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Average yield of wliole crop, 33 bushels per acre. Of barley, 

 11^ acres produced 500, average 45 bushels per acre. Of oats, 

 8^ acres produced 450, average 56 bushels per acre. 



Great pains were taken to make the measurements accurate, 

 and the affidavits of Mr. H. and his men can be obtained if de- 

 sired. The oats were not considered a large, though a fair yield. 



Mr. Lawton moved that Wm. S. Carpenter take charge of the 

 sample, and try it, and report results. 



Mr. Carpenter. — The grains of this wheat appear remarkably 

 large and plump for spring wheat, better than any other sort I 

 have ever seen. Spring wheat is grown to a great extent in this 

 State, in many sections where winter wheat will not produce a 

 good crop. 



Dr. Trimble. — My idea of spring wheat is that it is only sown 

 as a substitute for winter Avheat, where the latter has failed, by 

 reason of the ravages of the Hessian fly, or because the winter 

 grain was killed in winter. I have never understood that spring 

 wheat was of as good quality as winter wheat. I hope this va- 

 riety will prove a valuable sort, and that we shall be able by its 

 means to extend the wheat culture in this vicinity. Dr. Trimble 

 then spoke of the operations of the ichneumon insects that have 

 destroyed the Hessian fly, and are now likely to destroy the wheat 

 midge. He also illustrated how the ichneumon deposits its eggs 

 in the bodies of other insects. Since insects have made such 

 ravages upon the wheat crop in all the Eastern States, I hope 

 that we may, out of this or some other sort, get a new sort of 

 spring wheat which would be a great desideratum. 



THE POTATO DISEASE. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited specimens of peach blow potatoes from 

 Harrison township, Westchester County, badly affected by the 

 potato disease — the dry rot — which first affects the skin, and 

 works inward rapidly. The disease prevails to a large extent ; 

 some crops have been entirely destroyed. 



Solon Robinson. — My own peach blow potatoes are all going 

 to decay, some weeks after being dug and stored in the barn The 

 Davis seedling and Prince Albert potatoes, grown right alongside, 

 are all sound. 



NEWTOWN PIPPINS. 



Mr. Carpenter exhibited some fine specimens of Newtown pip- 

 pins, beautifully blushed with red; the most so we have ever 



