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Clyde E. Leighty 



TABLE 10. Numb:er and Weight of Kernels Sown in Each Eighteen-Foot Row, 



FOR Each Series Used 



Series 



Variety 



Pure line 



Number 



of kernels 



sown in 



18-foot 



row 



Weight 



of kernels 



sown in 



18-foot 



row 

 (grams) 



102 

 118 

 63 

 100 

 122 



Sixty Day 



Sixty Day 



Sixty Day 



Sixty Day X Probsteier hybrid 

 Sixty Day X Probsteier hybrid 

 Sixty Day X Probsteier hybrid 



62-II-19-2 

 62-II-19-2 

 62-II-19-2 

 50al-18-2. 

 oOal-18-2. 

 50al-18-2. 



386 

 1,000 

 2,870 



386 

 1,000 

 1,925 



5.56 

 15.22 

 40.45 



8.11 

 20.26 

 40.45 



These oats were sown on May 12, 1911. The date of pulling and the 

 number of plants harvested in each series from the eighteen-foot rows 

 are given in the following table: 



TABLE 11. Date of Pulling and Number of Plants Harvested in Each Row, for 



Each Series Used 



Series 



Date of 

 pulling 



Number 



of plants in 



18-foot 



row 



68 



July 18,1911 

 July 18,1911 

 July 18,1911 

 July 21, 1911 

 July 21, 1911 

 July 21, 1911 



369 



102 



720 



118. . . 



2,000 



63 



328 



100 



800 



122 



1,500 







It is seen that not all the kernels that were planted produced mature 

 plants, yet enough plants matured to show radical differences m the rate 

 of crowding. 



