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Odessa .—Sown as Red Mammoth. Weight of seed, per bushel, 
58 pounds; harvested July 17. Weight of straw and grain, per 
acre, 1,751 pounds. Weight of grain, 290 pounds, orl 5-6 bushels. 
Weight, per bushel, 56 pounds. Percentage of grain to weight of 
straw and grain, 16.5. 
White Spring .—Sown as two preceding varieties. Weight of 
seed per bushel, 61J pounds: harvested July 13. Weight of straw 
and grain, per acre, 2,380 pounds. Weight of grain 160 pounds, 
or 7.7 bushels. Weight, per bushel, 60 pounds. Percentage of 
grain to weight of straw and grain, 19.1. 
April .—Sown as preceding varieties, April 15. Weight of seed, 
per bushel, 584- pounds; harvested July 13. Weight of straw and 
grain, per acre, 1,811 pounds. Weight of grain, 283 pounds, or 1.7 
bushels. Weight, per bushel, 19 pounds. Percentage of grain to 
weight of straw' and grain, 15.1. 
The following varieties, of which we had but a small quantity of 
seed, were also in cultivation: Oran, Bismark, Ornautka, Cham¬ 
berlin’s and Eureka. The quantity was to small to make a com¬ 
parison of their merits. 
The spring wheat, and all small spring grain, looked unusually 
promising, until about June 10, after which the combined effect of 
drouth and chinch-bugs ruined them. 
BARLEY. 
The following varieties were sown April 15, at the rate of tw r o 
bushels of seed to the acre. 
Manshury .—Weight of seed, per bushel, 16 pounds; harvested 
July 6. Weight of straw and grain, per acre, 2,513 pounds 
Weight of grain, 975 pounds, or 20.3 bushels. Weight, per bush¬ 
el, 314 pounds. Percentage of grain to weight of straw r and grain, 
38.3. 
Common barley .—Weight of seed, per bushel, 16^ pounds; har¬ 
vested July 10. Weight of straw and grain, per acre, 1,881 pounds. 
Weight of grain, 613 pounds, or 13.1 bushels. Weightier bushel, 
36 pounds. Percentage of grain to weight of straw arid grain, 35.1. 
Chevalier .—Weight of seed, per bushel, 13f pounds; harvested 
July 10. Weight of straw and grain, per acre, 2,111 pounds. 
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