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THICK, MEDIUM AND THIN SOWING. 



The experiments on this line began with oats in 1889, were continued during the 

 past year, and included oats, wheat and barley. All were sown with the common 

 drill, the soil a strong clay loam. 



As will be seen from the accompanying tables, 7 pecks of wheat per acre, 2J 

 bushels of oats and 2 bushels of barley gave the best returns. 



WHEAT. 



OATS. 



BARLEY. 



TEST OP DRILLS. 



Much attention has been directed to the question of common and press drill 

 against broadcast sowing of grain, some very satisfactory tests with oats we e made 

 on the farm last yeai-, proving conclusively that in a very dry season drilling ot tats 

 is preferable to broadcasting, these exiieriments have been continued ami enl.-irmvi 

 thjp year by testing the sowing of wheat, oats and barley on adjoining pint:-, wiih 

 common drill, press drill and broadcast seeder, the plots on which tbeMe experiments 

 were carried on were a great souice of interest to visiting fatrner-s. 



Although in yield the drilled grain is but little in excess of broadcant, in the 

 tests with wheat and oats the diilleil crops matured in from four to nine days in 

 advance of that sown with the broadca-t .seeder, an important consi ler-ation in a 

 season like the past one, it was also noticed that the drilled grain gei-niinat<^'l earlier 

 and more evenly, and that fewer immature heads were seen at harvest time than wiih 

 the broadcast. 



