WnKAT t--'ur,TURE. — We Imve taken particular pains the 

 presoiu season to ascertain tho condition and yield of the 

 \\ Iieu4 crop, and the eftects of ditiorent modes of culture. 

 'I'lie crop in Western Now York we should think is more 

 liiiin un average one, and though the weather during a part 

 of the harvest waa quite unfavorable, owing to continual 

 showers, yet much less loss resulteil than waa at the time 

 anticipated. We hear of but very little wheat materially 

 injured. Less wheat, proljably, was planted by drilling in 

 tills neighborhood, than the previous year. This was 

 caused, undoubtedly, by the imperfect operation of some of 

 the drills used. We saw one piece of wheat in this county 

 that yielded but fifteen bushels to the acre. Tho owner 

 assured us he bad every reason to believe the yield would 

 I»vc been twenty -five if it had been sown by hand. It w as 

 in irregular clumps, and 

 much of the ground bare. 

 In tho same town we ex- 

 amined a field of wheat, 

 one half of which had 

 been drilled in by our 

 friend Steukv, with 

 .Seymour's Drill. It was 

 done by Mr. S. for the 

 owner of the farm, as an 

 experiment, and those 

 who saw tho field ex- 

 pressed the opinion, and 

 it seemed justified by tho 

 appearance of the wheat 

 on the ground, that the 

 /I"'"' \I'J1# ])V' '''•''led portion of the field 



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^sLUllk'^UV '-"^ \ "L'^' '■o ""an that sown 



Vn<H\sv\W *'' --efore, should not per- 



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me prejudiced against 



I si/sifim, on account 

 I Jefecta in any par- 



II lar machine. 

 . ^, . appearance of wheat 



sown both by tho drill 

 and broadcast, at tho 

 time of ripening. It will 

 be noticed that the height 

 of that sown broadcast 

 is very uneven, while 

 the upright position of 

 many of the heads, in- 

 dicates that they are 

 light, not being well 

 filled. This is not, how- 

 ever, a fair representa- 

 tion of the ground at 

 harvest; the drill leaves 

 the ground in ridges, as 

 seen in the engraving 

 but ttiese ridges art worn 

 down by freezin,:j and 

 washing, and at harvest 

 the ground appears near 

 ly level. It is this lilline 

 up of the hollows thu 

 to so great an r\tf nt 

 prevents the freezing of drilled wheat. 



The Exeter (English) Times says- I i I h (ston 

 said in a lecture, lust week, before the E i l» r m vshire 

 Farmers' Club, ' in New Brunswick, ^t:*> ^.ngiuiiu, Ver- 

 mont, New Hampshiro, Connecticut and New York, the 

 growth of whejit has almost ceased, and it is now gradually 

 receding farther and farther westward. Now, when I tell 

 you this, you will see that it will not be very long before 

 America is unable to supply us with wheat in any large 

 quantity. If we could bring Indian eorn'rrtw-^meral use 

 we might get plenty of it.' " 



We hardly think New York is prepared to give up raising 

 wheat, nor do we think the quantity grown in the leus"t 

 diminishing. Tho Lockport Courier estimates the present 

 W'heat crop of Niagara County at one million bushels, 

 which considering thet it is one of the smallest counties in 

 the state, is certainly a very large yield. Tho estimate may 

 not bo correct, but it shows, at least, the opinion of one hav- 

 ing good opportunities to judge, and that tho farmers of Niag. 

 nra Co. have little thoughts of relinquishing wheat culture. 



The Editor of the Albany Journal, who has been on a trip 

 through the Slate, speaks thus of what he saw : 



" iNevi-r has the teeming earth yielded her treasures with a 

 more bountiful hand. Never did ' seed time and hamtst' prom- 

 ise more abundant reward to the husbandman. Onondaga. Cay- 

 uga. Seneca, Ontario and Monroe, are in a truly palmy condition. 

