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of wheat will plant one acre and that said acre will produce over fifty bushels. I am 
expecting not less than two gallons from the twelve heads. Now if I get the same 
results from the two gallons it will make over one hundred bushels. I believe it would 
pay you, to come and see this wheat. I am getting lots of offers to buy this wheat at 
ten cents per head and am refusing to sell it. Now can you fill these orders? I am fully 
convinced that I can plant one gallon of wheat to the acre and with this wheat raise 
more wheat than by planting eight to ten gallons to the acre." 
— E. A. C, Springfield, Ky„ May 29, 1918. 
"I have observed the wheat grown by Mr. E. A. Cox from the twelve heads sent him 
by you with much interest. This wheat is now heading out at a height of five feel, with 
heads about six inches in length, and in appearance will bear about 80 grains per head. 
Mr. Cox planted, this wheat about 0 to 8 inches apart each way but now it has tillered 
to such an extent that it covers the entire ground. Some bunches have as many as 
25 culms. All will average at least 10, I think."— C. L. M., Asst. Emergency Demonstra- 
tion Agt., Springfield, Ky., May 28th, 1918. 
"Last year I purchased and sowed a pound of 'Burbank' wheat which I bought from 
you. We regard the wheat as the most excellent grown in this state. I am extremely 
well pleased with it and those who have seen it regard it as iii every way being a prize 
product. I want to congratulate you upon your most beneficial and untiring work. 
I believe it a complete revolution of the wheat growing industry, particularly in this 
state, for the reason that our average yield per acre here is only thirteen bushels of 
common wheat."— 0. S. H., Okla. Thresherman's Association, Oklahoma City, Okla., 
July 23, 1918. 
"E. G. Purvine of Two Rock Valley displayed in Petaluma Thursday a stalk of the 
new Burbank white oats which stood six feet tall in the boot, while the ear had over 
500 kernels. Six of these stalks all developed equally prolific, sprang from one kernel of 
oats so the great wonder can be realized. He only has a quarter of an acre, but he is 
going into it heavier next season. The stalk is just like a corn stalk, with broad, flat 
leaves, and the kernels grow where the corn tassels should come. His crop will go 
10 sacks to the acre, which, at the present price of oats, makes the crop worth more 
per acre than the land on which il is grown. He left the wonderful exhibit at the Toma- 
sini Hardware Company's store, where it may be seen. He also has some of the new 
Burbank wheat and says that it is wonderful." — Petaluma, Cal., "Argus." 
"As to, the ten sample heads of wheal which I bought from you last Winter; in the 
first place I got it planted rather lale and we had a very dry Spring. In spite of this 
the wheat averaged about four feet in height with an average of ten good sized heads 
from each grain, with an average of about 80 lair sized grains to each head. I have 
saved all the grains carefully, and will be able lo planl quite a field of il this Fall." 
— C. 1). I'., Colfax, Cal., July 15, 1918. 
"The wheat is about three and a half feet tall, very even in height, and the huge 
heads are remarkably uniform. 1 should nol be surprised if this should prove your 
greatest triumph. Under present world conditions its importance is very gi'eat. . . . 
The little patch certainly makes a line show, free from all disease, and has immense 
heads. It runs very uniform, more so by far than our standard kinds. It sounds large, 
but appearances indicate that it would almost double our crop were this variety to 
replace the present ones, and Kansas is slated to produce 112,000,000 bushels this season." 
— YV. A. II., State University, Topeka, Kans., June 7, 1918. 
"Stalks of oats with heads fully a fool long were displayed yesterday on the 
floor of the Merchants' Exchange, San Francisco, by George T. Page, ship broker. The 
grain was grown on Page's ranch at Cotati. drain experts were amazed at the size of 
the oats, the diameter of the stem being three to four times that of ordinary oats, 
and the head about three times the usual Length. It is estimated the yield will be from 
thirty-five to forty sacks lo tile acre. Page purchased the seed from Luther Burbank. 
He said no special care was given to the cultivation of the grain." 
"Last year I bought ten heads of your wonderful wheat. I planted it in rows six 
inches apart in a, plot of nine feet by fifteen feet. 1 have now cut it down and saved 
the wheat, which has given me almost eight pounds. I was very proud of it for it was 
my first experience and I felt I would like you to know what an amateur can do." 
— E. J. M., Mountain View, Cal., July 22, 1918. 
"Of the value of your many wonderful contributions lo humanity I presume there 
is at this moment no accurate measure. However, there is a general consensus of 
opinion which ascribes lo you a place of peculiar pre-eminence not alone of the men 
of today but of the entire century. There is one group of men, moreover, for whom 
1 am privileged to speak, who consider your production of a new and more valuable 
variety of wheat as an achievement in the science of agriculture and almost beyond 
