60 WHEAT CULTURE. 



and most successful farmers, asking answers to the fol- 

 lowing questions : 



QUESTIONS CONTAINED IN THE CIRCULAR. 



What is the largest yield of wheat, per acre, known to 

 you, in your neighborhood, on not less than two acres ? 

 On what kind of soil ? What the plowing ? What the 

 variety of wheat ? What date, and manner sown ? 

 What date harvested ? What the fertilizers used ? and 

 other useful information. 



Many responses to my circulars, with the desired in- 

 formation, have kindly been returned to me from all 

 parts of the country, showing that some growers, almost 

 everywhere, have succeeded in getting extra large yields, 

 ranging from thirty up to sixty-one bushels to the acre, 

 on the whole of large fields, and portions of many of 

 those replies are given in pages further on. 



Chief among the valuable lessons which the reader 

 may learn from these reports, is that the larger yields 

 advocated by me in this little work, are perfectly and 

 easily practicable for all farmers who possess the ambi- 

 tion and energy to secure them. 



