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conditions of the season of 191 5. showed practically no lodging. 



This variety, Maine No. 340 was grown as the farm oat at 

 Highmoor Farm in 191 5. On the entire 15 acres only one 

 small area showed any lodging. Yet the straw grew quite 

 rank and averaged to yield in the neighborhood of 70 bushels 

 of grain per acre. 



Of the remaining varieties, Maine No. 355 yielded 82 bushels; 

 Maine No. 281, 81 bushels; Maine No. 247 and No. 346, 80 

 bushels each. 



A considerable amount of seed from Maine No. 340 is 

 available for distribution this year. The seed from the other 

 pure lines will be placed by the Extension Department of the 

 College of Agriculture so that the varieties may have practical 

 farmers' tests and be maintained pure for seed. 



Rate of Seeding Oats in Aroostook County. 



It is the prevailing custom in Aroostook County to seed very 

 heavily with oats. Perhaps the majority of the farmers sow 

 from 4 to 6 bushels to the acre. It has been the experience in 

 other parts of the country and even in other parts of 

 the State that this is too much seed for the best results. 

 From 2 to 3 bushels per acre have given the best results 

 in the southern part of the State. However, knowing that 

 Aroostook conditions are quite different from those in the 

 other parts of the State, the Station has not thought it best 

 to make any recommendations for the former region. 



In 1914 some preliminary rate of seeding experiments were 

 carried out on Aroostook Farm. The results were reported 

 in Bulletin 236. 



Injury to certain of the plots, however, made the interpreta- 

 tion of the results somewhat doubtful. In 1915 these experi- 

 ments were repeated upon duplicate plots under much more 

 favorable conditions. 



Six different rates of seeding were used, ranging from 2 to " 

 bushels per acre. Each plot was a half acre in area and the 

 experiment was conducted on as uniform a piece of ground as 

 could be obtained. This land was in potatoes in 1914. The 

 seeding was done with a large disk drill. Owing to the loose 

 texture of the ground the land was rolled before seeding and 

 also immediately afterwards. This prevented too deep seeding, 



