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and the nature of the surface of the country from which we re¬ 
ceive our winds, droughts will prevail frequently. It is then a 
question of importance how to till our lands that the evil effects 
of these dry periods may be averted. That this may be done, I 
am confident. The remedy lies in a better system of farming. 
Deep and rich soils are less seriously affected by long dry periods. 
In deeper and more thorough tillage, in keeping the soil more fer¬ 
tile by a judicious rotation of crops, and by a more frequent ap¬ 
plication of manures, will be found a general remedy for the dry 
summers so frequent in this state. 
EXPERIMENTS. 
Winter Wheat 
Fultz Winter Wheat —A new variety of winter wheat originated 
by Abram Fultz, of Pennsylvania, and distributed by the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture at Washington in 1871. One and three- 
fourths bushels, weighing 60 lbs. per bushel (sample 15), were 
sown September 18th, upon 1 acre and 25 square rods of land. 
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Soil was light clay loam, upon which wheat had been grown the 
previous year, and was plowed to a depth of 7 inches. The soil 
at the time of sowing was very dry, so that a portion of the seed 
did not germinate until after the rain of October 10th. December 
5th, one-half of the plat was mulched with stable manure, upon 
six inches of snow. May 1st, the wheat generally looked well. 
A few places having each an area of 10 to 20 square feet were 
entirely dead. As these places were confined to the heaviest 
mulched portion, the killing was attributed to too heavy mulch¬ 
ing. Harvested July 10th to 12th. Weight of straw and grain 
(taken when drawn from the field), 7,105 lbs. Weight of grain, 
2,346f lbs. Per centage of grain to weight of straw and grain, 33. 
One bushel weighs 61 lbs. Yield per acre, 33.5 bushels. One 
pound seed yields 22-J lbs. This is a bald variety of wheat, hav¬ 
ing a stiff, strong straw, that this year was clean and bright with a 
slightly brownish red color, extending below the head a few inches. 
The grain is light red in color, the berry short and plump. The 
color of the grain raised is slightly darker than that of the seed 
sown. Scattering heads of what appeared as two distinct bearded 
