Experiments upon Wheat, Barley, and Swedes. 301 
vol. XXV. of the Royal Agricultural Society's Journal, and were 
tlii^ ill! iii 'd iate cause of a series of wide-drilled plots upon the 
Colli'u: (experimental Farm in 18G5. A piece of winter-drilled 
\vhc;it 'v;is selected, and alternate rows were cut out with the hoe, 
leaviuu: the wheat rows 18 inches apart. In like manner three 
rows ^\l•l•e removed, and three left, forming triple rows with 
40-in(;'i Interspaces. Of these plots some were forked, and others 
merely hand-hoed. As the experiment was only commenced on 
April 18th, the result, as might have been expected, was not 
favouv.iUle to wide intervals. It was, however, worthy of notice 
that although half tlie wheat was removed, the produce from the 
widc-.^ 1 1. u ed plots was, in spite of the unfavourable conditions of 
the ex |)'M imcnt, e(|ual to 27 bushels per acre, while the ordinary 
unto u ! I (1 wheat vieliled 32 bushels per acre. 
'J'l ■ experiments were repeated on a more extended scale 
in 18iiS, a season in which wide-drilling and forking could 
hardly b ^ thought advantageous. Both wheat and barley were 
subjected to the trial, care being taken that the superfluous rows 
should be removed before they could interfere with the future 
prospects of the remaining rows. Some of the wide-spaced plots 
were twice forked during the summer, while others were kept 
free from weeds by means of the hand-hoe. The results are 
embodied in the following table : — 
Table I. — Eesult.s of Wheat Experiments, 1866. 
Plots. 
Head Corn 
Bushels 
Weight. 
per Plot. 
per Acre. 
per Bushel. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
1 
Alternate rows obliterated; spaces'! 
46 
29-6 
65 
2 
Alternate rows obliterated; re-j 
niaining rows singled into tuftsi 
35-5 
22-8 
62-5 
.3 
Ordinary wheat for comparison .. 
48 
30-8 
64-75 
4 
Three rows left and three hoed out;'l 
39 
25-2 
64 
5 
Alternate rows obliterated ; spaces! 
44 
28-4 
64 
6 
M'fruate rows obliterated ; remain-) 
lug rows "tufted" as in 2 .. ../ 
38 
24-4 
64 
7 
I'll L'e rows left and threeobliterated ;) 
42 
26-8 
64-75 
8 
Alternate rows obliterated ; spaces^ 
44 
28'4 
64-75 
9 
Three rows left and three hoed out;) 
32 
20'4 
65 
10 
45-5 
29-2 
65-5 
11 
Three rows left and three hoed out;'! 
3G 
23-2 
65 
12 
A t inate rows obliterated; spaces: 
40 -.5 
26 
65 
Y 2 
