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Vol. XVIII, Second Series. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y., AUGUST, 1857. 



No. 8. 



CULTIVATION OF WHEAT. 



SoMK years ago, ]Mr. B. P. Johnson, Secretary of 

 the New York 8tate Agricultural Society, sent the 

 Messrs. Lawsgn & Son, ot Etlinburgh, a considera- 

 ble Humber of the most approved varieties of wheat 

 cultivated ia this couDtry. On trial, they were found 

 to be well-known European kinds. The probability 

 is that nearly all the wheats at present cultivated in 

 this country and in Canada were derived from Eu- 

 rope, and it is much to he regretted that we are un- 

 able to identify them. We have been examining the 

 subject bat cun make nothing of it, and have aban- 

 doned the investigation in inextricable confusion. It 

 is interesting and useful to know the true origin and 

 correct name of any of our commonly cultivated va- 

 rieties of wheat, and we shall be thankful for any in- 

 fornjation our readers can give on this point. In the 



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i^antime, we will give cuts and descriptions of a few 

 of the most popular kinds cultivated in Great Britain. 



The Chiddam Wheat (fig. 1) is an old and highly 

 esteemed English variety of white wheat ; « a Ifree 



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glower, tall strawed, fine square ear, singularly free 

 from awns, grain round."' It ripens early, is not lia- 

 ble to lodge, and is remarkably well adapted to loose, 

 rich soil'. It is one of the best Englitrh varieties, 

 weighing, in dry summers, 66 ibs. per bushel. A 

 2cnt!eman in Michitran who sowed a sample of it, 

 lirought over, in 18.51, by Mi-. B. P. Johnson, re- 

 ported it as "a most capital wheat." Mr. M. B. 

 Batfham, of the Ohio Cvltivalar, also imported and 

 distributed a number of varieties of British wheats, 

 the Chiddam among them, in 1851, but we have not 

 heard ihe re.«ults. 



Fenton Wheat (fig. 2) has a plump, round grain, 

 of a pale white color; ear of moderate ienirth, but 

 very square and evenly shaped. In the February 

 number of the Genr^r/r Former of this year, will he 

 found an account of the origin of this variety. The 



