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four per cent, of the kernels are smaller and not of the same shape 

 as the rest of the sample. The color was not as bright as it should 

 be, whether this is a characteristic of the variety or is due to heat- 

 ing after housing, I do not know. Ten average grains of this wheat 

 laid end to end measured three inches. All but four per cent, of the 

 grains were plump. There were no weeds or dirt except an oc- 

 casional grain of cockle. There were no smutty or musty grains. 

 The bran is not streaked or cracked, but was not as bright as it 

 should be. This wheat weighed 63 pounds to the measured bushel. 



H. M. ANDERSON. 



This soil belongs to the Mica loams and by the United States soil 

 survey are called the Chester Mica loams. The field used for the 

 demonstration was manured on the sod during the fall and winter of 

 1904 and 1905, and the manure plowed down in the spring. A crop 

 of corn was raised in this field in the summer of 1905, and in about 

 half of the field with the corn at the last cultivation, crimson clover 

 was sown. A good stand was secured which wintered well. The 

 other half of the field after the corn was harvested lay bare until 

 the spring of 1906, when it was plowed and sown with oats. After 

 the oats was harvested the field was manured and the manure 

 plowed down the last week in July. Between this and the time of 

 seeding the field was harrowed four times and rolled four times. 

 The wheat, the four rowed Fultz, was sown September 27, at the 

 rate of two and a fourth bushels to the acre. Before sowing the 

 wheat 285 pounds per acre of a fertilizer containing 2^ per cent, of 

 nitrogen, 12 per cent, phosphoric acid and 8| per cent, of potash 

 was applied, and with the wheat 215 pounds per acre more of the 

 same composition or an application of 500 pounds of fertilizer per 

 acre. The crimson clover on the other half of the field was plowed 

 down early in May and a second crop of corn, silage corn, was raised 

 here. After the corn was cut and removed the field was manured 

 and the manure plowed down, the plowed ground harrowed once and 

 the wheat, the same variety and quality with the same amount and 

 composition of fertilizer was sown, the 1st of October, same as the 

 other part of the field. This field was examined November 15, 1906. 

 At this time the wheat on the corn stubble looked better and was 

 a little taller than the wheat on the part of the field on which oats 

 was raised. The wheat was from 8 to 8^ inches tall on the oat part 

 of the field and 9 inches on the corn part. The field was again ex- 

 amined April 15, 1907. At this time" there was little if any differ- 

 ence in the two parts of the field. The wheat varied in height from 

 7^ 10 10 inches. There was little or no stooling at this time. The 

 color was a dark green and there was very little winter-killing of 

 the leaves. 



The field was again inspected May 28. At this time the straws 

 were from 24 to 33 inches tall, the stems were dark green in color 

 and vigorous. The wheat on the part of the field that had been in 

 corn was not quite as great in height as the wheat on the part of the 

 field that had been in oats, carrying from an inch to an inch and a 

 half. The wheat did not stool. This field was inspected the last 

 time July 3, 1907. The wheat on the oat part of the field stands 

 well, the sti'aw was strong, varying in height from 35 to 55 inchei^ 

 not as tall as might have been exx>eoted. The heads on the taller 



