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Table I. — Oil content of soy beans gathered at various stages 0/ maturity at Arlington 

 Experiment Farm, Va., in iQio and igi2 



VARIETY, s. p. I. NO. 19981 



VARIETY, S. P. I. NO. 21755 



VARIETY, S. P. I. NO. 32907 



Table II. — Oil content oj immature and mature cotton seed grown at Thompsons Mills, 



Ga., in igio 



In all cases the relative weight of the seed rather than the date of har- 

 vesting is to be taken as the more nearly correct index of the stage of 

 development. The first pickings of the soy beans were made when the 

 seeds were exceedingly small, and the final pickings represent the fully 

 matured seed. The results are definite and conclusive. Except for the 

 period immediately following blooming and that directly preceding final 



