WHEAT CULTURE. 



have a controlling influence. The temperature of germi- 

 nation, of the following seeds, is : 



" Air-dried seeds will imbibe water of absorption com- 

 pletely in from forty-eight to seventy-two hours, in the 

 following percentage : 



Mustard 8 Buckwheat ... .471 Oats BOIPea 107 



Millet 25 Barley 49 Hemp 60 Clover 118 



Corn 44Turnips 51 Kidney beans. 96iBeets 121 



Wheat 45'Rye SS'Horse beans. .104 1 White clover.,127 



Mr. S. N. Betts, in the "Michigan Homestead," gives 

 the following interesting results of his experiments : 



"The figures at the top of the table indicate the depth 

 in inches at which the different samples were planted, 

 and the figures at the left the time at which they came 

 up, respectively. The other figures are the number of 

 kernels that germinated in each forty : 



I 'A I 'A | 



6 i 7 



February 2 i 6 A. M. 



February 3 ! 9 A. M. 



February 4 11 A. M. 



February 5 ! 9A.M. 



February 6 10A.M. 



February 7 ( 11 A. M. 



February 8 i 9 A. M. 



February 9. 

 February 11 . 



9A.M. 



9 A. M. 



"It will be seen that the seed planted one inch in 

 depth gave the best returns. That planted respectively 

 at three-quarters of an inch and two inches in depth 

 yielded the same number of kernels. Seed planted three 

 inches deep produced good, and that planted more than 

 four inches very poor results. " 



