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Table VIII. — Yield of Stoner (Miracle) ivheat and other varieties in compara- 
tive rate-of-seeding test at Arlington Farm, Rosslyn, Ta. 
Variety and year. 
Yield per acre (bushels) at different rates of seeding. 
2 pecks. 
3 pecks. 
4 pecks. 
5 pecks. 
6 pecks. 
7 pecks. 
8 pecks. 
Stoner (Miracle): 
1912 
29.67 
17.10 
32.80 
32.22 
17.50 
28.90 
30.17 
14.70 
29.70 
1913 
17.40 
26.90 
18.30 
30.70 
14.50 
30.90 
16.00 
1914 
29.80 
Average 1913-14 
22.15 
24.50 
24.95 
26. 52 
23.20 
26.21 
22.20 
24.86 
22.70 
22.90 
Average 1912-14 
Dietz: 
1912 
28.00 
16.80 
29.50 
24.50 
18.70 
27.80 
22.67 
19.40 
29.70 
1913 
18.90 
26.70 
19.90 
30.00 
17.40 
30.60 
19.70 
1914 
32.50 
Average 1913-14 
22.80 
24.95 
23. 15 
24.77 
23.25 
23.67 
24.55 
23.93 
24.00 
26.10 
Average 1912-14 
Fultz: 
1912 
32.55 
24.70 
39.00 
32.42 
24.60 
37.70 
31.22 
24.00 
36. 20 
I 
1913 
19.10 
29.70 
22.70 
33.00 
21.30 
37.40 
24 80 
1914 
37 90 
24.40 
27.85 
31.85 
32.08 
31.15 
31.57 
30.10 
30.47 
29.35 
31.35 
Average 1912-14 
Martin Amber: 
1912 
34.92 
19.00 
26.00 
31.83 
17.20 
24.90 
28.83 
17.40 
27.80 
1913 
1914 
18.40 
22.60 
19.70 
27.00 
12.40 
25.60 
14.70 
23.90 
Average 1913-A4 
20.50 
23.35 
22.50 
26.64 
21.05 
24.64 
22. 60 
24.68 
19.00 
19.30 
Average 1912-14 
Average of all: 
Average 1913-14 
Average 1912-14 
22.46 
25.16 
25.61 
27.50 
24.66 
26.52 
24.86 
25.98 
23.76 
24.91 
TThen these results are compared with those for the other varieties 
used, it is seen that as an average for the two years 1913 and 1911 
the largest gross yields were obtained from sowing 8 pecks of Dietz, 
1 pecks of Fultz, and 3 pecks of Martin Amber. On aecount of 
the larger quantity of seed used in" sowing 8 pecks, the largest net 
return from the Dietz was from the 3-peck seeding. The largest net 
returns from the other varieties were from the same seedings men- 
tioned above. Including the year 1912 and averaging for only the 
4, 5, and 6 peck seedings, the largest net and gross returns were 
obtained for the three years 1912-191-4 in every case from the smallest 
quantity; that is, from the 4-peck seeding. 
When all varieties are averaged both for the two } T ears, 1913-1914, 
and for the years, 1912-1914, the best gross and net yields were 
obtained from the 4-peck seeding. The 4-peck seeding yielded 0.45 
bushel more than the 3-peck and 3.15 bushels more than the 2-peck 
seeding. 
It must be concluded that Stoner wheat does not differ from the 
other varieties tested in requiring less seed per acre, and also that 2 
pecks are not sufficient from which to obtain maximum yields. 
It should be said in connection with these tests that these wheats 
were drilled in fertile soil in a well-prepared seed bed. More seed 
