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BULLETIN 357^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGEICULTUEE. 



Table IV. — Yield of Stoner (Miracle) tolieat tested at College Park, Md., at 

 different rates of seeding, in comparison ivith other ■varieties seeded at the 

 rate of 6 pecks per acre. 





Yield per acre of Stoner wheat at differ- 

 ent rates of seeding. 



Best 

 yield ob- 

 tained 

 from 

 other 

 varieties. 



Number 

 of var 

 rieties 



tested. 



Rank of 



best 

 plat of 

 Stoner 



Crop year. 



2 pecks. 



6 pecks. 





Gram. 



Straw. 



Grain. 



Straw. 





1912 



Bushels. 

 22.67 

 12.53 

 34.23 



Pounds. 

 4, .540 

 1,948 

 3,686 



Bushels. 

 27.87 

 16.20 

 32.33 



Pounds. 

 5,740 

 1,988 

 3,740 



Bushels. 

 29.20 

 28.33 



41.87 



52 

 42 

 41 



5 



1913 



34 



1914 



31 









23.14 



3,391 



25.47 



3,823 



1 







1 





From the data given in Table IV it is seen that better yields of 

 grain were obtained from the 6-peck seeding in two years out of 

 three, and the average for the three years is 2.33 bushels larger for 

 the heavier seeding. The 6-peck per acre seeding has resulted in 

 the better yield of straw for each year of the test. It is further seen 

 that Stoner (Miracle) wheat is not as good a yielding wheat as 

 many others that are being grown. In the year 1912, when it did 

 best, compared with other varieties, it was fifth in yield among the 

 52 varieties tested and fell behind tiie best variety 1.33 bushels. In 

 1913 it was thirty-fourth among the 42 varieties tested, and in 1914, 

 thirtv-first among the 41 varieties tested. 



TESTS AT ARLINGTON FARM. 



Tests similar to those made at the Maryland Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station have been made at the Arlington Farm, Rosslyn, 

 Ya., by the Office of Cereal Investigations of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. The wheat used in these tests was 

 developed from a small amount of seed presented to the office by 

 Mr. K. B. Stoner in 1907. The tests here have been carried on for 

 four years, 1911 to 1914, inclusive. The varieties were grown in 

 one-tenth or one-twentieth acre plats and were seeded at the rate 

 of 6 pecks per acre. The results are shown in Table V. 



Table V 



-Yield of Stoner (Miracle) wheat tested at Arlington. Farm, Rosslyn, 

 Va., in comparison with other varieties in similar plats. 



Crop year. 



Yield 



per acre 



of Stoner 



wheat. 



Best yield 

 obtained 



from other 

 varieties 



and strains. 



Number 

 of varie- 

 ties and 

 strains 

 tested. 



Rank of 

 Stoner 

 wheat. 



1911 . ... 



Bushels. 

 25.20 

 30.17 

 22.00 

 32.30 



Bushels. 

 32.30 

 37.17 

 34.70 

 38.20 



34 

 37 

 41 

 36 



11 



1912 



16 



1913.. 



18 



1914 . 



6 









27.42 













