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Reports on Trial Wheats. 
2. Report from J. V. Shelley. 
Having been appointed by the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society 
of England to test the seed-wheats, selected for trial at the Bristol 
Meeting of the Society, the following is my report of the result : — 
C 4. Danzig (white). 
Wheats previously grown by me, or my neighbours, j 5. Salmon Brown (red), 
put in competition with the above . . . ."IB. Golden Drop (red). 
(_ 7. Alfriston White. 
The field in which the wheats were sown slopes to the south, the soil 
a sandy loam, and the average depth from 5 to 6 inches ; the subsoil a 
gravelly sand. The mode of cultivation on the four-course shift, viz., 
turnips fed off with sheep, each other row having been pulled and car- 
ried in for beasts, barley, seeds, mown twice for hay, followed by a dress- 
ing of lime at the rate of 160 bushels per acre. After once ploughing, 
not more than 5 inches deep, a heavy roller with eight oxen passed over 
the field, which was then harrowed with heavy harrows ; the seed drilled 
in at the rate of 2J bushels to the acre, a sufficient space being left be- 
tween the sorts to keep each separate. The sowing commenced on the 
2nd of November, and was completed the following day, when light 
harrows being passed across the drills, and the water-furrows drawn 
out, the work was finished. The wheats came out of the ground about 
the same time, and no difference in them became visible until about the 
10th of March, when the reds appeared to make a start about a fortnight 
previous to the whites. During the growth of the wheats, I observe by 
my memoranda, that Nos. 1, 4, ,5, 6 had the best appearance throughout, 
and were not affected by blight ; that No. 3 was the most blighted, the 
straw weak, like coarse grass, so that, although it was in the centre of 
the field, the whole was laid flat, the adjoining sorts being scarcely 
affected by the wind : the sample of No. 3 was lean and bad. The cut- 
ting and harvesting were completed by the 1st of September, in excellent 
condition, and after thrashing and weighing, the following tables show 
the produce of each per acre and the weight of straw. 
Wheats given me for trial 
