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varieties were taken out while the grain was standing. The grain 
from these bearded heads was kept separate from the bald, 
although the yield of both varieties is included in the above 
results. A portion of the ground upon which this grain was 
grown was protected by a belt of timber upon the west side, but 
at no time in its growth, could difference be detected between the 
protected and unprotected portions. The unmulched portion, 
although not weighed separately, was fully as good as that which 
was mulched. 
So far as one year’s experience can assure the success of a new 
variety of grain in this climate, is the success of the Fultz winter 
wheat assured for Wisconsin. By its side, and with equally fa¬ 
vorable conditions, were sown the White Winter Touzelle, Red 
Winter Saissette and Treadwell varieties, which all winter killed 
so entirely that the land was sown to other crops. The killing 
was doubtless done by the thawing and freezing of early spring, 
as the ground was well covered with snow during the winter. 
But the Fultz was subjected to the influences that destroyed the 
other varieties, and yet succeeded well. On this account, I have 
great faith that it will prove valuable as a hardy variety of winter 
wheat in this state. 
White Winter Touzelle Wheat .—The seed of this variety was 
first furnished us by the Government Department of Agriculture 
in 1869. It has a large berry, and is a very white wheat as grown 
in France, from which country the seed was brought. In 1869, 
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the crop was winter killed entirely. It was again sown in 1870, 
and mulched at the rate of twenty loads of coarse litter to the 
acre, and yielded 23.38 bushels per acre, the grain weighing 69 3-4 
lbs. to the bushel. It was again sown in the fall of 1871, and 
again winter killed entirely. We are again trying it upon a 
small plat, but I have little hesitation in saying that it is not suf¬ 
ficiently hardy to prove worthy of general cultivation in this state. 
Red Winter Saissette Wheat .—The seed of this wheat was also 
furnished by the Department of Agriculture. It was first sown 
upon the University farm in 1870. The crop was that year pro¬ 
tected by a heavy mulching, and as stated in my report of last 
year, yielded 22 bushels per acre. It was again sown last year, 
