University farm. 
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Plat 5, in the experiment 'with the different amount of seed to 
the acre, has all its conditions the same as this experiment, except 
that it was sown one day earlier, and the seed was from wheat that 
had been raised for several years in succession in this vicinity, and 
for three years upon this farm. The results upon equal areas are 
as follows: 
Seed raised. 
Weight of 
Strhw and 
Grain. 
Weight 
of 
Grain. 
Weight 
per 
bushel. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Per cent, of 
Grain to 
weight of 
Straw and 
Grain. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Bush. 
In Illinois. 
1,276 
32014 
56% 
10.68 
25.12 
Upon University Farm 
1,582 
436^ 
5% 
14.5 
27.6 
The grain grown from the Illinois seed appears slightly darker 
than that from seed raised at home. 
White Australian Spring Wheat. — A sample of this variety was 
received from the Commissioner of Agriculture in 1871, from 
which a few quarts were raised. Four quarts of seed were also 
received from the same source in 1872. The seed distributed by 
the Commissioner was grown in Oregon from seed imported from 
Australia. It is a very white wheat with a short, plump berry. 
The wheat raised here in 1871 was darker and not as plump as the 
seed sown. One-eighth of an acre was sown each to seed raised 
i 
upon the University Farm in 1871, and to that directly from 
Oregon, May 2, 1872. The severe drouth ruined both plats, the 
former yielding 411bs. and the latter lllbs. of badly shrunken 
grain. Judging from our limited experience with this variety, it 
will hardly prove valuable in a climate subject to as great ex¬ 
tremes as that of Wisconsin. 
April Spring Wheat .—Seed imported from Scotland by Alex. 
Findlay, Esq., of Madison. A dark red wheat, weighing sixty 
pounds to the bushel. Sample 19. One eighth of an acre was 
sown May 8th, with 1 peck of seed. Harvested July 26th. Weight 
of straw and grain, 298 pounds. Weight of grain, 65 1-2 pounds. 
One bushel weighs 52 1-2 pounds. Yield per acre, 8 3-4 bushels. 
