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In my opinion, this climate is not well adapted to the growth of winter 
wheat—the atmosphere is too cold and dry during the winter season— 
north and north-west winds prevail, and as a consequence we have freez¬ 
ing weather with little snow, generally. But quite an amount of winter 
wheat is raised, nevertheless, in the more northern portions of the State, 
where the climate differs somewhat from that in the southern. The 
blight first made its appearance in the year 1849, and increased till 1851, 
during which year the crop of spring wheat was a total failure as a con¬ 
sequence, except in a single variety—the Canada Club—which was not 
affected by it. However, at that time, there was not much of this grown. 
It is now almost the only variety of spring wheat sown, and has suc¬ 
ceeded admirably for two years past, yielding from 20 to 40 bushels per 
acre. Some appearances of the blight are indicated the present season, 
but nothing extensive. I have no doubt but that, like other varieties sown 
for several years in succession, it will in time degenerate, and become as 
liable to destruction as they are now. The present season an insect called 
the joint worm is doing the wheat crop some injury. From my observa¬ 
tion, it eats off the stalk at the first joint below the head; a few blighted 
heads also appear in the field. Beally, it is not a little surprising to hear 
farmers and others extol the Canada Club wheat so highly, now that it is 
doing well, when the time has been in which the Hedgerow and Italian 
did just as well, and yielded about as much to the acre. The common 
practice is, however, to crop successively with the same variety of wheat 
without even exchanging seed for that raised in a different locality, till a 
few failures occur, and necessity makes a different course practicable. The 
corn crop, after a new farm has been commenced, soon becomes one of 
great importance to a farmer. When his second wheat crop is taken off 
he has ground admirably adapted to growing it. The soil has been 
thoroughly stirred and pulverized—having yielded a two year’s growth 
of wheat it is has lost some of its strength, and although manure is not 
yet by any means essential, still a less exhausting crop will be more 
profitable in the end; corn drawing less of its nourishment from the soil 
and more from the atmosphere, is peculiarly adapted to follow such crops 
as wheat. Many sow oats the third year, one of the most exhausting 
crops that can be produced, and the least profitable ; the price having 
seldom exceeded 30 cents since the settlement of the country, and from 
that going down to 9 cents per bushel. Corn has been dull enough in the 
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