Culture of Spring fVheai. 19 1 



QRS. c. s. £. s, d. 



Value of tb( Crop. 413 1 3 31505. ^=. 1034 13 9 



26 1 2 at 255, = 33 8 9 



Total - 440 1 1 = 1068 2 6 



Effects of Distemper in the Plants. — The crop suffered in some slight degree 

 from the smut, or bunt; the usual effects of which disease are, that the ear of the 

 plant affected assumes the appearance of a black powder. 



I have been in the habit of growing spring wheat for twenty-five years, and 

 never knew it suffer from the mildew, as winter wheat frequently does. 



J. G. Calthrop. 



We whose names are hereunto subscribed do certify, that the above is a true 

 statement. Witness our hands this 18th day of January, i8o5. 

 W. Barnes, Minister of Gosberton. 



' }• Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor. 



Henry SysoNjJ 



V. 



Spring Wbeai. By Nathaniel Wedd, Esq. 

 Sir, 



1 HAVE been given to understand, by an agricultural gentleman, that a premium 



of fifty guineas is offered by the Board for the largest grower of spring wheat last 



year. 



I do not find that premium among the printed list I have for 1805. However, 



I send inclosed a certificate of my quantity, agreeably to what I am informed is 



required by the Board. 



I am, Sir, your most obedient servant. 



No. V. 

 January ji, i8c6. 



To the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture. 



Nathaniel Wedd, of Trumpington, Cambridgeshircj certifies, that all the parti- 



