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Bulletin 238. 



Table No. 2. — Tabular Exhibit of the 1901 Buckwheat Experiment — Con'd 



Plat 

 No. 



When plowed. 



9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 

 23 

 24 

 25 



June 20 



May 10 and June 20 



May 10 and June 20 



June 20 



June 20 



June 20 



June 20 



June 20 



June 20 



June 20 



June 20 



June 20.: 



June 20 



May 10 and June 20. 



May 10 and June 20 . 



June 20... 



June 20.?. 



June 20 



Variety. 



Japanese 



Japanese 



Japanese 



Japanese 



Silver Hull. . . 

 Common Gray. 

 Silver Hull . . . 

 Silver Hull . . . 

 Silver Hull . . . 

 Silver Hull . . . 



Silver Hull . . . 



Silver Hull . . . 



Silver Hull . . . 



Silver Hull . . . 



Silver Hull . . . 

 Silver Hull. . . 

 Common Gray 

 Japanese 



Fertilizer applied lbs. 

 per acre. 



200 Acid rock 



100 Muriate of potash. . . 



200 Dried blood 



200 Acid rock 



100 Muriate of potash. . . 



200 Dried blood 



Check. Nothing 



Check. Nothing 



Check. Nothing 



Check. Nothing 



200 Acid rock 



100 Muriate of potash. . . 



200 Dried blood 



200 Acid rock 



100 Muriate of potash. . . 



200 Acid rock 



200 Dried blood 



100 Muriate of potash. . . 



200 Dried blood 



200 Acid rock 



100 Muriate of potash. . . 



200 Dried blood 



200 Acid rock 



100 Muriate of potash. . . 



200 Dried blood 



Nothing 



Nothing 



Nothing 



Nothing 



Yield 

 bushels 

 per acre. 



34.6 



35.9 



34.4 



31.2 



20.4 



30 



24.8 



21.8 



25.8 



24.3 



25.5 

 24.1 



22.6 



22.8 



22. S 

 18.7 

 23.6 

 23.8 



Seeding. — The amount of seed used per acre in seeding buckwheat 

 varies from three to five pecks but is usually four pecks. It may be sown 

 with the ordinary grain drill or broadcasted and harrowed in. 



The time of seeding varies in different localities, but in Xew York and 

 Pennsylvania is the last week in June or the first week in July. To avoid 

 hot weather while the grain is forming, it is desirable to sow as late as 

 possible and have the crop well developed before severe frosts occur. 

 Buckwheat begins to bloom before the plants have nearly reached full 

 growth and continues blooming till stopped by frost or the harvest. Hence 

 there will be at harvest time on the same plants mature and immature 

 grain and flowers. It is sought to cut the crop just before the first hard frost. 

 Much of the immature grain will ripen while lying in the swath or gravel. 



Harvesting. — Buckwheat is rarely harvested with the self-binder, but 

 may be cut with the hand-cradle or the dropper-reaper. To avoid the 

 shelling and loss of the more mature grains it is preferably cut early In 

 the morning while damp from dew or during damp, cloudy weather. It 

 is usually allowed to lie a few days, in swath or gravel when it is set up 

 in small independent shocks or stooks. It is not bound tightly by banfl.s 

 as are most cereal grains, but the tops of the shocks are held together by 

 a few stems being twisted around in a way peculiar to the crop. This 

 setting up is also usually done when the crop is damp to avoid shelling of 

 the grain. 



