REPORT OF MR. A, MAG KAY. 



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TEST OF SOWING WHEAT AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS. 



This test has been carried on for five years with varying results. In a dry year 

 the deep seeding has an advantage ; in a wet year the opposite is the case. Red Fife 

 was used in all tests ; sown same day on fallow-land ; clay loam ; size of plots, T ^ acre. 



Name of Variety. 



Red Fife, sown 



1 inch deep. . 



2 inches deep 



3 inches deep, 



CD 



-3 



bog? 



'S3 



Lbs. 



62 

 62 

 62 



TEST OF SOWING DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF SEED PER ACRE. 



Red Fife was sown in this test. The three plots were sown on same day, by 

 common drill on fallow-land clay loam, size of plots -fa acre. 



AVERAGE YIELD PER ACRE FOR THREE YEARS. IN TEST OF SOWING DIFFERENT QUANTITIES 



OF SEED PER ACRE. 



Showing, in an average of three years, that one bushel gave slightly better returns 

 than either 1^ or \\ bushels per acre. 



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