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mulched, 980 pounds; from part not mulched, 420 pounds. Yield of 
mulched portion, 330)4 pounds—534 bushels. One bushel weighs 60 
pounds. Yield of portion not mulched, 194 pounds—bushels. One- 
bushel weighs 5934 pounds. 
Mediterranean Variety. —Weight of seed 57 pounds per bushel. Sam¬ 
ple 2. One bushel and 18 quarts. Sown September 18, 1869, upon one 
acre of ground, lying as in preceding experiment, and protected in same 
way. Mulched as in Treadwell variety. Harvested July 11, 1870. Weight 
of straw and grain, as drawn from field, from part mulched, 260 pounds; 
from part not mulched, 85 pounds. Yield of portion mulched, 81 pounds. 
Yield of portion not mulched, 4434 pounds. One bushel weighs 56)4 
pounds. 
While these experiments show that winter wheat cannot be made a profit¬ 
able crop here, they also show the beneficial results of even a light coating 
of mulching. These effects would doubtless have been more marked had 
the mulching been applied in the fall. 
White Winter Touzelle Variety. —Seed imported from France, and fur¬ 
nished by Department of Agriculture at Washington. Sample 3. Weight 
64 pounds to the bushel. Thirteen quarts sown September 18, 1869, upon 
one-third of an acre. Ground protected as in above varieties, and mulched 
at the same time. This wheat was killed entirely. 
SPRING WHEAT. 
Experiment to compare the value of produce of wheat and corn per acre. 
(See first experiment under corn). 
Seed of “Mammoth” variety; weight 57 pounds per bushel. Sample 4. 
One and one-lialf acres sown April 22, with 1% bushels per acre. Har¬ 
vested July 29. Yield 1,006 pounds—16.7 bushels. One bushel weighs 
61 pounds. 
The average price of wheat and corn in this market for the past five 
years, 1866 to 1870 inclusive, as reported by the Wisconsin State Journal 
for the last week in October, is as follows: wheat, $1.35; corn, $0.59. At 
these prices the value of the yield of grain per acre, of these different 
crops, would be: of wheat, $14.35; corn, $31.00. The greater value of the 
stalks than of the straw for fodder, makes the balance of the value of the 
produce still greater in favor of corn. 
COHN. 
To compare profit of raising corn with that of wheat 1)4 acres planted to 
Dutton variety May 8, in drills 334 feet a P art 5 hills 20 inches apart in drill,, 
two stalks in a hill. Harvested August 30: Weight of ears, 5,538 lbs.; 
weight of stalks, 4,760 lbs. Allowing 70 lbs. of ears for one bushel of 
shelled corn, this yield equals 79 bushels corn. 
For comparison of values see experiment with wheat. 
Arickaree Corn raised by “ Ree ” Indians of northern Dakotah. Grows 
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