 Ontario and Monroe resemble the richest and best cultivated por- 

 tions of England and Belgium. We have never seen in that por- 

 many acres promising a larger yield or bct- 



■ State 



tion of 

 ter wheat 



The Editor of the Rochester A 



'• The quantity of wheat raised in Western New York this year 

 is very great. There was a very large number of acres sown last 

 fall, and tho seasons have been as favorable as could bo desired 

 for the growth and ripening of the grain. Tho quality of the 

 wheat is rarely better than it is this year." 



We hope, and we have good reason to believe, that those 

 who prophesy the abandonment of wheat growing in this 

 .State arc false prophets, and those who arc making calcula- 

 tions on such a stale of things are doomed lo disappointment. 



Samples of new varieties of wheat have been disti^uted 

 through the Patent Office to our farmers, and many thus 

 favored have grown and preserved it with care, and now 

 are prepared to furnish their neighbors with the new kinds, 

 for seed. E. Cornell, of Ithaca, N. Y., writes us that he 

 has the Etrurian Wheat, procured from Mr. Ellsworth, 

 while Commissioner of Patents, some six years since. Jlr. 

 C. says : "It has grown entirely free from chess, smut, rust, 

 and weevil. The slraw is stiff and not subject to crinkle; 

 just previous to ripening it assumes a beautiful purple color 

 which changes in ripening to a golden yellbw. It is the 

 bald variety, a white or very light yellow berry, which i.s 

 enclosed sufficiently firm by the husk to prevent waste in 

 harvesting, and not so tightly set as to thresh hard. It is 

 very hardy, stands the winter well, and grows as well in 

 the wet and low grounds, apparently, as on the more ele- 

 vated and dry. Tor flouring it is unsurpassed. It yields 

 more pounds per bushel measure than any other variety 

 I know of, and the yield of flour is proportionably large." 

 It is offered for sale by Mr. C. at Ithaca, for $2 per bushel. 



TiMOTHV JuDsoN, of Salem Cross Roads, Chenango Co., 

 N. Y., has the Whke Blue Stem wheal, also obtoineil at the 

 I'atenl Office. Mr. J. says; "I do not know how it has 

 succeeded in other regions, but I am satisfied that it is the 

 best variety raised here, the quantity produced being greater, 

 and the quality superior to any other. It has been said that 

 it will not rust, and that the Hessian fly will not injure it. 

 I can say that since I have rai.sed it, neither the rust or fly 

 liave troubled it and one season the fly injured the flint wheat 

 very much, while the blue stem was untouched." 



IMr. Judson was awarded the first premium for specimen 

 of this wheat, exhibited at the last State Fair. Mr, J. olTers 

 his wheat to farmers, for seed, at $2 per bushel, at his 

 residence, and if n barrel or more is ordered, he will deliver 

 it at Dunkirk. 



\Vt: have received from the author the following commu- 

 nication, w'ith arequst for insertion in the Farmer previous 

 to the State Fair: 



•' Having been forced into a discussion as to the relative merits 

 f.f 3d Duke of Cambridge and Mr. Vail's Duke of Wellington, 

 .ind Mr. Vail still insisting that Wellington is the better bull, be- 

 cause .Mr. Bates so wrote him, I invite Mr. V. to show both his 

 balls, Duke of WeUington and Meteor, at Albany at our next 

 great Slate Show, along side of Cambridge, that the public may 

 there compare them and see the character of each. .\. Stevens. '"' 



By a list of the books in the State .\gricultural Library, 

 published in tho Transactions, we perceive that it consists 

 of more than 600 volumes, about 100 of which have been 

 added during the last year, principally by donations. 



State Fairs for 1350. — State Fairs for the present 

 year will be held as follows: 



New York— at Albany, Sept. .3, 4, 5, and G. 



Maryland— at Baltimore, Oct. 23, 21, and 25. 



Ohio— at Cincinnati, Sept. 11, 12, and 13. 



Michigan— at .4nn Arbor, Sept. 25, 26, and 27. 



.■Vew Ilampshire — first week in October. 



Rhode Island Imp. Society — at Providence, Sept. 18th, 

 lilth, and 20th. 



Gwrgia- at Atlanta, August 15. 



Upper Canada— at Niagara, Sept. 13, 19, 20. 



The cultivation of the heart should bo like that of a garden, 

 where wc prune and weed before wo begin to plant. 



