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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4 GEORGE V., A. 1914 



YIELDS OF GRAIN 111 FIELD LOTS. 



WINTER WHEAT (NON -IRRIGATED). 



The following fields of Kharkov winter wheat were sown September 2, 1911, on 

 rammer-fallowed land ploughed the different depths indicated in the table. 



Depths of Ploughing for Winter Wheat. 



On September 12, 1911, 3-32 acres of Gbirka winter wheat were sown on summer- 

 fallowed land. This was ripe on July 30, and yielded at the rate of 28 bushels per 

 acre. 



OATS (NON-IRRIGATED). 



A field of Banner oats, 15-73 acres in size, was sown on land on which grain had 

 been grown the year previous. It was sown on April 24 and ripened August 23. The 

 field yielded at the rate of 45 bushels and 25 pounds per acre, but was considerably 

 damaged by the cutworms. 



OATS (IRRIGATED). 



The following field lots of oats were grown in 1912: — 



