477 



No. 6. Siberian spring- wlieat; "this is our best spring wheat;" 

 ground plowed iu tlie fall ; sown April 10, 12 bushels on 17 acres f not 

 irrigated; harvested August ; total yield, 930 bushels, or almost 55 

 bushels per acre. The seed was soaked six hours iu blue-stone Avater, 

 then spread upon the barn-floor, and quick -lime sifted over it before 

 sowing. 



No. 7. Touzelle winter wheat ; first year from the Department of Ag- 

 riculture ; sowed November 20, near some brushy ground, which was in- 

 fested with rabbits, that destroyed much of it ; saved only half a bushel 

 from one package of seed ; the sample is excellent. 



No. 8. Tappahannock fall wheat ; second year from Department of 

 Agriculture; sowed November 20; four bushels, drill measure, on four 

 acres; irrigated twice; date of harvest not given ; total yield, 150 bush- 

 els, or 37^ bushels per acre. 



No. 9. Arnautka spring wheat; grown in 1869; third year from De- 

 partment of Agriculture. First year, the yield was one gallon ; the sec- 

 ond, 31 bushels from one-third of an acre ; hoed twice, but not irri- 

 gated ; third year, sowed 25 bushels, drill measure, on 25 acres ; required 

 no irrigation ; harvested 1,150 bushels. Millers found it too hard to 

 grind, and it was served for chicken feed. None sowed since; a quantity 

 of it yet on hand. 



No. 10. English Excelsior oats ; secondyear from Department of Agri- 

 culture ; land plowed in the fall ; planted April 21 ; four bushels, drill 

 measure, on four acres ; irrigated once ; harvested 232 bushels. 



No. 11. Prussian oats; second year from Department of Agriculture; 

 planted April 13, on fall plowing; two bushels, drill measure, on two 

 acres ; irrigated once ; harvested August 2 ; 106 bushels. 



No. 12. Swedish oats, from the Department of Agriculture ; sowed 

 April 13, on fall-plowed land ; two bushels, drill measure, on two acres ; 

 irrigated once ; harvested August 10 ; 166 bushels. The idanting was 

 about three weeks too late, as the plants grow very slowly in the first 

 part of the season. It is hardier than the common oats, and withstands 

 the spring frosts much better. 



No. 15. Siberian spring wheat ; grown on high, sandy prairie ; fifth 

 crop from the same land ; plowed the ground and harrowed in wheat 

 about the middle of April ; did not irrigate ; harvested August 10 ; 

 average yield, 25 bushels per acre. 



No. 16. Two-rowed, bearded spring barley ; seed from the Agricultu- 

 ral Department; grown on rich bottom land, spring plowing; sowed 

 April 20 ; not irrigated ; harvested August 5 ; yield, 50 bushels per acre. 



No. 17. Norway oats ; land plowed in the fall ; harrowed in the spring ; 

 oats sown April 6 ; 40 pounds to the acre, and harrowed twice ; irri- 

 gated once ; harvested July 20 ; yield, 83 bushels to the acre. 



No. 18. Surprise oats ; grown on high, sandy prairie, following sugar 

 beets; plowed in the spring; planted about May 20 ; not irrigated; 

 harvested about September 10 ; yield, 50 bushels per acre. 



i^an Pete County, Utah. — A considerable amount of Tappahannock 

 wheat has been sowed this fail. That species of wheat is a decided 

 success here. It has to be sowed last of August or first of September, 

 so as to be irrigated once before the weather gets too cold. 



The Swedish black oats yielded sixteen quarts to the square rod ; 

 which will all be sowed again. The black oats have been our ])reference, 

 but this Swedish oat grows a good deal thriftier, and it is thought to be 

 better than the black oats. The length of the straw averaged five feet 

 and nine inches. 



The Saxonian barley had good heads, but the straw grows too short 



