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GRAINS, GRASSES AND VEGETABLES. 
of the above cereals will, when allowed enough space to carry 
out its habit of stooling, occupy at least a square 4 bv 4 
inches, or 16 square inches. When too thickly sown, these 
grains become their own worst enemies—that is, thick sowing 
crowds out what should be permitted to develop, viz., the 
stooling. A bushel of wheat contains all the way from 
650,000 to 900,000 grains, which, when sown evenly over an 
acre, is about twice too thick. There are three requisites to 
thin sowing, viz., good seed, good soil and a soil in good con¬ 
dition. 
RYE. 
In the same manner has rye been improved, and 3J 
pounds were sown in 10 double rows of the same length, and 
from one to eleven ounces in each. 
Double 
row 1— 
•10 ounces 
made 294 
pounds 
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62 ounces 248 pounds 
Seed, 15J pounds per acre. 4.43 bushels. 
Yield, 19.36 bushels per acre. 
In this experiment the thin sowing has but little, if any, 
advantage over the thicker. The small yield of 19.36 
bushels per acre is due more to the want of fertility and 
moisture to germinate the seed than to the thin seeding. 
The fertility of the soil had been kept up by rotation, no 
manure having in any way or at any time been applied. 
OATS. 
A fourth of an acre was given to oats—the Australian— 
a variety that has been improved for six yeaas. Just 4 
