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The real spring or summer wheat, has been of late intro- 

 duced in various districts in Scotland. It possesses many- 

 advantages, being for a much shorter period in the 

 ground ; and though sown in the end of April, or the be- 

 ginning of May, will ripen as early as winter sown 

 wheat. It is certainly, however, not so productive as 

 wheat sown in winter, or even winter wheat sown in 

 spring ; and the ear being shorter, the crop cannot be 

 equally productive. It will probably, however, be a 

 great acquisition in districts, where winter wheat does not 

 answer, and more especially where the vegetation is ra- 

 pid. 



In regard to the culture of wheat in general, manj in- 

 telligent agriculturists begin to be apprehensive, that 

 from the high price of that article, farmers have been 

 tempted to sow it too often, and that it comes round too 



ther a more rapid vegetation docs not take place in the vale* 

 adjoining mountainous districts, than at a distance from 

 them ? It is very proper in you to say, " winter wheat sown 

 " in spring," because a discrimination is highly necessary 

 between winter wheat sown in the spring, and the Siberian, 

 or real spring wheat. We tried the real spring wheat se- 

 veral years, but in both quantity and quality, it was inva- 

 riably much inferior to the winter wheat sown in spring !" 



" Prior to our coming into this district, no wheat was grown 

 in Glend.tle, except in the haughs by the river sides, or 

 some particular pieces of strong land, unfit for turnips. But 

 now, and for many years, thousands of acres of spring- 

 sown wheat have been grown with the greatest success, 

 which had never produced any wheat before ; and until 

 these last unfortunate years, we seldom produced less than 

 from three to four quarters per acre after turnips, and fre- 

 quently more. Upon the weaker turn'.p soils, we ourtelves 

 sow a red wheat, the seed of wh ; ch we got several years 

 since-from a village called Bnrwell, in Cambridgeshire, an 

 excellent and productive kind." 



