153 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 

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



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Cultural Treatment Given. 



after seeding. 



No packer, harrow, seed 



Subsurface pack in fall, seed in spring. 

 Subsurface pack in spring, then seed. 

 Subsurface pack in spring. 

 Surface pack in fall, seed in spring. 



Surface pack in spring, then seed 



Surface pack in spring, after seeding 



Combination pack in fall, seed in spring 



Combination pack in spring, then seed 



Combination pack in spring, after seeding 



No packer, harrow, seed 



Surface pack in fall, seed, surface pack ... 



Subsurface pack in fall, seed, subsurface pack 



Combination pack in fall, seed, combination pack 



Yield of Wheat 

 per Acre, 1912. 



DEPTH OF SEEDING. 



This experiment was tried with wheat on summer-fallow. The land was given the 

 usual good cultivation. Wheat was sown, on all plots, on May 13. Plots 1 and 2 came 

 up on May 22, plot 3 on May 23 and plot 4 on May 24. Plots 1 and 2 headed out on 

 July 8 and plots 3 and 4 on July 10. AJ1 ripened on August 26, were cut on 



August 27 and threshed on September 12. 



Depths of Seeding Wheat. 



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Depths Sown. 



1 Sowing 1 inch deep . . . 



2 S wing 2 inches deep . 



3 Sowing 3 inches deep . 



4 Sowing 4 inches deep . 



Yield op Wheat 

 per Acre, 1912. 



Grain. 



Pounds. 



2,200 



2,440 

 1,880 

 2,000 



Straw. 



Pounds. 



3,000 

 3,280 

 2,920 

 2,840 



This experiment was also tried with oats, on wheat stubble. The stubble land was 

 ploughed on October 24, the previous fall, and was worked into good tilth in the 

 spring. 



Oats were sown, on all plots, on May 16. Plots 1 and 2 came up on May 27, and 

 plots 3 and 4 on May 28. All plots headed out on July 17, ripened on September 10, 

 e cut on September 10 and threshed on October 2. 



