156 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Comparative Weights and Moisture Tests of the Above- 

 recorded Grains. 



One hundred average kernels of each plat were taken for 

 the test ; three independent tests were made ; the weights 

 below recorded are the mean of the three tests made. The 

 oats were kept in glass-stoppered bottles during the exami- 

 nation. 



The difference in moisture points evidently towards some 

 varying degree in maturity. In the majority of cases where 

 muriate of potash has furnished the potassa, the maturing of 

 the crop was somewhat later than where sulphate of potassa 

 was used. 



