ALASKA AND STONEK, OR MIEACLE, WHEATS. 



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Table VIII. — Yield of Stoner (Miracle) wheat and other varieties in compara- 

 tive rate-of-seeding test at Arlington Farm, Rosslyn, Va. 



Variety and year. 



Yield per acre (bushels) at different rates of seeding. 



2 pecks. 



3 pecks. 



4 pecks. 



5 pecks. 



6 pecks. 



7 pecks. 



8 pecks. 



Stoner (Miracle): 



1912 







29.67 

 17.10 

 32.80 



32.22 

 17.50 



28.90 



30.17 

 14.70 

 29.70 







1913 



17.40 

 26.90 



18.30 

 30. 70 



14.50 

 30.90 



16.00 



1914 - 



29.80 







Average 1913-14 



22.15 



24.50 



24.95 

 26.52 



23.20 

 26.21 



22.20 

 24.86 



22.70 



22.90 



Average 1912-14 















Dietz: 



1912 







28.00 

 16.80 

 29.5.0 



24.50 

 18.70 

 27.80 



22.67 

 19.40 

 29.70 







1913 



is. 90 

 2fi.70 



19.90 

 30.00 



17.40 

 30.60 



19.70 



1914 



32.50 







Average 1913-14 



22.80 



24.95 



23.15 

 24.77 



23.25 

 23. 67 



24.55 

 23.93 



24.00 



26.10 



Average 1912-14 







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Fultz: 



1912 



1 



32.55 

 24.70 

 39.00 



32.42 

 24.60 

 37.70 



31.22 

 24.00 

 36.20 







1913 



19.10 

 29.70 



22.70 

 33.00 



21.30 

 37.40 



24.80 





37.90 









24.40 



27.85 



31.85 

 32.08 



31.15 

 31.57 



30.10 

 30.47 



29.35 



31. .35 



Average 1912-14 













Martin Amber: 



1912 







34.92 

 19.00 

 26.00 



31.83 

 17.20 

 24.90 



28.83 

 17.40 

 27.80 







1913 



18.40 

 22.60 



19.70 

 27.00 



12.40 

 25.60 



14.70 



1914 



23.90 







Average 1913-14 



20.50 



23.35 



22.50 

 26.64 



21.05 

 24.64 



22.60 

 24.68 



19.00 



19.30 



Average 1912-14 













Average of all: 



Average 1913-14 



22. 46 



25.16 



25.61 

 27.50 



24.66 

 26.52 



24.86 

 25.98 



23.76 



24.91 



Average 1912-14 







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When these results are compared with those for the other varieties 

 used, it is seen that as an average for the two years 1913 and 1911 

 the largest gross yields were obtained from sowing 8 pecks of Dietz, 

 4 pecks of Fultz, and 3 pecks of Martin Amber. On account of 

 the larger quantity of seed used in sowing 8 pecks, the largest net 

 return from the Dietz was from the 3-peck seeding. The largest net 

 returns from the other varieties were from the same seedings men- 

 tioned above. Including the year 1912 and averaging for only the 

 4, 5, and 6 peck seedings, the largest net and gross returns were 

 obtained for the three years 1912-1914 in every case from the smallest 

 quantity; that is, from the 4-peck seeding. 



When all varieties are averaged both for the two years, 1913-1914, 

 and for the years, 1912-1914, the best gross and net yields were 

 obtained from the 4-peck seeding. The 4-peck seeding yielded 0.45 

 bushel more than the 3-peck and 3.15 bushels more than the 2-peck 

 seeding. 



It must be concluded that Stoner wheat does not differ from the 

 other varieties tested in requiring less seed per acre, and also that 2 

 pecks are not sufficient from which to obtain maximum yields. 



It should be said in connection with these tests that these wheats 

 were drilled in fertile soil in a well-prepared seed bed. More seed 



