EXPERIMENTAL FARM. 
BY W. \V. DANIELLS, M. S., 
Frofessor of Agriculture and Chemistry, in the University of Wisconsin. 
REPORT OF EXPERIMENTS 
Conducted upon the University Experimental Farm., for the year 
ending September 30^A, 1876, together loith a summary of Me- 
teoroligical observations taken at the Universityfor the years 
1875 and 1876. 
WINTER WHEAT. 
The following varieties were sown September 6th, 1875, with 1^ 
bushels seed, by measure, per acre, on barley stubble. Soil a sandy 
loam. Twenty loads of well rotted stable manure were put upon 
each acre before plowing. 
Fultz. —Winter killed by the thawing and freezing of February 
and March. This variety had been in cultivation for four years 
previous, and had shown no signs of injury, even by the very severe 
winter of 1874 and ’75. It had been very prolific, the mean of the 
four years yield being 26^ bushels, and many hopes had been en¬ 
tertained that this would prove to be a valuable variety for gener¬ 
al cultivation. The past open winter when there was little snow 
for protection, and when the surface of the ground thawed during 
the mild days, freezing again at night, for a considerable period, 
killed nearly all the plants. 
It is being tried again the present year. 
Clawson. — Weight of seed per bushel 52f lbs. Harvested July 
14th. Weight of straw and grain per acre 3060 lbs. Weight of 
