THE WHEAT CULTURIST. 



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mg seed deep and shallow, on the germination of wheat, 

 on the 6th of July, 1867, I instituted the following ex- 

 periment : I planted eight rows of wheat, a few inches 

 apart, with fourteen kernels in each row. The ground 

 was in only a moderate degree of fertility, and mellow- 

 ness. A dibble about as large as my little finger was 

 marked off with cuts one inch apart, from one inch to 

 eight. Fourteen holes were made one inch deep, into 

 each of which a kernel of grain was dropped, and the 

 holes filled with mellow soil. The kernels in the sec- 

 ond row, fourteen in number, were planted, or dibbled 

 two inches deep. The same number of kernels was 

 planted three inches deep, in the third row. The fourth 

 row of fourteen kernels was four inches deep. The 

 fifth row, five inches deep. The sixth row, six inches 

 in depth. The seventh, seven inches deep; and the 

 fourteen kernels in the eighth row, were dropped in 

 holes eight inches deep ; and all the holes were filled 

 with mellow soil ; and every evening, the surface was 

 moistened with water from a rose-spout watering-pot. 

 Now for the result : 



On the morning of July 11th, four spears had ap- 

 peared in the first row, where the kernels were planted 

 one inch deep ; and before night, those four stems were 

 each more than one inch high. July 12th, in the morn- 

 ing, two spears more, in number one, were half an inch 

 high. In numbers two and three, the same morning, 

 there were two spears in each ; and one spear in number 

 two, more than an inch high. On the morning of the 

 13th, there were ten spears in number one; four in 

 number two ; six in number three ; and two spears in 

 number four. In number three one spear was three 

 inches high. At sunset of the same day, this last spear 



