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acre) Iron 59 bushels, Yeoman 67-?r bushels and Benefactor 66J 

 bushels. 



(3) The Harper Adams Agricultural College, Shropshire. — ■ 

 Seventeen varieties of wheat were sown in the autumn of 1918 

 on a sandy loam ; 10 tons of dung per acre were applied on clover 

 before ploughing, and a top dressing of 1 cwt. of sulphate of 

 ammonia per acre was given to the wheat in the spring of 1919. 

 The highest yields per acre proved to be Svalof Iron (own seed\ 

 54 bushels of grain, 52 cwt. of straw; Victor (own seed) 52J- 

 bushels of grain, 40 cwt. of straw; Fox (second growing) 52 

 bushels of grain, 45 cwt. of straw; Fenman (second growing) 50 

 bushels of grain, 50 cwt. of straw; Hawk (second growing) 49 

 bushels of grain, 47J cwt. of straw; Marshal Foch 48 bushels of 

 grain, 45 cwt. of straw; Browick 48 bushels of grain, 42J cwt. 

 of straw ; and Yeoman (third growing) 47 bushels of grain, 40 cwt* 

 of straw. 



(4) Garforth, Leeds. — Eight varieties of wheat have been 

 tested continuously at this centre for the four years 1916 to 1919. 

 The crops per acre over the average of the four years w^ere : — 

 Victor 50 bushels grain, 34 cwt. strawy* Fenman 48 bushels grain,. 

 36 cv/t. straw; Standard Red 48 bushels grain, 35 cwt. straw^ ; 

 Squarehead Master 47J bushels grain, 35 cwt. straw; Benefactor 

 47^ bushels grain, 34 cwt. straw; Little Joss 46 bushels grain, 

 35 cwt. straw; Browick 46 bushels- grain, 34 cwt. straw; and 

 White Standup 45 bushels grain, 33 cwt. straw. 



Svalof Iron has been tested in three years, and gave a yield of 

 grain per acre of 52^ bushels in 1916, 52 bushels in 1918, and 

 42 bushels in 1919 (when yields were lower). 



Yeoman has similarly been tested in three years, and the- 

 yields of grain per acre from this variety have been 47J bushels, 

 in 1917, 51 bushels in 1918 and 40 bushels in 1919. 



(5) Midland Agricultural and Dairy College, Sutton Boning- 

 ton, Loughborough. — Two tests were made on Keuper Marl with 

 respectively 10 and 5 varieties of w^heat. Seed was sown at 

 the rate of 2 J bushels per acre early in October, 1918, and the 

 crop was harvested on. the 15th August in the following year. 



In one test no manure was applied ; the previous crop had 

 been seeds, of which the aftermath was grazed by dairy cows,, 

 on land which had been top-dressed with 1 cwt. of nitrate of 

 soda per acre. Of the varieties sown Fenman and Champion 

 yielded each 48 bushels per acre. Svalof Iron, Victor and Yeoman 

 each 32 bushels, and Broivick 31 bushels. The order of ripening: 

 was : — Yeoman, Broivick, Fenman, Champion, Victor. 



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