244 



Wheat, comi>fir.'i'iirr _i/(<7r/ «/' rtirii livi* fur 7 years. 

 fRashe]* pf-r acre 1 



Varietiea. 



1884. 



1886. 



1889. 



1890. ! 1891. 



I 



Aver- 

 age. 



Tallpv I 38. 



Red iiiltz 38. 



Diehl-Meditiiianeau I 39. 



Royal Australian 40. 



!!Sri)ig«T 



Egyjitiaii 



Poole 



Penqiiite Velvet ("baft'. 

 Silver ( 'liatl' Smooth . . . 



Tasnianiau Red 



Democrat 



Martin Amber 



Tbei88 



Fultz 



Landreth 



Medit^-rraneaii 



Mcaii. 



37.2 



45.8 

 54.0 

 42.7 

 49. U 

 51.0 

 41.7 

 61.2 

 42.9 

 45.2 

 45.6 

 40.4 

 36.7 

 46.2 

 38.4 

 39.9 

 38.7 



34.9 

 35.2 

 26.9 

 38.8 

 24.6 

 28.0 

 25.5 

 37.4 

 30.0 

 22. 1 

 24.5 

 21.4 

 29.5 



32.0 

 22.3 



33. C 

 30.9 

 .34.1 

 18.1 

 32.0 

 32.2 

 17.5 

 26.6 

 31.4 

 25.0 

 25.0 

 28.2 

 36.8 

 23.1 

 25.6 

 28.2 



45.0 



28.0 



44.5 

 37.3 

 42.0 

 45.6 

 40.6 

 46.1 

 43.6 

 41.3 

 37.8 

 37.1 

 45.3 

 47.8 

 37.8 

 30.1 

 41.1 

 36.8 



36.1 

 32.5 

 27.5 

 32.6 

 31.7 

 34.0 

 29.6 

 35.2 

 29.5 

 29.3 

 30.4 

 29.1 

 25.4 

 34.2 



29.3' 



39.5 

 32.4 

 37.6 

 24.5 

 31.6 

 37.2 

 35.9 

 27.9 

 30.1 

 ;t3. 1 

 38.1 

 28.8 

 30.5 

 35.6 

 25.3 

 34.5 



40.9 



31.9 



32.7 



;$8.9 



37.2 

 35.7 

 35.6 

 35.4 

 :»5.4 

 35.1 

 34.9 

 34.8 

 34.5 

 :«. 2 

 33.9 

 33.7 

 33.0 

 .(■2.6 

 31.5 



34.8 



"Anion*; tlie lU'wer varietios Mraly and Kudy are the most proinisiii};. 

 * * * The variations in wei{,^ht per measured bushel in the several 

 varieties between the screened and unscreened grain has run from 

 nothiiijf ill some varieties u]) to 1."^ per cent in others. The propiution 

 of straw to grain was greater this year on land where wheat had been 

 grown for 10 years than it was on land where a system of rotation "had 

 been followed.'' 



Rhode Island Station. Bulletin No. 10. May. 1891 (pp. 7). 



Mixed food in cases of faulty appetite ix hokses akd 

 NEAT STOCK, F. E. KiCE. ^\. K. C. V. S. (pp. 12r>-128).— The causes 

 of loss of appetite by farm stock are briert\ discussed and formulas for 

 condiinental foods ai«' given. 



The follow inii foniinla is ustlnl in the <jn'at«»r nninher of cases: Ground or ernshed 

 oats and rorn ni«'al of each ri pounds, oil meal 0.1i.'> of a pound, toinnion talde salt 2 

 ounces. If the animal sc«>nis in net-d of a tonic or is troubled with intestinal worms, 

 there may be mixed with each ration, as above given, a desertspoonful of jiowdered 

 gentian and a shkiH teaspoiuifnl of the dried sulphate of iron: these are to be ]iad 

 of any druggist. 



Sore shoulders ok collak galls in horses, F, E. Kick. ^I. 

 K. C. V. S. (pp. 128, lLn>).— The causes and treatnuMit of colhir galls in 

 horses are brietly discussed. The autluu' advises the employment t)f a 

 cast-iron coUar, such as is coming into use in some places, to prevent 

 galling the shoulders. 



South Carolina Station. Bulletin No. 1 (New Series). July. 1891 (pp. 15). 



Fertilizer analyses. — Tabulated data for analyses of 118 sani])Ies 

 of ammoniated iertilizers, 57 of acid jdiosphate (with or without ptitash). 

 30 of cotton-seed meal, and Ki of kainit. Nine of the fertilizers ana 

 Ivzed were found below guaranty in one or more ingredients. 



