corn of 56 lbs. to the bushel. The corn was 
planted about the iirst of.May and husked 
out the latter part of September: The crop 
above stated was raised in 1880 . Four of the 
best farmers in my neighborhood husked the 
above acre while the stalks were still standing, 
and shelled out as above stated. The same 
field was in com in 1 S 78 , and the whole 50 - 
aci e field made per acre 117 bushels of shelled 
com of 56 lbs. to the bushel, which gave the en¬ 
tire yield of the field 5,850 bushels. The com 
was planted three feet each way, thinned to 
two sta]i i3 in a hill. It is generally a single 
eared corn, though often two good 
ears grow to a stalk. 
About 25 years ago T picked out 
a few of the best ears, the seed of 
which was planted the next year to 
k itself, and produced a better crop 
|L than the other portion of the field. 
The ears now are double the size 
MS they were then. 
'mmjX I have taken a. number of State 
HM and county premiums for the best 
sample as well as the largest pro- 
ygBl duct. The field on which the 
above crops were raised is rolling 
upland and not above the average 
lyUM of my farm of 485 acres. 
Very Respectfully, 
mJm wm. h. b. 
letter and description of the very trustworthy 
farmer who first called the variety to our 
notice. 
Loudoun Co., Va. 4 - 2 , 1881 . 
Editor Rural New-Yorker : 
Dear Sir: Your favor of March 30 th, to 
hand. I am glad the corn reached you safely. 
A surveyor measured one acre of standing 
corn, thought to be an average of ten (to) 
consecutive acres in a fifty-acre field, which 
measured acre made 1 x 4)4 bushels of shelled 
and horticulture everywhere. It is true we 
thus seek to extend the influence of our jour¬ 
nal, but our first aim is as above stated, and 
we beg to say that the means of the Rural 
Ncw-Yoiker are such, that the cost of our 
Distributions is not permitted to stand in the 
way of an introduction of new seeds or plants, 
which either cannot be procured elsewhere, 
or if they can, only at a very high price. 
The heaviest weight of kernel and ear. One hun¬ 
dred and seventeen bushels of shelled corn 
per acre on 50acres. So certified to. 
The Rural Thoroughbred Flint. 
Raised in the Rural family for 26 consecutive years. 
Wysor’s Cross-Bred Fulizo-Claiv- 
son Wheat . 
The largest kernel of any wheat in cultivation—so 
claimed. Hardy, disease-resisting, prolific. 
We may add that a peculiarity 
of this com is that it shrinks less 
than any dent com we know of, 
while the shape of the ears and of 
the kernels, and the almost unvary- 
ing regularity with which they are 
placed in the rows are unexception¬ 
able. The same weight of com will 
be sent to each applicant so that 
all may have an equal chance. 
POSTAGE. 
As all our readers know, we have hereto¬ 
fore borne a part of even the postal expenses of 
the seeds and plants we have sent out. Our 
object in not charging the entire postage to 
those who apply is to prevent the possibility 
of a suspicion that we receive in any form 
the slightest compensation for our labor or 
for the heavy cost of these distributions. Be¬ 
sides. these offerings are not premiums and 
they are sometimes made without requiring 
either an application or any payment of 
postage. We hold the right to continue them 
or to discontinue them as we may determine. 
The postal cost of our present distribution 
will be about (we can not determine it posi¬ 
tively at this date) 10 CENTS PER COL¬ 
LECTION. Of this we shall charge those 
who apply 6 cents, only. Those who subscribe 
through us, however, for the “Inter-Ocean,” 
Detroit, “ Free Press,” or " New York World.’’ 
are not required either to send any postage 
or to make any application, as this has been 
provided for in the clubbing price with the 
publishers of those journals. 
MATCHLESS WHEAT 
Four kernels in a breast. Very prolihe ami hardy, 
Al the rate of 72 bushels per acre has been 
produced on small plots. 
Shumaker Wheat 
V. HPx-oliflO- H 
FOR HIGPIER LATITUDES 
the Rural Heavy Dent Corn would 
not be suited. As we desire that 
all of our subscribers may, as far as 
possible, interest themselves in this 
great corn trial, we have been 
growing a very prolific kind of new 
hard corn which we shall call 
CHALLENGER LIMA BEANS 
‘Seed selected through three generations, Often 
six beans to a pod. ‘‘Double the yield 
of any other Lima.” 
Perfection Golden, Jleavrtwell 
Celery. 
Several hearts to a stalk. 
The Rural Thoroughbred 
Flint. 
All who prefer this to the Dent 
will kindly so designate in their let¬ 
ters of application. These applica¬ 
tions, it is requested, will be made 
out on separate slips of paper, with 
full name and address given as 
follows : 
“Send seeds. (Dent or 
Flint, as preferred). 
