bundles 

 received from the Department were sown, and the product saved 

 carefully and resown for three years, and we now have one hundred 

 bushels'in good condition, worth $2 per bushel, while the common wheat 

 ]>rings but $1 25 in the same market. 



SOUTHERN KAIVSAS. 



A correspondent writing from Girard, twenty-five miles south of Port 

 Scott, says : " Splendid farms are springing into existence all around 

 us. This township, that tliree years ago could poll but forty votes, has 

 now not a vacant quarter-section of land in its area of sixty-three 

 square miles. This season has been remarkable for its adaptation to 

 the wants of the farmers. Man, had he possessed poAver, could hardly 

 have bettered it. Early in the spring we had rain enough to put the 

 ground in good working order, and ample time to plow and put in crops,, 

 and after that showers every four or five days till the 3d of June; then 

 eighteen clear days, (except one shower and a couple of " sprinklers,") 

 ju'st in time for wheat harvest; tlien four inches of rain to push the 

 corn, followed by clear hot days while we harvested oats. AAlth such a 

 season, crops could not be other than good. Wheat and oats filled very 

 well, and the crop is a good one, though much of the wheat was on sod 

 and has short heads. Corn is now promising a large yield, and so are 

 potatoes. Other A'egetables are abundant." 



EXPERIENCE WITH GRAPES. 



Springfield County, III. — The grape crop is remarkably fine this season, 

 Catawbas and lonas particularly. Concords are excellent, but the vines 

 are not as full as usual. July 25, Hartfords commenced coloring ; July 

 29, Delawares commenced coloring; and by August the Hartfords were 

 nearly all colored. August 1, Israella one-fourth colored; Aug-ust 9, 

 Salem, Allen, Concord, and Northern Muscadine coloring; August 10, 

 Diana and Isabella coloring, the latter rotting some; August 12, Hart- 

 fords nearly all ripe. On the 15th of August we pulled for market the 

 first Concord, Israella, »nd Delaware. .August 18, Catawbas coloring. 

 Prom the foregoing notes it will be seen that the ripening of grapes in 

 this county is much earlier this season than usual. Peaches ahso have 

 ripened earlier than usual, and the corn crop is much nearer maturity 

 than is commonly the case at this date. 



HancocJc County, III. — The grape crop is the best that has been gathered 

 since their introduction in this county. The vines have been free from 

 insects, blight, rust, and mildew, and retain all the healthiness desirable 

 up to the time of ripening. We estimate 1,200 to 1,000 acres in this 

 county, averaging 500 vines to the acre, and each vine will average 

 10 pounds — making the enormous sum of 6,000,000 pounds, one fourth 

 of which will be marketed lor table use, the remainder made into wine. 

 The Catawba, which has failed to give satisfaction for some years past, 



