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The Seeding of Grain. 



quantity of seed used in different localities. This matter is 

 referred to by Principal R. Patrick Wright, of the West of 

 Scotland Agricultural College, in Bulletin No. 5, in the 

 Report on the experiments carried out by the College Staff in 

 1899. The following table from that Report gives some very 

 interesting and valuable information, and is worthy of 

 comparison with the results obtained by me, as detailed in 

 the Highland and Agricultural Society's Transactions of 

 1900 : — 



Quantity of Seed of each variety of Oat 









Weight of 



Number 





Weight 

 of 

 Seed 





Grain Sown 



of Bushels 





Weight of 



of each 



(approxi- 



Name of Variety. 



500 Seeds or 

 Grains 



Variety to 

 give 



mately) 

 which 





per 

 Bushel. 



in Grammes. 



2,610,000 



Seeds 

 per Acre. 



contained 







2,610,000 



Seeds. 





lbs. 



grammes. 



>' lbs. 



bushels. 



Providence 



45 



14" 5 



i66£ 



3§ 



Potato - ... 



45 



15- 7 



180 



4 



Sandy - - - 



44? 



14-58 



1674 



31 



Hamilton 



45i 



16*45 



i88| 

 185 



4 



Longhoughton - 



45i 

 44^ 



16-15 



4 



Newmarket ... 



21*40 



245 



5* 



Tam Findlay - 



4ii 



I3-50 



155 



3f 



Tartar King 



49i 



2i-55 



2474 



5 



Pioneer (black) - 



5i 



19-50 



223I 



4h 



Banner (Canadian) 



4o4 



16-51 



1 88| 



4S 



Ligowo (Canadian) 



4i| 



17-45 



200 



5 



Abundance (Canadian) 



42f 



I5-45 



176 



4 



Black Tartarian 



43 



16-20 



i86i 



4i 



Golden Giant (Canadian) - 



42J 



13-60 



1564 

 1 66i 

 167! 



3§ 



Siberian (Canadian) - 



42J 



14-45 



4 



American Beauty (Canadian) 



42 



14-60 



4 



Waverley 





17-95 



206^ 





The variations to the above table are well marked, yet 

 they only represent one of the influences which have to 

 be taken into account in deciding the quantity of seed 

 which should be sown per acre. Grain ripened in a warm 

 climate, or even in a cool climate like Scotland, where 

 grown on sandy soil, is usually much smaller in size of grain 

 than where the ripening is slower or the more heavy soil. 

 For instance, note the low weight per 500 grains of all the 

 Canadian varieties, also compare the weight of 500 seeds of 



