The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-11-26
Interesting to wheat Growers.

has a very interesting article compiled
from Professor Mapes' "Working Far
mer," which is of much, interest t.
wheat growers, as the wheat crop Of th,
United States is one of the most impor
tant staples to this country, and we may
say with truth, to the civilized world
Our export of wheat and four since tht
Democratic tariff of 1876, and ths
principles of reciprocal trade established
under it, has been of immense value
and SO long as the people sustain the
Democratic party and its foreign policy!
this great source of our wealth and
commerce will be secured.
II is proper to remark, however, in
this connection, that the full value oil
these experiments cannot be fairly as.
certained, unless the same variety Of
wheat is tested in our various climates
for nothing is better understood by those
well versed in raising wheat, than that
the same variety will not answer in all
localities.
What may be successful in the North
ern States, or iu Canada, may fail in the
Middle States, and utterly so in a more
Southern latitude or udce Oersa.
This is particularly so in regard to
the s0hiae varieties, all of which appear
to be more affected by latitude than the
red varieties. -
The same may be said Of the different
kinds of soil in the same neighborhood
where wheat is sown hence, one failure
in these experiments should not prevent
Others being made, even on the SAINT
farm, and, more especially, should they
be made of the same varieties m differ
ent parts of the country, before wholly
condemned.
The Patent Office therefore serves as
q good point from which to distribute
packages of experimental seed to all
parts of the Union, and the results of
the various trials should be returned,
with all the particulars of the process of
sowing, soils, &c., and the facts noticed
and compared. By this means an i'm
mense amount of the most valuable in
formation may be secured and spread
over the country. The Times says:
j. Payne Lowe, Esq, enc of the Edi-
tors of Professor Mapes' celebrated
agricultural and scientific journal-the
{" Working Farnef'-furnishes Us with
the following interesting statement of
experiments in several varieties Of wheat.
As the Patent office at this time is en-
gagged in collecting seeds from all quar-
tiers of the globe, and distributing them
for experimental information, these sug-
gestions by Mr.. Lowe may prove oppor-
tune to many of the recipients of seeds
from the Patent Office. The cultivation
Of all these new varieties of wheat can
be productive of much good. We COM
agricultural readers
NEAPoLIrAN WHITE WHEAr.-This
variety of wheat was sown by me in
Haldimand county, G. W., on the 29th
of September. It did not withstand
the severity of winter well, and in the
but few plants were living. At
harvest time those that survived bore a
tolerably large quantity of seed, but
of superior quality. The grain
PrTHUsIAN WHEAT.-This variety may
be said to have succeeded about as well
the Neapolitdn white wheat. My
spring experiments will be detailed LEI
season.
TURKISH FLINT WHEAT, FROM MOUNT
IN AsIA:-Tbis variety is quite
aiDty and dark colored. It has much
the appearance of rice in -four. The
seed was sow the 25th September, aud
withstood the severity of a Canadian
winter well. A writer in one of the
Southern Journals says that there were
received at the Patent Office one hun
dred bushels of Turkish flint wheat,
procured by the United States drago-
men at Coustantinople from the foot of
Mount Olysnpus. This wheat has al
ready been tested in Virginia and Mary
land, aad las proved both hardy and
1t possesses in a remark
able degree the quality of long keeping,
as was indicated by a sample shown us,
which was brought to this country by
Capt. Porter, of the navy, four years
ago. We learn that the Sultan takes a
lively interest in the affairs of this coun-
try, and has intimated that there are
other wheats in his dominions which
would be highly desirable for cur gov
eminent to obtain.
SEVEN HEADED WHEAT.-This pecu-
liar specimen of the genus Triticum,
was furnished me by Mr.. Browne, of the
Patent Office. I experimental with it
in Canada, during the past season.
The popularity of this wheat 20
IN its plurality of ears. That
sown by me bore prolifcally, and what
growers would call a slime sam
ple."
SYRIAN Wharf.-The Hon. Henry
of the American Institute, New
York, furnished me with an ear of the
above named variety for the purpose of
experimenting with it. The specimen
to, was brought from Syria by
an officer of the United ST ties navy. Its
principal popularity consists in the color
Of its awns- They are quite black
The following statements are taken from
my agricultural diary.
During the fall the growth was not
but at harvest time the plants
were fully developed. The seed was
on examination to be Of excellent
quality, and larger sized than would be
indicated by N external examination of
the ear. The soil upon which it was
grown was in excellent condition, both
mechanically and chemically for the
of wheat; having received spec
lal treatment (lest the variety Rot being
of this country, should fail to
grow to full size, and thereby lose a
specimen, which having black beard, is
very novel in it's character,) SO that the
experiment made would hardly enable a
person to compare it correctly with the
ordinarily cultivated varieties; if the