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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



TEST OP SEEDING, BROADCAST, DRILL AND PRESS-DRIL, ONE-TENTH ACRE PLOTS. 



In this experiment the Banner oat was used. Two and one-half bushels per 

 acre being sown in each case. The soil was a heavy clay loam. 



The plot sown with press-drill ripened in 7 days less than that sown with the 

 broadcast seeder and 1 day earlier than that sown with the common drill. The 

 yress-drill gave 25 bushels per acre more than the broadcast seeding and 15 bushels 

 more than the common drill. 



TEST OP SOWING AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS. 



The Banner was used in this test also, the condition and character of soil being 

 the same as in the previous test. 



TEST OP SOWING DIFFERENT QUANTITIES OP SEED PER ACRE. 



In this test the conditions were the same except the quantity of seed sown. 

 Two bushels per acre gave the best return. 



TEST OP GROWING OATS WITH AND WITHOUT FERTILIZERS. 



Three j^j^th acre plots were sown with Banner Oats. On one plot 50 lbs. super- 

 phosphate of lime was sown ; on the second, 60 lbs. field lime ; and the third was 

 untreated. 



