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TABLE III. — From Le Couteur's Prize Essay. 

 Comparative Statement of the results of different WJieats. 



" One ear of a superior variety of wheat, sowed grain by grain, and 

 suffered to tiller apart, produced four pounds four ounces of wheat ; 

 whereas another of an inferior sort treated in the same manner pro- 

 duced only one pound ten ounces." — Le Couteur on Wheat, p. 11. 



" The pains I took in making those first selections amply rewarded 

 my labors, as the produce of my crops was increased on an average of 

 about twenty-three to twenty-five bushels an acre to thirty-four, and 

 since 1 have raised wheat from single ears, or carefully selected sorts, 

 I have increased my crops to between forty and fifty bushels the acre." 



Ibid, p. 14. 



" No. I , produced 3 lbs. 3 oz. from Gl grains, and 3 lbs. 9 oz. weight 

 of straw of a beautiful white color ; whereas, No. 14, a red variety, 

 only produced from 59 grains, 1 lb. 10 oz. of wheat, and 2 lbs. 5 oz. 

 of straw. 



"No. 8, a downy variety, was still more productive than No. 1, as 

 fifty-five grains produced 41bs. 4oz. of wheat, and 3 lbs. 13 oz. of 

 straw, its average of tillers being 11 ; the straw of a fine color, and the 

 sample very beautiful, though scarcely so fine, or thin-skinned as No. 1. 



