842 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The results of other experiments conducted show that plowing 14 in. 

 deep for sugar beets was better than plowing 10J, in. deep. — P. fireman. 



Experiments on sugar beets in the Royal School of Agriculture 

 at Portici [Bol. Not. Agr., 19 {1897), I, No. 28).— Experiments with 

 sugar beets are described and the results tabulated and discussed. The 

 use of commercial fertilizers increased the sugar content but not to a 

 great extent, and this result is attributed to unfavorable weather con- 

 ditions and to the fact that the fertilizers were not applied long enough 

 before planting. The Vilmorin Improved sugar beet gave the best 

 results among 4 varieties tested. The latter part of August was found 

 to be the best time for harvesting beets. 



Tobacco, J. CRAic; {Canada E.rpt, Farms Rpt. 1897, pp. 131-133). — 

 The work consisted of culture and fertilizer tests, and experiments on 

 the time of topping and the number of leaves to allow each plant. 

 Tobacco plants transplanted into hot beds and cold frames before set- 

 ting them out iu the field gave yields so nearly alike that no conclu- 

 sions are drawn. Among the different fertilizer experiments the 

 largest yield of green leaf was obtained from an application of super- 

 phosphate, wood ashes, and nitrate of soda mixed in the proportion of 

 15, 15, and 5 lbs. respectively, and applied at the rate of 10 lbs. to 24 

 plants. 



Plants were cut back to 9 and 11 leaves on July 20 and 26 and 

 August 2. The larger yields were obtained from the later topping and 

 the greater number of leaves. 



Experiments with wheat, J. S. Newman and C. M. Conner {South 

 Carolina Sta. Bui. 37, pp. i). — Experiments with wheat, comprising 

 variety tests and a comparison of broadcasting and drilling seed were 

 conducted for 2 years. The wheat was sown in the fall. The results 

 are given in tables and the 7 varieties tested are described. Eed 

 Winter gave the best yield in all tests — 21 bu. per acre in the variety 

 test and 30.2 and 25.2 bu. for the broadcasted and drilled plats respec- 

 tively. Lancaster and Red May stood first among the varieties tested 

 for 2 years, yielding on an average 15.1 and 12.3 bu. per acre respec- 

 tively. On the drilled plats the grain came up more evenly than on the 

 broadcasted plats. 



Wheat (Kentucky Sta. Bui. 77, pp. 109-120). — The experiments 

 reported consisted of variety and fertilizer tests of wheat. The meteor- 

 ological conditions of the season and the results of the experiments are 

 given in tables (E. S. K., 0, p. 639). Notes on all varieties and detailed 

 descriptions of the varieties not described in former bulletins are given. 



Twenty varieties were grown on twentieth -acre plats in drills 7 in. 

 apart. The seed was sown at the rate of 1£ bu. per acre October 25. 

 Jones Winter Fife, Early White Leader, American Bronze, and Bearded 

 Winter Fife were the most productive, yielding 22.3, 19, 18.5, and 18.2 

 bu. per acre respectively. The weight per bushel for these varieties 

 ranged from 60.2 to 64 lbs., Bearded Winter Fife being the heaviest. 



