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3. The yellow bearded wheat, originated on Long 

 Island, state of New York, and was supposed to be 

 proof against the attack of the tipula insect, absurd- 

 ly called the Hessian fly; but it is now found to be 

 nearly as accessible to that insect as any other kind. 

 The grain is flinty, yields well, and stands the vicis- 

 situdes of the Winter; but the flour is not so white 

 as that of some other varieties, and in New York the 

 plant is liable to smut. 



4. Red chaff bearded wheat, is of modern origin 

 in Virginia : it is very productive, the flour very 

 white, the straw stout, and grows taller than the 

 common kinds ; it also bears the Winter well, and 

 is now in the greatest estimation with the mil- 

 lers. 



5. Early Virginia wheat. This variety originat- 

 ed on the farm of Mr, Isbel, of Caroline county, Vir- 

 ginia, about fifteen years since, and ripens nearly 

 two weeks sooner than any other : a quality which 

 renders it very valuable to those who live in damp 

 situations, where the common kinds of wheat, from 

 their ripening late, are very apt to be hurt by mil- 

 dew. 



6. Jones's wheat, originated in Pennsylvania; it 

 yields excellent white flour, stands the Winter well, 

 and resists the tipula fly, but produces less than any 

 other kind. 



The standard weight of the bushel of wheat, in 

 Pennsylvania, is sixty pounds. But, although that 

 grain often weighs less, it frequently weighs more. 



The produce per acre is very various In the old 



settled parts twenty-five bushels may be deemed the 

 average crop per acre, though forty or fifty bush- 



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