GRAINS, GRASSES AND VEGETABLES. 
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respects. The best of the latter are, for table use, 
American Wonder, Yorkshire Hero, Telephone and the 
Stratagem. The most prolific field pea, mentioned 
above, produced this year 8J pounds from 94 seeds 
planted. In field culture it produced at the rate of 23 
bushels per acre on quite poor land and without manure. 
Similar experiments have been made with cabbage, 
fenugreek, mustard, onions, parsnips, rape, pumpkins, 
peanuts, okra, squashes, turnips, potatoes, cucumbers, 
tomatoes, egg plant, endive, Swiss chard, kohl rabi, 
peppers, lupins, radish, lentils, comfrey and other plants 
and seeds. 
TEXTILE PLANTS. 
FLAX. 
For several years the common flax is the only vari¬ 
ety that has been cultivated. This and last season the 
comparative value of four additional kinds have been 
tested for their yield and strength of fiber. The seed 
was sown in April and had to be irrigated before it 
would come up. After two cultivations and two irriga¬ 
tions they were harvested and threshed; the Common 
from 2 ounces seed making 12 pounds ; King’s from 2 
ounces seed making 15 pounds ; Royal from 3 ounces 
seed making 13 pounds; Russian from 2 ounces seed 
making 24 pounds; European from 4 ounces seed mak¬ 
ing 58 pounds. All except the last are cultivated for 
both seed and fiber, while the European is grown only 
for seed, it being short in growth and full of seed 
branches. On better land and by sowing thicker it has 
produced from 12 to 18 pounds per square rod. 
HEMP. 
Our soil and climate are well adapted to the cultiva¬ 
tion of hemp. It grows vigorously, making remark¬ 
ably good seed and strong fiber. The stalks of the 
female plant are large, tall and densely covered with 
seed, while the male stalk is quite inferior in every way. 
