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one field, but not 

 on the other ! " 

 Mr. J. adds : " If 

 plenty of manure 

 were applied, there 

 would be less loss 

 from midge. All 

 that is needed to 

 insure good crops 

 is more and better 

 manure. Dielil 

 wheat is excellent 

 for rich land, but 

 not good for poor. 

 This is not a popu- 

 lar doctrine, but it 

 is true." 



The head of 

 wheat represented 

 bj this illustration 

 was sketched from 

 a head of this 

 variety raised in 

 Colorado, and de- 

 posited in the 

 archives of the 

 Agricultural De- 

 partment at Wash- 

 ington. There is 

 nothing remark- 

 able about this 

 variety, except the 

 uncouth appear- 



FiG. 26. — Egyptian club wheat. 



