Arizona citizen., 1874-10-24
Wheat and Grass Seed from the
 Agricultural Department.

M1GDln the past lew mOnlnSs us per notices in THE CITIZEN, the Agricultural Department has sent many quart-sacks of choice wheat to Hon. R. c. Mccormick fol distribution to the farmers of Arizona Some of it has been applied for and ac- cordingly distributed, but considerable yet remains at the SurveyorGeneral's office awaiting applications. Some of 1t will be promptly sent to any farmer in the Terri tory, who will send to Gov. Stafford or the Surveyor-General, while it lasts and there must be about 40 quarts now on hand.
 That our farmers may know something of what the wheat is, we will say that the varieties are three, viz: Fultz, Clawson and Jennings. All are white or nearly SO, and beautiful plump berries. The August and September report of the department is just at hand, and from it we get these facts: Fultz wheat was first distributed by the Department in 1871. Reports Of it's yield in Alabama, Maryland, Indiana and Wisconsin are published. In Alabama a farmer Sowed quart and from the second sowing of the product, he had 90 bushels Of splendid wheat, being nearly double the yield of other grain sown on the same soil and in the same season, and the Spring weather was very damaging to it. It was sown in September. He is con- fident of yield of 30 bushels per acre in a favorable season and that it is just the wheat for the South, and hence ought to be for Arizona,
 The Indiana farmer says he sowed a quart of Fultz wheat November 6, 1871, and harvested 30 pounds. He sowed this product in September 1872, and harvested ten bushels. This he sowed in September 1873, and obtained 300 bushels. Two acres soWn after crop Of tobacco, yielded 104 bushels.
 The Maryland farmer says from 4212 acres sown in Fultz wheat, he harvested an average of 40 bushels per acre.
 On the experimental farm connected with the State University Of Wisconsin, the reports show a sowing of 1Z bushels of Fultz wheat on one acre September Is, 1871, and that July l2, B bushels were har- vested; September 10, 1872, 1H bushels were sown on one acre and on July II, 20 bushels were harvested; September 5, 1873, 1% bushels were sown on one acre and July l, 34 bushels and 55 pounds were harvested. The crop of 1928 was on new and partly low land, and was damaged by freezing in the Spring. The crop sown in 1873 and harvested this year, was on old ground, following a crop of oats, and the yield was 29 bushels ond 261a pounds per acre.
 From the foregoing demonstrated facts, we think Arizona farmers would do we'll to cultivate the Fultz wheat. The experi- mentS show that it yields nearly double that of other varieties in the same local ,ities and on the same soils with the same cultivation.
 A Virginia farmer reports results in the cultivation of the Jennings and CIawson varieties of wheat, and shows respectively yields of B and 36 bushels per acre. He sowed early in October, on a dry, stiff clay soil.
 Our farmers are invited to experiment with these varieties of wheat, which are free to them on application as before stated.
 This week, Is quarts of perennial Rye 5AdSo anu Il1C Shl1AS Ol Due grass S00u3 reached here from the Department to Gov. Mccormick, which is also for free dis tribution. These seeds are undoubted- ly of much value to SOW in yards about residences as we'll as on farms for hay.
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 FoR the benefit of our farmers and oth- CTS looking about for profitable occupa- tlons, We have no hesitancy in recom- mending them to try few acres of cotton. Excepting in Virginia, all the States this year have short crops, ranging from nine to forty per cent less than was expected. AS stated heretofore in THE CITIZEN, the price of cotton is advancing, and evident ly must continue to do so for year to come, for such very short crop is very unusual and cannot be made good by a full one next year. Cotton is an article like wool, which can be exported from Ar izona by wagons without great expense, and will always bring cash either in Ari- zona or out.
 THE Southern Pacific railroad is now completed to Bakersfield in Kern county, o1l klo, f,.1 4