DiriSIOy OF FIELD nrSBAXDRY 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Soil Packikg for Wheat- sown on Fall Ploughed Stubble Land. 



Plot Xo . 



Cultural troatmcnt given. 



Date 



of 



coming up. 



12 1 Xo packer, liarrow, seed 



13 Suh.^urface park in fall, .seed in .spring 



14 Sulisurface paek in .spring, then seed. ..... 



15 !^ut)surface pack in .spring, after .seeding. . . 



16. . . 'Surfapc pack in fall, seetl in .spring 



17 Surf.-ice pack in spring, then .seed 



18 Surface pack in spring after seeding 



19 ("oiiiljination pack in fall, .seed in spring.. . 



20 Conihiiiation pack in spring, then seed 



21 C"onibination p.Tck in spring after seeding. 



22 Xo packer, harrow, seed 



23 Surface pack in fall, seed, .surface pack 



24 .'>ubsurfaccpackin fall, seed, sub.surfacepack 



25 Combination pack in fall, seed, combina- 

 tion pack 



Date 



of 



ripening. 



May 3 



" 4 



" 4 



" 4 



" 3 



o 



" 3 



" 3 



" 3 



" 3 



" 4 



" 2 



" 3 



" 9 



Yield of wheat per At^-RE 



Grain. 



Lb. 



2,200 

 2.310 

 2,. 330 

 2,480 

 2.. 3.30 

 2,3.50 

 2.280 

 2,.')50 

 2,680 

 2,700 

 2,430 

 2,570 

 2,640 



2,540 



Straw. 



Lb. 



2,400 

 2, 29'J 

 2,790 

 2.680 

 2,7.50 

 2,610 

 2,680 

 2,7.30 

 2,760 

 2.780 

 2,770 

 . 2,670 

 2,760 



2,860 



DEPTH OF SEEDING. 



This experiment was tried with wheat on summer-fallow. The wheat was sown 

 April 28, at the rate of Ig bushels per acre. It came up on all plot^ May 5, headed out 

 June 24 and ripened August 9. 



DivPTHS of Seeding- Wheat. 



Plot Xo. 



1. 



2. 

 3. 

 4. 



Depths sown. 



Sowing 1 inch deep. . . 

 Sowing 2 inches deep. 

 Sowing 3 inches deep. 

 Sowing 4 inches deen. 



Yield of wheat per 

 .■iCRE, 1913. 



Grain. 



Lb. 



2,5.30 

 3.030 

 3,120 

 2,960 



Straw. 



Lb. 



3,710 

 4,130 

 4.000 

 1.000 



This experiment Ava.s also tried with oats on wheat stubble. The land was ploughed 

 in October, 1912. The oats were sown May 7, 1913 at the rate of 21 bushels per acre. 

 Thoy came up May 23, headed out July 9 and ripened August 14.. 



Depth.s of Seeding Oats. 



Plot Xo. 



Cultural Method. 



Sowing 1 inch deep. . . 

 Sowing 2 inches deep. 

 Sowing 3 inches deep. 

 Sowing 4 inches deep. 



Yield of o.\t.s per 

 AcnE, 1913. 



i Grain. 



Lb. 



3,470 

 3,600 

 3,160 

 2,910 



Straw. 



Lb. 



3,170 

 3,280 

 3,040 

 2,690 



IG— 15 



BR.^NDOX. 



