treated with a solution of mercuric chloride to remove the 

 adherent air. Each lot of seed was planted separately. From 

 the results the following oonolusions are drawn: 



1. The seed wheat of the greatest density produced the 

 densest seed. 



2. The seed wheat of the greatest density yielded the 

 largest amount of dressed grain. 



3. The seed of medium density generally gave the largest 

 number of ears, but the ears were poorer than those from the 

 densest seed. 



4. Seed of medium density generally produced the largest 

 number of fruiting plants. 



5. The seed wheat that sank in water, but floated in a 

 solution having the density 1.247, was of very low value, yield 

 ing on an average only 34.4 pounds of dressed grain for every 

 100 yielded "by the densest seed." 



Working with soy beans Hicks and Pabney (33) found that 

 the plants and roots were heavier from heavy seed and the same 

 was true with Alaska peas with the additional advantage of 

 earliness. Earliness also developed with radish and Kafir 

 corn from heavy seed. Also, with barley, oats, and rye the 

 weights of the seedlings were closely proportional to the 

 weights of the seed. 



Yon Llebenberg (34) says that the results of the ex- 

 periments with Hanna barley grown in five different places 

 "corroborate those of other experiments and it can he safe- 

 ly stated that with a heavy weight per "bushel go a greater 

 weight per kernel, a smaller percent of husk, and a richer 

 content of extract, and finally a greater yield." 



The North Bakotah Station, (35) from a four years' 



