On " Pedifjree " in Wheat 
obtained from a "natural " mode of cultivation, and when grown 
altogether in the ordinary way. 
The first case is that of a field of 10 acres, which has always 
been considered the worst Avheat-field on my farm, the soil of 
which is light — in this field disadvantageously so — and rests im- 
mediately upon chalk. My usual crop of wheat is from 32 to 
3() bushels per acre, 40 bushels being considered a very good 
crop ; indeed, upon no single acre of all my other wheat, " not 
pedigree," had I as much as 36 bushels in this same harvest of 
1861. The wet season prevented my planting this field until 
the end of October, which teas Jidbj six weeks too late for the 
quantity of seed emploi/ed, there not being sufficient time afforded 
to the plants to occupy the ground by tillering. Being anxious, 
however, without the loss of another year, to try the system upon 
a large scale, I planted the whole field with 10 pecks, or 1 peck 
per acre, by dropping the grains singly in the seams made by a 
land-presser. Notwithstanding the late planting, the crop 
produced 57 bushels of wheat and 140 trusses (of 36 lbs.), or 
45 cvvts. of straw per acre. This field was sown with wheat 
in 1857 and 1859 ; grew roots in 1856 and 1858 ; and in the 
autumn of 1859 received 307 loads of manure previous to being 
sown with rye and tares ; on the removal of these crops 7 acres 
were drilled with carrots, and had 3 cwt. per acre of Lawes' 
superphosphate ; when the carrots were taken off, both roots and 
leaves, a coat of manui'e was given, 20 loads per acre, and the 
wheat was sown ; of the rest of the field, 1 J acres received 30 
loads per acre for cabbages, and no further dressing when the 
cabbages were carted away. 
The next case was that of <a field of 8 acres, which has always 
been consitFcred the best wheat-field I have. This was drilled, 
November 20, 1860, with six pecks per acre of the same wheat as 
that used in the first case. The crop consisted of 54 bushels of 
Avheatand 112 trusses of straw (36 cwt.) per acre. This field was 
last in wheat in 1856, followed by two years of Italian ryegrass 
and roots in 1859. In 1860 it received 237 loads of manure, 
and grew an average crop of mangold, of which both roots and 
leaves were removed. 
No artificial manure was applied in either instance, and both 
crops were " swapped," or cut close to the ground. 
The peculiar properties and vital powers of the pedigree wheat 
remain unchanged when it is exposed to the vicissitudes of farm 
culture in various soils and situations. The reports received 
from those who have planted it this autumn are only fairly repre- 
sented by the following statement : " the wheat drilled with 
12 pints per acre looks quite thick enough." 
In adopting my system upon a small experimental scale, say 
