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were made by Texas East Proof, Lincoln, Texas Red, New Dakota 

 Gray, Calvary Gray, and New lied Rnst Pi'oof oats. As the average of 

 5 years Pringie Progress gave the largest yield, followed by Texas 

 Rust Proof, New Dakota Gray, New Red Rust Proof, American Banner, 

 and Improv'ed American. • 



"The average weight of 100 berries was 2.27 gm., the range being from 1.71 to 

 2.70 gni. This gives the average uiimber of kernels i)er bushel a])proxiniately as 

 640,000, the rangs being from 537,000 to 850,000. ... 



'•The average number of stubs on 1 sq. ft. was 44, the range being from .S.3 to 61. 



"In 1894 the kernel averaged 72.1 per cent of the weight of the entire grain, tlic 

 range being from 66.8 to 76.6 per cent. . . . 



''Each of the mixtures of varieties gave a slightly larger yield than the average 

 yield of the varieties used in making the mixtures." 



Rolling .plats after the seed was sown seemed to be without effect. 



Amount of seed oats per acre, T. Winter {B(L Agr. Bpf. Distrib. 

 Grants for A(jJ. Editcaiion in Great Britain 1893-94, p. 46). — The 

 author states that in Anglesey it is customary to sow 8 imperial 

 bushels of oats per acre, under the impression that lodging is thus 

 lessened, a view not accepted by the author. On strong land in 1893 

 Black Tartarian oats were sown at the rate of 2, 4, and 6 bu. per 

 acre. From 2 bu. the yield was M)h bu., from 4 bu. 49i bu., and 

 from 6 bu. 48 bu. When bu. was used the weight of a busliel of 

 oats was 43 lbs.; whea either 2 or 4 bu. was sown the weight per bushel 

 was 40 lbs. On account of a dry summer there was no opportunity 

 to observe the effect of the thickness of seeding on tlie lodging. 



Effect of different phosphates on oats, Klein {Verhandl. Ges. 

 (lent. Katnrforsche iind Aerzte, 189:J, IF, pp. 124, 125; nbs. in Cheni. 

 Centbl., 1894, II, No. 10, p. 483). — To ascertain whether Belgian phos- 

 phate meal and bone meal poor in lime had the same effect on the 

 growth of oats as superphosphates, phosphate of potash, and Thomas 

 meal, water cultures with this plant were made, using a solution 

 having- in the tirst stages of the plant's growth a concentration of 1 to 

 2,000, and later of 1 to 1,000. With the last 3 fertilizers good results 

 were obtained, while the other fertilizers gave unsatisfactory results. 

 Field experiments along' the same line substantiated in the main the 

 results of pot experiments. 



Transplanting Irish potatoes, 0. L. Newman {Arlmnms Sta. Bui. 

 28, pp. 9(1-100). — Potatoes for tlic second crop were planted the last 

 week in July. A similar lot of seed potatoes was placed in a bed kept 

 constantly moist and thus forced into an early growth. The plants 

 from this bed were transplanted to the field as soon as they attained 

 suflBcient size. A small percentage of these plants died. However, 

 there Avas 05 per cent of a perfect stand on the transplanted plats, and 

 only ()0 per cent of a perfect stand on the plat planted in the ordinary 

 manner. The actual yield per acre from planting was 04 bu., from 

 transplanting, 8Gi bu. However, when allowance was made for miss- 

 ing hills the estimated yield was greater from planting than from trans- 

 planting. 



