COMMUNICATIONS—UNIVERSITY FARM. 
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Red Bearded Saisetle Winter Wheat —Seed imported from 
France, and furnished by Department of Agriculture. One 
bushel weighs 62 pounds. Fifteen quarts (29 lbs.) sown Sep¬ 
tember 10, 1870, upon 47.9 square rods. Protected from 
winds, and mulched the same as the Touzelle variety. Har¬ 
vested July 8, 1871. Drawn July 14. Threshed August 7. 
Gross weight, 1,287 pounds. Weight of grain, 399 pounds. 
One bushel weighs 60 1-4 pounds. Yield per acre, twenty- 
two bushels. Per cent, of grain to gross weight, thirty-one. 
One pound seed yields 13.7 pounds grain. 
Besides repeating the above experiments, several other vari¬ 
eties of winter wheat are now in cultivation. Among these is 
the “Fultz” wheat, a new and promising variety, originated by 
Mr. Abram Fultz, of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, the seed of 
which has been distributed this year by the Government De¬ 
partment of Agriculture. 
The question whether winter wheat may be grown in Wis¬ 
consin with profit is still unsettled. The experience of the 
past year would lead to the belief that it may ; but a more rig¬ 
orous winter and less favorable spring may bring as strong evi¬ 
dence to prove that the climate is too severe. Mr. A. G. Tut¬ 
tle, of Baraboo, says that after twenty years’ experience, he re¬ 
gards it as sure a crop in the Baraboo valley as is spring wheat. 
The very fine sample from that vicinity on exhibition at the 
state fair last fall, shows at least, that as excellent wheat may 
be grown there, as can be grown anywhere in the same lati¬ 
tude. The greater value of winter wheat demands for it a 
thorough trial of all hardy varieties, before deciding that spring 
wheat alone can be relied upon for a sure crop. 
Spring Wheat. —To test the comparative values of differ¬ 
ent amounts of seed to the acre, six plats, each containing one- 
fourth acre, were sown to mammoth variety April 4. The 
seed was raised upon the University farm in 1870. One bushel 
weighed sixty and three-fourths pounds. The plats were all 
adjacent, and cultivation was the same on all. 
Plat 1,— Three-fourths bushel to the acre .—Harvested July 24. 
