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25.3 bushels. Per centage of grain to weight of straw and grain, 
25.5. One pound seed yields 9 5-8 lbs. 
Birlie Oats .—A new variety imported from Scotland by the 
Commissioner of Agriculture, of whom the seed was obtained. 
Fourteen quarts, weighing 16 3-8 lbs., were sown May 4th, upon 
a plat containing 28 square rods. Harvested August 2d. Weight 
of straw and grain, 386, lbs; weight of grain, 68 1-2 lbs. One 
bushel weighs 28 1-2 lbs. Yield per acre, 13.1 bushels. Per cent¬ 
age of grain to weight of straw and grain, 17.75. One pound of 
seed vields 4.2 lbs. 
Bohemian Oats .—A variety without hulls. Twelve quarts, 
weighing 13 1-2 lbs., were sown May 4th, upon a plat containing 
21 1-5 square rods. Harvested July 16th. Weight of straw and 
grain, 398 lbs. Weight of grain, 84 lbs. One bushel weighs 28 
lbs. Yield per acre, 19.8 bushels. Per centage of grain to weight 
of straw and grain, 21.1. One pound seed yields 6 1-5 lbs. 
The following table contains the results of this experiment: 
Variety. 
Time of 
harvesting. 
Weight of 
straw and 
Grain. 
Weight of 
Grain. 
Yield 
per acre. 
Weight 
per bu. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Bush. 
Lbs. 
Black Norway. 
July 27 
506 
149.0 
18.6 
28.4 
White Norway. 
July 18 
566 
157.5 
19.7 
30.0 
Surprise... 
July 22 
604 
190.5 
23.8 
32.5 
Common ..'.. 
July 23 
680 
259.0 
32.4 
28.0 
Probsteier. 
July 23 
764 
270.0 
33.2 
30.0 
Potato. 
Aug;. 7 
360 
White Schonen. 
July 27 
616 
217.2 
27.16 
28.5 
Mixed. 
July 20 
794 
202.5 
25.3 
30.0 
Birlie. 
Aug. 2 
386 
68.5 
13.1 
28.5 
Bohemian. 
July 16 
398 
84.0 
19.8 
28.0 
The Potato Oats have never done well with us, and this year 
were wholly ruined by the dry weather. In my opinion they 
have been fairly tried, and are not worthy of further cultivation. 
Two adjacent plats, containing 112 square rods each, were sown 
to Surprise Oats May 24th. The seed upon one of these plats 
was well cleaned from chaff and light grain, that upon the other 
was sown as taken from the bin. 
