The  Woburn  Field  Experiments,  1909. 
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Table  V. — Rotation  III.  Wheat,  1909. 
stackyard  Field — Produce  per  acre. 
Plot 
Head  com 
Tail 
corn 
Straw, 
chaff,  &c. 
Value  of 
corn  per 
quarter 
on 
basis  of 
34s.  6d. 
Weight 
Bush. 
Weight 
per 
bushel 
Weight 
Upper  half 
(Sheep-feeding). 
C. 
q. 
lb. 
Lb. 
Lb. 
C. 
q. 
lb. 
a. 
d. 
1 
Decorticated  cotton 
cake  plot 
9 
0 
10 
18-3 
65-6 
117 
18 
0 
14 
31 
0 
2 
Maize  meal  plot 
10 
2 
7 
21-6 
54-8 
114 
18 
3 
10 
31 
0 
3 
No  cake  or  corn 
11 
2 
10 
22-7 
57-0 
74 
18 
2 
18 
32 
0 
4 
No  cake  or  corn 
12 
2 
15 
24-3 
58-2 
111 
20 
1 
11 
34 
0 
Lower  hale 
(Bullock-feeding). 
6 
No  manure 
4 
1 
24 
8-9 
55-9 
91 
10 
2 
0 
34 
6 
6 
No  manure 
7 
0 
1 
13-7 
581 
79 
12 
2 
24 
34 
6 
7 
No  manure 
8 
2 
7 
16-2 
59-3 
76 
15 
1 
11 
34 
0 
8 
No  manure 
7 
3 
14 
15-5 
56-8 
74 
15 
0 
9 
33 
0 
On  the  upper  half  (sheep-feeding),  the  wheat  being  the 
third  crop  since  the  cake  and  corn  were  fed  on  in  1906,  there 
appeared  to  be  nothing  left  to  show  the  believed  superiority 
of  the  cake-feeding.  Plot  2,  on  which  maize  meal  had  been 
fed  in  1906,  gave  a larger  return,  and  the  feeding  without 
cake  or  corn  still  higher  results.  It  is  significant,  however, 
that  on  the  cake  and  corn  plots  the  yield  of  straw  was 
proportionately  higher. 
Coming  to  the  lower  half,  the  crop  was,  as  appeared 
likely  to  be  the  case  during  the  growing  time,  much  smaller. 
But  it  has  to  be  remembered  that  this  half  of  the  rotation  has 
not  as  yet  had  any  farmyard  manuring,  and  will  only  receive 
its  first  application  with  the  swede  crop  of  1910. 
When  the  wheat  came  to  be  valued,  that  of  the  unmanured 
plots,  5,  6,  and  7,  was  about  the  best  on  the  farm,  and  was 
considerably  better  than  any  grown  on  the  continuous  wheat 
plots.  That  from  the  cake  and  corn  fed  plots,  1 and  2, 
was  distinctly  inferior  in  condition,  and  contained  much 
“ sprouted  ” corn. 
Rotation  IV.  1909,  Barley — after  Swedes  (1908). 
On  the  upper  half,  the  swede  crop  of  1908,  which  amounted 
to  about  10  tons  per  acre,  was  supplemented  so  that  roots  at 
the  rate  of  12  tons  per  acre  could  be  fed  off  on  each  plot.  The 
feeding  with  sheep  (120)  began  on  February  4,  1909,  and 
these  had,  as  additional  foods,  on  plot  1,  decorticated  cotton 
