F, KiDD AND C. AVkST 



Flax 



I Dried at 30°-3r)° C. 

 I Untreated 



Yield per 4 sq. m. 

 Seeds Fibre 



290 gra. 1595 gm. 



992 



1208 



The area allowed for each plant was 25 sq. cm. in the case of the lupins and peas. The 

 flax seed was sown broadcast over an area of 4 sq. metres. All seed was sown on May 4th. 



Table IV (after Wollny). 

 Experiments carried out in 1876-77. 



Harvest Results. 



Kind of seed 



Winter rve 



Peas 



Lupin 



Maize 



Flax 



Condition of the 

 seed sown 



t Dried at 30°-35° C!. 



( Untreated 



I Dried at 30°-35° C. 



I Untreated 



i Dried at 30^-35° C. 



( Untreated 



I Dried at 30°-35° C. 

 I Untreated 



I Dried at 30°-35'' C. 

 I Untreated 



Percentage of Number of 

 plants at haulms per 

 the harvest 



82 

 85 

 50 

 99 

 83 

 91 



100 plants 



693 



497 



Yield from lUU plants 



Seed 

 1091 gm. 

 808 

 1638 

 1.522 

 1153 

 1519 



straw 

 2378 gm. 

 1412 

 3125 

 2714 

 3172 

 4304 



Yield from 100 plants 



Green 



.38 111,250 gm. 



47 94,000 



Yield per 4 sq. metres 



Seeds 

 283 gm. 

 .341 



Total weight 

 955 gm. 

 832 



Chaff 

 238 gm. 

 236 



Air-dry 

 74,166 gm. 

 63,000 



Weight of 500 of 



the harvested 



seeds 



2-20 gm. 

 2-27 



The area allowed for each plant was 20 sq. cm. in the case of the rye, and 25 sq. cm. in 

 the case of the maize, peas, and lupins. The flax was sown broadcast. The seed was sown 

 on May 4th, 1877, with the exception of the winter rye, which was sown on September 

 22nd, 1876. 



An analysis of the effect of this treatment of the seed upon the 

 development of the plant was carried out subsequently in considerable 

 detail by Wollny (14), who showed that (1) the percentage of germination 

 was decreased in some cases (e./y. peas, beans, rye), in others {e.g. wheat. 



