224 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



RICH PRODUCTS OF WISCONSIN. 



Jonas Tower, of Ivanton, Sauk county, Wisconsin, sends us 

 some specimens of the growth of farm products in that section of 

 the rich west. First is a stool of rye, 180 stalks, which grew 

 from a single seed, among wheat, upon newly-cleared land, and 

 produced five and a half ounces of grain, which is sent as a sam- 

 ple of its quality, and to be used for seed. I ask Mr. Carpenter 

 to take it, and see what it will produce. Then there are heads 

 of timothy of remarkable length, but not as long, Mr. Tower says, 

 as he has seen. Some of these measure over ten inches. 



The heads of winter wheat show that Wisconsin has the power 

 within her rich lands to produce great crops of winter wheat. 

 These heads measure six inches long. 



And here is a stalk of clover that was sown upon the wheat 

 ground, April 23, and pulled July 17— eighty-three days. It is 

 full sixteen inches in length. With it is a sample of clover seed 

 grown in 115 daj's from seed sown among the wheat. Here is a 

 sample of the wild hops of Wisconsin, large ui size, and well filled 

 with 'that peculiar j^ellow powder, which alone gives value to the 



And above all things else worthy of notice, by those who de- 

 sire to send things here for our inspection, is the manner in which 

 these were put up ; each in its strong paper wrapper, distinctly 

 labeled, and all compactly put up and plainly directed, and sent 

 by express, freight paid. 



BENEFIT OF CLEANING SEED WHEAT, 



Mr. Tower, the gentleman who sends the above named speci- 

 men, says : 



" I passed my seed wheat twice through my smut machine, and 

 in 105 acres I have not discovered the first trace of smut in it, 

 and it was nearly all fall grain. My neighbors, who have had 

 their seed wheat cleaned in the same way, tell the same story 

 about theirs." 



Will farmers please to make a note of this fact ? If you want 

 to grow smut, sow it. If you prefer to have clean wheat, sow 

 nothing but clean wheat for seed. 



The exhibition of this remarkable stool of rye elicited a plea- 

 sant discussion upon the subject of cultivating grain in hills. 

 Prof. Mapes and Mr. Pardee spoke of the Louis Weedon method 

 of growing wheat in strips, cultivating the spaces. 



