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Sowing of Barley and Oats. 



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from want of rain, and 107 per cent, is the revised estimate 

 in lieu of the anticipated bumper crop. The injury from the 

 same cause reduced the Berar estimate to 90 per cent. The 

 out-turn in Hyderabad is expected to be 87 per cent, as 

 compared with 85 per cent, last year, and a fairly good yield 

 is anticipated in Sind and Bombay, except in parts of North 

 Gujarat and the East Deccan, where moisture was deficient, 

 and the Karnatak, where the crop suffered from rust. 



The Yorkshire College have continued their investigations at 

 Garforth with a view to testing the best amount of seed to sow 

 in the case of barley and oats ; and the 

 Experiments in results of the 1903 experiments are given 



bushels per acre ; and the resultant yields were, of saleable 

 grain, 34!, 35, and 35 1 bushels per acre respectively, while the 

 total yields were 39, 39, and 383- bushels. In 1902 there was 

 also little difference between the plots ; and it is concluded that 

 from 2\ to 3 bushels is a sufficient quantity of seed, both for 

 yield and quality of sample. 



The quantities of oats sown were 5 and 4 bushels per acre ; 

 two varieties (Storm King and Tartar King) being used. Here 

 the extra bushel of seed was followed by jf bushels more of 

 saleable corn with Storm King and 5 \ bushels more with Tartar 

 King. With Tartar King there was a much higher proportion 

 of seconds corn with the smaller sowing, so that the total crop 

 of grain was the higher in their case. The total yields were ; — 

 Storm King (5 bushels), 585- bushels per acre ; Storm King (4 

 bushels), 56J bushels per acre ; Tartar King (5 bushels), 6o\ 

 bushels per acre ; and Tartar King (4 bushels), 6$\ bushels per 

 acre. The results thus indicate that with large-grained oats an 

 extra bushel of seed is followed by about 3 to 4 bushels more of 

 saleable corn. 



Sowing" of Barley 

 and Oats. 



in Nos. 38 and 39 of their reports. Barley 

 was sown on plots at the rate of 5, 3, and 2 



