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of which gave 52 bush, per acre, the last,- however, being sprouty, was 

 valued at 2s. per bushel less than the first two. Home seed of two 

 French varieties was sown, and they yielded as follows : — Sensation, 

 42 bush, per acre; Marvel, 39 bush, per acre. In 1909 the yields of 

 these two from French seed were 36 and 41 bush, respectively. The 

 highest quality wheat grown was J. 08, a selection from Red Fife, which 

 was valued at 345. per bush., with a yield of 42 bush. Fife (Home 

 seed) was valued at 335. 3d. per bushel, and gave 45 bush, per acre. 

 This was sown at the rate of 240 lb. per acre instead of 150 lb., as 

 in the case of the other varieties. 



Ten varieties of oats were grown after mangolds on a somewhat 

 heavy loam in fair condition. They were manured with 2\ cwt. dis- 

 solved bones and \ cwt. calcium cyanamide per acre. The yields of 

 oats also exceeded those of any previous year. The best result, 98^ 

 bush, per acre, was given by Thousand Dollar, which has consistently 

 shown good results on the College farm. New Abundance and New 

 White Horse both gave 92^ bush., and a new variety, Garton's 2209, 

 gave 94J bush. This sort looked remarkably well throughout the 

 season, and appeared to promise the best crop. On the whole it stood 

 up better at harvest than Thousand Dollar and Abundance. The 

 weight of this variety was, however, only 39! lb. per bushel, as com- 

 pared with 43 to 45 lb. in the case of the three other varieties named. 



A trial was made to test the comparative advantages of thick and 

 thin seeding of oats. A correspondent was of opinion that a thickly- 

 seeded crop on rich land is less likely to lodge, and further that with 

 thick seeding the crop starts better, while rank growth and lodged 

 grain is checked by the thickness of the plants. Plots were sown at 

 the rates of 280, 240, 200, and 160 lb. per acre, the usual rate of 

 sowing at the College farm being 200 lb. per acre. The yields did 

 not vary very greatly, being 94^, 91^, 92^, and 865 bush, (of 39 lb.) 

 respectively per acre. After deducting the cost of the seed the net return 

 was greatest with sowing at 200 lb. per acre, though, as will be seen, 

 the heavier sowing gave the largest yield. Very little difference was to be 

 seen in the appearance of the plots before harvest, and on all plots 

 patches were laid, there being practically no difference in this respect. 



Varieties of Mangolds and Swedes (Field Expts. in Staffs and Salop 

 and at Harper Adams Agric. Coll., Joint Report, 1910). — A comparison 

 of fourteen varieties of mangolds was made in 19 10. The best yields 

 were as follows : — Sutton's Prizewinner Yellow Globe, 45 tons per 

 acre; Leighton's Timmis, 44 tons 5 cwt.; Garton's Red Globe, 43 tons 

 11 cwt.; Dickson and Robinson's Defiance, 41 tons 18 cwt.; Hayward's 

 Challenge, 41 tons 18 cwt. Four varieties have been grown for five 

 or six years, and the following are the average yields given by them : — 

 Dickson and Robinson's Eclipse Red, 43 tons 16 cwt. ; Sutton's Prize- 

 winner Yellow Globe, 42 tons 10 cwt.; Sutton's Golden Tankard, 

 33 tons 8 cwt.; Garton's Improved Yellow, 31 tons 4 cwt. 



Twelve varieties of swedes were tried. There was little difference 

 between the yields of most of them, the three first being : — Incompar- 

 able, 22 tons 6 cwt. per acre; Keepwell (Garton), 22 tons 3 cwt.; and 

 Nimrod (Dickson and Robinson), 21 tons 16 cwt. 



Seeding of Temporary Ley (Field Expts. in Staffs and Salop and at 

 Harper Adams Agric. Coll., Joint Report, 1910). — The following trial 



