from S l^iaD^aoe^to^o^UUjlJUir 1 * 1 ^^ not only the 

 which injures flour; but the gluten, anl therefore the 

 nutritive quality, is actually diminished. In Poland, and in 

 some parts of the United States, wheat is dried before grinding, 

 in which case, no change takes place. As much as 18 Ibs. of 

 water have been expelled from a barrel of Ohio flour. 



(B.) Wheat grown in dry climates yields more bread than 

 when grown in wet climates. A quarter of English wheat has 

 yielded 13 Ibs. more bread than the same quantity of Scotch 

 wheat. 



Wheat grown in New Jersey, lower Pennsylvania, the South- 

 era part of Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia, 

 contains less water, and more nutritive matter than that from 

 the more northern States Experiments have proved that 

 manures produce an effect similar to climate in raising the 

 nutritive value of wheat, in proportion as they contain nitrogen; 

 and it is not improbable that the manure received from the air 

 in dry climates has an especial effect in this respect. 



145. &quot;It is impossible, when we are examining these facts, 

 not to feel how closely the meteorology of a neighborhood influ 

 ences even the composition of the grain which it produces. The 

 English miller is well aware of these things ; he mixes with the 

 wheat produced in the damper districts of that Island the dry 

 wheat produced in lands where the mean temperature is much 

 higher, the rain-fall considerably less, and, in consequence, more 

 free from moisture. Such facts, too, are of practical use to the 

 agriculturist, for he well knows how, by improved systems of 

 cultivation, the obstacles presented by even climate are over 

 come.&quot; (C. W. Johnson.) 



There is no reason for believing that the moon has any influence on 

 the weather, or the crops, except as imparting light and heat. There 

 are many old superstitions still popular on this (subject. It has been 

 closely investigated both in Germany for fifty \ears, and in England for 

 twenty, ;ind no connection between the moon and the wealher could I e 



