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Annual Report of the 
EXPERIMENTS UPON THE UNIVERSITY FARM. 
[Extracts from the report of Prof. W. W. Danieels to the Board of Regents of the 
University of Wisconsin, for 1874.] 
WINTER-WHEAT. 
Fultz variety. This wheat was sown upon new ground; soil, clay- 
loam, September 5, 1873; harvested Jul} r 1,1874. Weight of straw 
and grain on one acre, 6,006 pounds. Y r ield of grain, 35 1-20 
bushels per acre, weighing 60 pounds per bushel. Percentage of 
grain to weight of straw and grain, 35.3. 
This variety has been in cultivation upon the University farm for 
three years, with the following yields per acre: 
Bushels. 
1872 . 33)4 
1873 . 20 ~ 
1874 . • . 35 
Mean. 29)4 
The history of this variety is given in my report for 1871. 
Diehl variety .—Sown September 8, upon ground prepared as for 
Fultz; harvested July 1, 1874. Weight of straw and grain, upon 
one acre, 5,269 pounds. Yield of grain, 31.9 bushels, weighing 
56 pounds each. Percentage of grain to weight of straw and 
grain, 36.3. This wheat was slightly injured by chinch-bugs. 
Both varieties of winter-wheat were protected upon the north 
and west sides by timber belts. 
SPRING-WHEAT. 
Red Mammoth Spring .—Sown by hand, If bushels of seed per 
acre, April 13. Weight of seed, per bushel, 59f pounds; harvested 
July 14. Weight of straw and grain per acre, 1,910 pounds. 
Weight of grain, 401 pounds or 6.7 bushels. Weight, per bushel, 
56 pounds. Percentage of grain to weight of straw and grain, 21. 
