56 



OATS* 



JAN". 



small white oat, here called short-smalls. The 

 early sown were ripe and cut one week before the 

 others ; they were harvested equally well, without 

 being exposed to any bad weather. I had a rood 

 of each set out very carefully in the middle of the 

 field, reaped and threshed as soon as carried. The , 

 produce and weight were as follows : 



per acre, 

 do. 



Qrs. 

 11 



Winch. Bushels. 

 Early sown, 22 



Late sown, - 19 o. - 9 



" Weight per Winchester bushel as soon 

 threshed : 



Early sown, 

 Late sown, 



44|,lb. 

 42Mb. 



" The crop was, as you see, very good. The lain 

 yielded potatoes the preceding year, 450 bushels 

 per acre, and was not manured for that or the oat 

 crop : it had before that been in grass for six or 

 seven years. The soil a red loam. I am inclined 

 to think that the early sowing will answer here, as 

 this field is very high and much exposed." 



FEBRUARY, 