\ John Harrison, 
Newark, Kent Co., 
' Michigan. 
> Six cents inclosed.” 
7 The Rural Thoroughbred 
< Flint is extremely early ; in 
(. favorable seasons it matures 
in one hundred days. It 
( grows to the hight of six 
■< feet,branching considerably, 
I each branch often bearing 
—. an ear and the main stalk 
\ two. It has been cultivated 
r~T in the Rural family for 26 
' \ consecutive years. 
The Perfect Gem Squash. 
A marvel of productiveness. Fine-grained, sweet, 
dry, combining the excellencies of both the 
summer and winter squash. 
A perfection flower. Three feet of brilliantly 
colored rosettes; white,lemon-buff, rose, red, 
crimson, maroon and nearly black. 
$2,000 FOR THE BEST YIELDS FROM 
THE RURAL SEED. 
The valuable list of gifts to those who 
succeed in producing the best yields from 
several kinds of seeds in our pre- 
§ sent distribution will be found 
following our description of the 
kinds so offered. The goodly 
number of articles will give 
reasonable grounds of hopes to 
all who compete for them. 
The object is not only to awaken 
the liveliest competitive interest 
in the growth of the seeds, and 
to inspire a love of careful, pains¬ 
taking, systematic culture, but 
also to test the value of new 
methods of culture. These will 
be presented in these columns 
in due time. The Rural 
merely dictates as to the num- 
Klrnf.i. of k ev 0 f seeds to be sown and 
the Rural 
Dent Corn. “*e area u P on which they shall 
be sown, and the kind of culture 
to be given. The intensity of the culture, the 
kinds and quantities of manure used will be 
optional with those who enter for the gifts. 
$2,000 worth of Gifts from Rural 
Patrons for the Best Yields, 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL EXPERI¬ 
MENT GROUNDS. 
For the information of many into whose 
bands the present number of the RuralNew- 
Yorker may fall, or who see it for the first 
time during the past four or five years, or 
since it has been under its present manage¬ 
ment, it is necessary to repeat that the Ex¬ 
periment Grounds owned by this journal and 
worked, in so far as this is possible, in the 
interests of its subscribers, consist of eighty- 
two acres. Eighty acres, situated in Queens 
Co., L. I,, comprise the farm, where all new 
agricultural seeds of special promise are 
tested. During the present season we have 
tested 77 varieties of wheat; 15 of new seed- 
ling potatoes ; 16 of corn ; 12 of oats ; 6 of 
fodder plants, many new vegetables, roots, 
etc. Two acres and a fraction, situated in 
Bergen Co,, New Jersey, are devoted to 
experiments with all sorts of hardy orna¬ 
mental trees and shrubs, small fruit, grapes, 
etc., etc. Since we have neither plants nor 
seeds to sell, since, indeed, we have no 
interests to subserve save those of our readers, 
our reports of the results of our tests are fully 
accepted as trustworthy, and the true value of 
hundreds of new and high-priced seeds and 
plants is made known. When, by such tests, 
we find that a given plant is more valuable 
than others of us kind which have been gen¬ 
erally cultivated, we, at once if practicable, 
place it in our next Distribution, and send it 
without charge to all of our subscribers who 
apply. These distributions are 
Fig. 430. 
Side View 
Wysor's Hybrid FultzO' 
Clawson Wheat. 
Next we shall offer the 
above entirely new wheat, 
which has been grown at the 
Rural Farm for three years, 
always yielding heavily. It 
is extremely hardy and the 
grains in favorable seasons 
are probably larger than 
those of any other variety 
known. The relative size is 
shown in the engraving, a 
grain of Clawson, (A) F ig_ 
435 , having been selected for 
comparison. The average 
head, Fig. 433 , is 3)4 to 4 
inches long, with ’seven 
breasts to a side and two 
kernels in a breast. The 
straw grows to a hight of 
4 )4 feet. It is not heavy 
but very strong, and never 
lodges. Mr. Wysor (the 
originator) gives the history 
of this wheat as follows : 
The Rural Heavy Heat Corn. 
The name of the originator of this variety 
of corn and its history are not presented for 
excellent reasons which will appear later. 
The engravings, Figs. 430 to 432 , A and 
B, are from life and the ear is in size 
merely an average of those sent us for 
seed. Of this we have about two acres grow¬ 
ing at the Rural Farm, which will not have 
matured until these pages are before our 
regular readers. We therefore present the 
ABSOLUTELY FREE, 
and their primary object has always been, 
and is, to promote the interests of agriculture 
Fig. 432 . RURAL DENT CORN, 
