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with any other grain; and tests in adjacent rows 18 inches apart 
and 175 feet long showed the same lack of uniformity. Record 
was kept of the germination, winter-killing and productivity of 
forty-four varieties grown in such parallel rows; but the data 
showed no relationship between these factors. Ten rows of Claw- 
son wheat from the same seed showed similar variation in each of 
the three factors, with no uniformity in yield. The best row gave 
three times as much grain as the poorest one. 
Under such conditions, any unrepeated tests can be suggestive 
only, so few lines of experiment have been carried on. The work 
has indicated that heavy, plump seed is much superior to small, 
shriveled grains of the same variety; that the ordinary sowing at 
the usual depth, two inches or less, is better than deeper sowing; 
and that moderate compacting of the soil, both below and above 
the kernels, gives the best results. 
The most extensive variety tests reported were made in 1885; 
and in the same report is included a key to the varieties, with 
careful notes on each. 
“ 4a:1I2-124 (1885). 
