AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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The following table shows the arrangement of the plots, the 

 amount of seed applied and the yield per plot and per acre. 



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451.5 lbs. 



563.5 lbs 



2052 lbs. 



2561 lbs. 



2 



8 lbs. oats, 8 lbs. wheat. . . 



367.0 " 



593.0 " 



1667 " 



2696 " 



3 





814.5 " 



515.5 " 



1429 " 



2343 " 



4 





405.0 " 



485-0 " 



1S41 " 



2204 " 



5 



8 lbs. oats, 8 lbs wheat... 



343.5 " 



546-5 " 



1561 " 



2484 " 



6 





307.0 " 



583-0 " 



1391 " 



2650 " 









The trial is decidedly in favor of oats separately, as compared 

 with oats and wheat mixed, and oats and wheat mixed, as 

 compared with wheat alone. 



These results are in opposition to the teachings of many of our 

 best farmers. A few years ago similar trials were made on the 

 college farm of mixtures of oats and peas which resulted in 

 showing that a larger number of pounds of peas could be pro- 

 duced alone than of a mixture of oats and peas, and that more 

 pounds of the mixture of oats and peas than of oats alone. 



Conclusion. 

 The conclusion of the writer is that the crop that yields the 

 largest number of poumls per acre when grown alone will not be 

 benefited by mixing with a crop that produces a less number of 

 pounds per acre. 



