l88 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



Early and Late Seeding. In the year 19 12, as stated in the 

 first part of this paper, each variety of oats was sown in two 

 tenth-acre plots : One was seeded May 4, the other May 23. 

 Much question has arisen at times about the advisability of 

 early seeding. In this particular instance it is interesting to 

 note that the average yield of grain produced by the 17 varie- 

 ties seeded May 4 amounted to 61.5 bushels per acre, while 

 the average production of the late seeded plots of these varie- 

 ties amounted to 52.5 bushels per acre. This gives 9 bushels 

 per acre in favor of the early seeding. Further, the weight per 

 measured bushel is higher for the early seeded grain, being 

 38.3 lbs. as compared with 34.2 lbs., the weight of the late 

 seeded oats. Hence the quality of the early sown crop of oats 

 may be considered better than that of the late seeded crop. 



Weight of Grain Per Measured Bushel. By means of the 

 standard grain bushel and scale the weight of grain per meas- 

 ured bushel has been determined for each variety in the tests 

 during 1910, 191 1 and 1912. The figures given here represent 

 the weight of the cleaned grain in each case. During three 

 years the Swedish Select Oat produced grain of the average 

 weight of 43 lbs. per measured bushel, the Senator averaged 

 40, the Banner 39, the President 40, the Victor 40, the Imported 

 Scotch 36, and the Kherson 34 1-2. The late maturing oats are 

 always heaviest, the early maturing the lightest. Between the 

 two types there is also considerable difference in the weights -)i 

 a definite number of kernels, as is shown in the next paragraph. 

 It should be noted that during the three years mentioned there 

 IS little difference in tlie weight per bushel from year to year. 



Weight per 1000 Grains. During each of the seasons 1910. 

 191 1 and 1912, 1000 average grains have been selected from 

 each variety of oats grown at Highmoor. Among the more 

 important of these we find the weight per 1000 grains to be as 

 follows : For three years the average weig'ht of 1000 grains of 

 the Swedish Select Oat amounted to 35 1-2 grams, the Senator 

 42, the Banner 30, the President 36, the Victor 34. the Imported 

 Scotch 24, the Kherson 17. Here it is obvious that the long 

 slender oat of the early type is much smaller than the plump 

 short oats of late varieties. The Senator oat is the largest 

 grown at Highmoor as is noted above and, also, as is certain 

 from an examination of the grain. 



