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The Wohurn Field Experiments, 1914. 



second crops of rape and mustard on August 8. These crops 

 were, in turn, ploughed in on October 9, and wheat will follow 

 as the crop for 1915. 



Varieties of Wheat. 

 Butt Frirlong. 



Attention having been drawn to new varieties of Swedish 

 and Danish wheat, it was thought desirable to try them at 

 Woburn in comparison with a standard English variety, such 

 as is grown in the district. The varieties selected were 

 " Svalof " (Swedish), " Tystofte " (Danish), and " Square 

 Head's Master (English). 



The Danish wheat was obtained direct from the Danish 

 Government, the Swedish wheat from an agent in this country. 

 \ acre plots were marked out, and each experiment was in 

 duplicate. 



The wheats were sown on October 22, 1913, at the rate of 

 9 pecks per acre. " Svalof " (Swedish) was the latest in coming 

 up, and throughout did not look nearly as well as the other 

 varieties. The " Tystofte " (Danish), though better than the 

 Swedish, was not nearly the equal of " Square Head's Master." 



The crops generally were below the average owing to the 

 drought. They were cut on August 21, and the threshing 

 results are given in Table V. 



Table "^.— Varieties of Wheat, 1914. 



Butt Furlong. Produce per acre. 



It will be seen that " Square Head's Master " gave decidedly 

 the best return both in corn and in straw. It showed on the 

 average 4 bushels more corn per acre than the " Tystofte," 

 the latter in turn producing about 8 bushels more than the 

 Swedish variety. The " Square Head's Master " also gave 

 decidedly the highest weight per bushel. 



