304 Experiments upon Wheat, Barley, and Swedes. 
In oonsiderinn^ tlie results of cxporimpnts upon the elTect 
of wide intervals and forking undertaken hy tlie Cirencester 
Chamber of Agriculture, the best method will be first to briefly 
relate the separate experiences of each experimenter, and after- 
wards to comment upon the general tendency of the results. 
Lord Bathurst's experiments (see Table 111.) were made under 
the direction of his agent, Mr. Anderson. They were conducted 
upon a free-woiking soil, previously under clover and rye-grass, 
the land being in good condition. The wheat was sown in 
October, and the surplus drills removed early in the season. 
The forking was done on April 9th and June 7th, and the re- 
maining plots were kept clear from weeds hy hand-hoeing. The 
growing crop looked well through the summer, a marked 
difference being perceptible between the various plots. The 
wide-drilled portions assumed a dark-green colour and vigorou.s 
appearance, and the heads were larger than those of the sur- 
rounding wheat. They were considered up to harvest to be 
carrying a heavier crop than the ordinary untouched plots. 
The straw, however, was not so clean and bright, and the result 
showed that, although more straw had been grown per acre, 
there was slightly less grain. Evidence was given by these plots 
against forking between the rows. Thus while four forked and 
wide-spaced examples gave a decrease of 150 lbs. (2 4 bushels), 
two M/dorked and wide-spaced plots gave a decrease of 140 lbs. 
when compared with untouched and unmanured portions. In 
looking generally at these results, it is interesting to observe 
that with half the quantity of seed, or 1 bushel to the acre, the 
bulk of straw was actually greater than where 2 bushels were 
sown. But it is also significant that the straw (owing to mil- 
dew) yielded less corn than that under ordinary treatment. 
These experiments are a valuable comment on the Lois Weedon 
system of wheat-growing, and it is curious to speculate as to the 
probable effect had the 27-inch spaces been sown with wheat 
the succeeding year. 
The College results are embodied in Table IV. The wheat, 
a fine white variety, was drilled November 18th. A crop of 
barley had occupied the ground the previous summer, and the 
clover having entirely failed by reasf)n- of the drought the barley- 
stubble was ploughed and sown with wheat. This was then the 
second white crop, and the land was in poor condition. Tlie 
surplus rows were removed as soon as the wheat appeared, and 
the spaces were forked, where required, from March 10th to 
13th, and again in June. As might have been expected, the 
crops did not yield largely, the average of three unmanured 
and untouched plots being only 25 bushels per acre. The plots 
where two rows had been alternately removed and left without 
