302 On Siberian Wheat.[Nov- aSked which was the best system of cultivation.“ That(Said the sagacious Roman) which produces the most food for cat- ale? 1 may venture to assert that he is equally acquaint- ed with the necessity of descending to minute, im a CcCorres- pondence of this nature; without more proemical matter, therefore, I request the favour of his answers to the follow- ing queries:|

1. What(at the late harvest) was the comparativeproduce of grain, from the Siberian wheat, with respect both to quantity and quality?

' 2. Did the quantity of straw from the Siberiän wheat prove Superior at harvest, and how much?

3. Is the straw of the Sibcrian wheat equal in quality to that of the varieties usually cultivated in this kingdom?

4. Did any of the sorts cultivated by Clericus et Colonus

roduce two tons* of dry Straw per acrte.

5. Is the Siberian wheat easily Shaken out by winds?

IfT am rightly informed, the Iriticum astivum--Summer or Spring wheat=-which is cultivated in 8ome parts of Lhe South of England, as well as upon the continent of Europe, is a native of Sicily, or:of the Southern Siberia; and that tbe Species'is divided into the following varieties, all of which are beardless, Viz.|

1. The T. estivum, spica et grana yubente, or Sprin g-wheat, with a red spike, or ear, and red grain.

2. The T: westivum, rubrum, spica alba, red spring-wheat, with a white ear. 0153!

3. The T'. estivum, Spica et grana alba, or spring-Wheat, with a white spike and grain.!

Now, which of thesze varieties did Clericus et Colonus cul« uvate last Spring? and was there no difference in the quality or condition of the Soil upon which his two sorts of wheat »rew?; 1;

I Should Jikewise wish to be informed of the properties of the“ red land," which he applied as manure. Is it of an enriching nature; or does il fertilize merely by its mechani- cal effects in breaking the cohesion of strong land?

* Following the arrangement of Clericus et Colonus, 1 must

% In the last harvest I obtained this quantity of Straw, and upwards of forty- one Winchester bushels of common red wheat, of good quality, per acre. The wheat(wbich Sueceeded upon thin, light, and gravelly 5011) turnips was S0WH about the middle of March ke;