870 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
proportion to the outlay of capital would range higher than 
any other product of the soil, besides being non-exhaustive, 
and presenting less objections than any other crop. 
All of which is respectfully submitted. 
S. D. CARPENTER. 
EXPERIMENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY FARM. 
Dr. J. W. Hoyt, Secretary Wisconsin State Agricultural Society: 
Dear Sir — I herewith send you a statement of the results 
of the most important experiments made the past season 
by the Department of Agriculture at the University of Wis¬ 
consin : 
White Winter Wheat, Touzelle Variety .—Seed imported 
from France, and furnished by the Department of Agriculture 
at Washington. A large, white, plump grain, weighing sixty- 
two pounds per bushel. Fifteen quarts (29 lbs.,) were sown 
September 10, 1870, upon an area of 47.9 square rods. Pro¬ 
tected from winds upon the west and north sides by growing 
timber. Mulched in December with coarse litter at the rate of 
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twenty loads per acre. Harvested July 8, 1871. Drawn 
July 14. Threshed August 10. * Gross weight 1,191 pounds. 
Weight of grain 892 pounds. One bushel weighs 59 3-4 
pounds. Yield per acre, 23.38 bushels. Per cent, of grain to 
gross weight, 32.9. One pound seed yields 13 1-2 pounds. 
This variety was first tried the previous year, upon land 
but partially protected upon the west side, from the winter 
winds. It there winter-killed entirely. Upon second trial, in 
a situation more favorable for protection from cold winds, and, 
with a more favorable winter, it yielded well. The straw ap¬ 
pears weak, and the grain is darker than the seed sown. The 
experiment will be continued until it’s worth as a variety for 
cultivation is well proven. 
* Taken at the time of drawing from the field. 
