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Experiment No. 10. 



SOIL PACKERS. 



Sowing Wheat on Summer-Fallow. 



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1. — Harrow, seed. 

 2. — Harrow, seed, surface pack. 

 3. — Harrow, seed, surface pack, harrow. 

 4. — Harrow, seed, subsurface pack. 

 5. — Harrow, seed, subsurface pack, harrow. 

 6. — Harrow, seed, combination pack. 

 7. — Harrow, seed, combination pack, harrow. 

 8. — Surface pack, seed, surface pack. 

 9. — -Subsurface pack, seed, subsurface pack. 

 10. — Combination pack, seed, combination pack. 

 11. — Surface pack, harrow, seed. 

 12. — Subsurface pack, harrow, seed. 

 13. — Combination pack, harrow, seed. 

 14. — Harrow, seed. 

 15. — Plough for summer-fallow, surface pack, cultivata; 



next spring, smoothing harrow, seed. 

 16. — Plough for summer-fallow, subsurface pack, cultivate; 



next spring, smoothing harrow, seed. 

 17. — Plough for summer-fallow, combination pack, culti- 

 vate; next spring, smoothing harrow, seed. 

 18. — Plough for summer-fallow, surface pack, cultivate; 

 next spring, smoothing harrow, seed, surface pack. 

 19. — 'Plough for summer-fallow, subsurface pack, cultivate; 

 next spring, smoothing harrow, seed, subsurface 

 pack. 

 20. — Plough for summer-fallow, combination pack, culti- 

 vate; next spring, smoothing harrow, seed, com- 

 bination pack. 

 21. — Harrow, seed. 

 22. — Harrow seed, harrow when 6'' high. 



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Q, ''^ i^*^' — Harrow, seed, surface pack when 6'' high. 



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^ [25. — Harrow, seed. 



Sowing on Spring Ploughed Stubble Land. 



1. — Harrow, subsurface pack, harrow, seed. 



2. — Harrow, surface pack, harrow, seed, 



3. — Harrow, combination pack, harrow, seed. 



