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MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS AND NOTICES. 



I. — On some Varieties of Wheat. By Sir Charles Burrell, 



Bart., M.P. 



Having been requested by Mr. Pusey to send some account of several 

 kinds of wheat sown on my farm, I beg to forward the following results 

 of produce at the last harvest, calculated, according to his wish, from 

 half-acres, premising that considerable disadvantage arose, first by the 

 very untoward season of 1839 for sowing (and for drilling especially), 

 and again by the ill effects of heavy rain and wind when the wheats 

 were in bloom in this part of Sussex, which injured them considerably. 



1. — Browne's Prolific ten-rowed white wheat yielded 15 J bushels to 

 the half-acre. 



The straw was abundant and long, the sample middling and inferior 

 to the seed sown, having been much injured at blooming time by rain 

 and wind ; but our opinions are not changed as to the general produc- 

 tiveness of this wheat. 



2. — Hunter's white wheat, the seed obtained from Mr. Prime, M.P., 

 yielded 15 bushels to the half-acre. 



The straw was sufficient, but the grain not quite true. This defect, 

 it is hoped, will be remedied by drawing it with care. This wheat 

 also was much injured at blooming time. 



The following sorts were obtairied by favour of CoL Le Couteur from 



Jersey. 



3. — Col. Le Couteur's seedling yielded 14 bushels to the half- acre. 

 The straw was slight and short ; the grain very true, but not so good 



as was expected from the sample of seed sown : it had been injured at 

 blooming time. 



4. — Dantzig white wheat yielded 13 bushels 1 gallon to the half- acre. 

 The straw was abundant, the sample coarse and indififerent : the seed 



has not been used again. 



5. — Bellevue Talavera yielded 18 bushels to the half-acre. The 

 straw was abundant, but the plant thin on the ground, having been 

 dibbled in December last, and much beat about by bad weather before 

 it was ripe. The sample was lean, but of good colour ; and all that 

 could be spared was eagerly purchased by neighbouring practical 

 farmers. 



Summary. Bushels per Acre. 



Browne's Prolific . . . 31 



Hunter's White ... 30 



Le Couteur's Seedling ~ . . 28 



Ditto White Dantzig . . 26 



Ditto Bellevue Talavera . 36 



These wheats were grown upon a clay soil, which has been well 

 drained by Pearson's draining plough, at 8J feet distance, to the depth 

 of 2 feet. 



Knepp Castle, Horsham. 



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