486 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OP AGRICULTURE. 



busliels per acre of Silver Chaff. Among tlie older varieties Fiiltz is 

 most in favor: , 



Michigan.— EeiiOTts from several counties show that Silver Chaff has 

 the preference among the newer varieties, and that the Clawson is grown 

 more extensively than any other. 



3Iinnesota.— The Improved Fife has proved successful in a great many 

 cases. It is thought that it retains the good qualities of the old Fife, 

 and yields better. 



Montana. — One report from Custer County shows a yield of 38 bushels 

 per acre of Improved Fife. 



Nehraslca. — Improved Fife is particularly adapted to a prairie country, 

 where high winds prevail, on account of its vigorous growth and stiff 

 straw. 



Ncio Jersey. — Morris County makes a very favorable report on Silver 

 Chaff. " Grain large and plump ; quality excellent." 



Neiv To7']<. — Eichmond County: The Silver Chaff is thought to be a 

 very valuable acquisition. A majority of reports received show that the. 

 Clawson is more extensively grown than any other. 



North Carolina. — Many reports on Yellow Missouri are very favorable. 

 Silver Chaff has also done well. 



OMo. — The reports are very numerous, and place a high estimate on 

 Sdver Chaff. Of the older varieties Fultz is preferred. 



Oregon. — The Mold Wheats, particularly Mold's White Winter, have 

 yielded remarkably well. These reports, coming from eleven counties, 

 show a yield varying from 24 to 80 bushels per acre. In quaUty the 

 grain is unsurpassed. All agree that these wheats are of great value 

 to Oregon. 



Fennsylvania. — Four reporters from different counties have done well 

 with the Silver Chaff. The variety most commonly cultivated is the 

 Fultz. 



Utah. — Mold's White and Eed Winter Wheats have done well in 

 nearly all cases reported, and are likely to i)rove very valuable. Yield 

 from 30 to 40 bushels per acre. 



Yirginia. — A great many reports have been received without indicat- 

 ing any very remarkable results. The Silver Chaff, Yellow Missouri, 

 and Victor have done very well in some cases, but the general i)refer- 

 ence seems to remain with the Fultz and Tappahaunock. 



Washingfoyi. — As in California and Oregon, the Mold Wheats have 

 given very heavy jdelds of excellent grain. They are described as " The 

 finest wheat I ever saw." " The finest wheat I have seen in Washington 

 Territory." " Yelds fully one-third more than the wheat I have sown 

 hitherto." " Full, plump grain, 5J feet high, heads 5 inches long." The 

 quaUty of the grain is said to be " good," " very good," " excellent," 

 "fine," "A 1," "tip-top," &g. 



While the Mold Wheats have shown a remarkable adaptation to the 

 grain- growing regions of the Pacific slope, they have almost without ex- 

 ception failed east of the Eocky Mountains. The reports of 1880 on 

 these wheats are awaited with great interest. 



West Virginia. — Eeports from sixteen counties on several of the vari- 

 eties distributed from this department show that nothing has been found 

 that wiU supersede the Fultz and Clawson. 



Wisconsin. — As a winter wheat Fultz takes the lead. Eeports on 

 Improved Fife (spring wheat) are uniformly favorable. 



Eeports on wheat have been received from nearly all States and Ter- 

 ritories, and from most of them in very large numbers. From a careful 

 reading of all, the following conclusions are reached : 



