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was not discolored or withered neither was it cracked or streaked 

 so that the vitality of the seed had not been atlected. A measured 

 bushel of this wheat weighed 62 pounds. 



The field used for this demonstration, as already stated, belongs 

 to the Cecil loams and received the following treatment: In the fall 

 of 1903 it was a sod held which received an application of manure 

 which was plowed down the same fall. Two successive crops of 

 corn were raised on this field in 1904 and lOOo. Before plowing the 

 field in the spring of 1905 for the second crop of corn, it received 

 another application of manure which was plowed down. After har- 

 vesting the corn in the fall of 1905 the field was plowed and sown 

 with wheat. After harvesting this crop of wheat the field received 

 a third application of stable manure which was plowed down July 

 10 to 12, 1906. Between the time of plowing and seeding this field 

 was harrowed seven times and rolled twice. There was an elegant 

 seed bed as fine as a garden. Five hundred pounds of prepared lime 

 per acre were applied before the first cultivation. 



The wheat, the old Lancaster red bearded, was sown September 

 10, 1906, at the rate of one and eighty-five hundredth bushels to the 

 acre, with 225 pounds of a fertilizer containing eight per cent, phos- 

 phoric acid, one per cent, of potash and a half per cent, ammonia. 

 The wheat came up regularly, though a heavy rain fell the day after 

 it was sown. This field was examined November 8, 1906. At this 

 time the wheat was from 15 to 18 inches high, when the leaves were 

 stretched to their full height. It had stooled well, averaging from 

 two to three tillers to the stool. The stools were well developed 

 and had a dark green color. The fly had done a little damage. 



This field was again inspected April 12, 1907. At this time the 

 15 to 18 inch wheat had died down to from 9 to 14 inches and some 

 leaves were dead to the stem. This field was exactly like William 

 Menges' and to describe it would be simply repeating what I said 

 there. It yielded 31^ bushels to the acre, field average, and the con- 

 dition of the grain was the same as William Menges.' 



JOHN A. SPANGLER. 



Mr, Spangler's soil belongs to the cecil loams, the same as Peter 

 Menges, though not as fertile. The soil treatment is quite similar. 

 The field on which this crop of wheat was raised was manured on 

 the sod in the fall of 1904, and the manure plowed down that same 

 fall. A crop of corn was raised here in the summer of 1905. After 

 the corn was harvested the field was cultivated and sown with 

 wheat. After this crop of wheat was harvested the field received 

 an application of six tons of stable manure which was plowed down 

 July 15 to 17, 1906. The field was rolled and harrowed twice and 

 the wheat, the old Lancaster red, sown September 20, at the rate of 

 two bushels per acre with 200 pounds of a fertilizer containing 8 

 per cent, phosphoric acid, one per cent, potash and one per cent, 

 ammonia. The day after the wheat was sown a heavy rain fell which 

 formed so hard a crust that the wheat germs had difficulty in coming 

 through, but it came up better than another variety of wheat sown 

 beside it. This field was inspected November 8, 1906, and the wheat 

 was then 6 to 10 inches tall and had began to stool. The field was 

 again examined April 12, 1907. At this time the wheat wa« from 

 8 to 12 inches tall and bad been winter-killed very little. Thf tUlers 

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