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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[July, 
Fig. 1—“GIANT WHEAT.” 
The above engraving, prepared for our March number, is an exact copy of one appearing in the English journals. Almost incredible accounts of pro¬ 
ductiveness of this Wheat were given, and we sent to our English correspondent to procure a quantity and forward for our distribution. Two bushels were 
obtained at a fabulous price, and we have been distributing it in small parcels for experiment. We should have sent the whole of it away, had we known just 
how many parcels would be called for, and how much could be put in each. The little now remaining we shall distribute, with another variety described below, 
is premiums. We do not credit the half that is said of this wheat, though the accounts are given in a leading agricultural journal, published where the wheat 
is grown, and where they might be easily exposed, if unreliable. But if this wheat prove a fourth part as valuable here as it is represented to be in England, 
it will be decidedly worthy of cultivation. The experiment will cost but little, and is worth a trial. If successful, those who raise the first seed in quantity 
will be ahead in this market. 
We present in Eig. 2 a fac simile of an engraving of another variety of wheat, which was brought before the public in England, last Autumn. This engraving 
was placed beside a glass case of the heads, at the Show of the Smithtield Club, last year, and the public invited to compare them, and no one disputed the accura¬ 
cy of the representation. Mr. Ilallett states that a single kernel planted, produced 39 heads, containing 2145 kernels. As soon as we saw the statements con 
cerning this Wheat, we at once sent for a quantity of it to add 
to our free Seed Distribution, notwithstanding the enormous 
price asked for it, but our Correspondent could only get a small 
lot. There was not enough to offer in the general distribution, 
and it was too costly for that purpose. We shall, therefore, re¬ 
serve a little for our own experiment, and offer the rest that we 
have as a special premium, as named below. We can only say of this, as we have said of the “Giant Wheat,” above, that the claims put forth for it are too 
large to fully credit; though it would seem to be of unusual value, and it will cost little to test it here. Mr. Ilallett claims to have “bred up” this wheat 
from the size shown in Fig. 3, by careful selections from year to year. Those who obtain the specimens of this, or the giant wheat, or both, will do w r ell to 
plant the kernels separately, in drills, in a good soil, to the end that as large a yield as possible may be secured, should these varieties prove worthy of future 
cultivation. Plant or sow at the usual t'me of putting in Winter wheat. 
Fig. 3—AN ORIGINAL HEAD. 
THE WHEAT PREMIUM. 
To any one who will now procure and forward a 
new subscriber to the Agriculturist , at $1 a year, 
we will send (post-paid,) a parcel of each of the 
above varieties of wheat—one parcel to contain, 
say about 400 kernels of the “ Giant Wheat,” and 
the other about GOO kernels of Hallett’s Pedi¬ 
gree New Wheat. This amount of seed (1000 
kernels,) will produce a large supply for another 
year. 
TURNIP SEED PREMIUM. 
As this is the ieason for procuring turnip seed, 
and it is important to raise as many as possible this 
year, we offer a Special Premium of some excellent 
turnip seed, which will be particularly valuable to 
those who can not get a supply of good seed more 
conveniently or cheaper. 
To any one who will now procure and send a new 
subscriber for the American Agriculturist, at $1 a 
year, we will present a quarIer of a pound of 
the best turnip seed. The seed will be forward¬ 
ed free of charge, (post paid). This amount of 
seed will suffice to plant from one-fourtli to one 
half of an acre, according to the care exercised in 
sowing. 
l&pFor other Premiums, see last page of this number; 
also page 218. 
TWO CONVENIENT PAPER FILES. 
We have on hand a supply of two excellent 
paper files, made expressly to fit the Agriculturist , 
for the convenience of our subscribers who desire 
to preserve the successive numbers of this journal 
in regular order and ready for reference. 
The first, and most perfect, is the Portfolio Cover, 
resembling a neat book cover, provided witj^ cord, 
needle, and India rubber spring, by means of which 
the numbers are quickly fastened in, almost as 
firmly as if full bound. The covers are stamped, 
and have the name of the paper printed on. When 
one volume is complete, the numbers can be 
stitched together in a Tolume, and the cover used 
for the next volume. It is the perfection of a 
newspaper file, combining the advantages of an ad¬ 
justable file, and a bound cover. Prices, 60 cents, 
75 cents, and SI, according to the material, style, 
etc. If sent by mail, 21 cents extra for postage. 
The second, is a convenient cheapwroodL file, which 
clasps the papers at the back, holding them about as 
firmly as if stitched together. This is the most 
convenient and perfect newspaper file, for its price, 
that has yet been invented. We have them made 
just to fit a volume of this journal. Price 15 cents. 
If sent by mail, 12 cents extra for postage. 
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BAROMETER PREMIUM EXTRA. 
The Barometer is very useful for the Haying and 
Harvesting season, to assist in foretelling the ap- 1 
proach of storms. The one offered in our Stand¬ 
ing Premiums, (page 218,) will be continued for this 
month, (July,) and/or this month only, on the same 
terms as the Large Dictionary, viz: for 10 new sub 
scribors now sent in at $1 each—good money. The 
instrument is well packed for being carried any¬ 
where with entire safety, by Express, or otherwise. 
