On the Growth of Wheat Year after Year. ]33 



The proportion of meal here stated is rather below than above 

 the average for oats of this weighty and may be accounted for by 

 the fact that the crop ripened prematurely, owing to the dry 

 nature of the soil, combined with long-continued drought, during 

 the latter part of last summer. The quantity of oats employed 

 in obtaining the above results was 11 quarters, which were dried 

 in the ordinary way on the kiln; the principal object in view 

 bemg to determine the quantity of moisture driven off by heat. 



In conclusion, it may be stated that oats are generally allowed 

 to be by far the most wholesome food for horses^ and conse- 

 quently their consumption is very large throughout the British 

 islands for this purpose. Beans, linseed, and barley, are ex- 

 cellent auxiliaries; but if we consult the taste and health of our 

 horses, oats must still continue to be their principal food. In 

 those districts where oats are extensively grown, the light or tail 

 corn goes a considerable length in feeding the horses upon a farm ; 

 and where this is the case, the expense of horses' food is little 

 felt, as this inferior grain would fetch but a low price if taken to 



VI. — Experiment and Exverience in the Growth of Wheat, year 



after year, on the same acre of land. By the Rev. S. Smith. 

 Last October I took in hand a measured field of four acres, in 

 order to carry out, more extensively, ray experiment in growing 

 wheat. 



I ploughed the short stubble — for the field had just been in 

 wheat — an inch deeper than the used staple; cleaned and levelled 

 it ; and got in my seed in channels made by the presser, covering 

 over with the crusher. 



The following sketch gives a view of the growing plant ; the 

 spaces in each triple row being one foot, and the intervals heticeen 

 each triple row^, three feet. 



