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AGRICULTURAL AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, 



Experiments in the Growth of Oats. 



Investigations have been conducted by the Yorkshire College 

 on the comparative weight and percentage of husk in varieties of 

 oats, and also on the effect of growing black and white oats in 

 mixture. These experiments have now been spread over three 

 years, and the results up to 1902 may be summarised as follows : — 



The comparative weights of varieties of oats are obtained 

 by taking from the bulk of saleable corn, exclusive of light or 

 second corn, samples of each variety containing a definite num- 

 ber of grains and carefully weighing them. Fourteen distinct 

 varieties of oats have been so treated, and their weights in each 

 of the three years are shewn below : — 



I. -^-Comparative Weight of 2,000 Grains 01 14 Varieties of Oats. 



Name of Variety. 



1900. 



1 901. 



1902. 



Average. 





* Grams. 



Grams. 



Grams. 



Grams. 



f Storm King 







91-9 



91-9 



f Tartar King 



67*0 



84-6 



71-9 



747 



t Abundance 



75-1 



73 - 2 



72-9 



737 



. f Newmarket 



73'o 



73-6 



73*2 



73*3 



t Goldfinder 





69 6 



66 0 



67-8 



f Pioneer 



68 -o 



65-3 



66 -o 



66-4 



f Waverley ... 



69-6 



65-5 



62 '2 



6 5*8 ; 



J Banner 







62 *o 



62*0 



§ Black Tartarian ... 



57-o 



57-8 



59'2 



58-0 



t Golden Giant .... 



57-8 



58M 



57*7 



57 '9 



§ Potato 



56'9 



5i'9 



57 -o 



55'3 



§ Hamilton ... 



54-6 



50 '6 



55-8 



537 



§ Longhoughton 



577 



49-1 



52-4 



53'i 



§ Sandy 



57 -o 



47-5 



47 -o 



5o-5 



* 28*35 grams. = I ounce. 



t New varieties. 



X Canadian varieties. 



§ Varieties which have been long in use in Britain. 



An examination of this table will indicate the following 

 points : — 



1. The average column not only gives the relative weight of a 

 single grain, but within reasonable limits indicates the relative 



size. 



