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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



with the broadcast seeder. The straw was longer where the press-drill was used 

 and the grain ripened 3 days in advance of either of the other two. 



TEST OF STUBBLE VS. FALLOW. 



In this test four acres of stubble were ploughed in the fall of 1892 and four acres 

 fallowed during the same year. Two bushels per acre of California Prolific Barley 

 were sown by drill. The stubble land used was in rather a low place and was situated 

 alongside of a railway embankment, both of which helped the grain when the 

 hot winds came. The embankment especially breaking the force of the hot blasts 

 as they passed over. 



TEST OF SOWING DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OF SEED PER ACRE — ONE-TENTH ACRE PLOTS 



In these experiments California Prolific was again used. The soil was a heavy 

 clay loam, which had been fallowed and was in good order. Two bushels per acre 

 gave the best return, and the crop matured in two days less time than either If or 



\h bushels. 



