COMMUNICATIONS—UNIVERSITY FARM. 373 
Table showing the results of experiments with different amounts of seed wheat 
to the acre. 
B’shelsof ■ 
seed to ! 
the acre. 
_r_ 
Time of 
harvest¬ 
ing. 
| 
'Weight of 
straw & 
grain. 
Weight of 
grain. 
Yield per 
acre. 
• 
bf,o 
• PH 
Per cent. 
of grain 
to weig’t 
of straw 
& grain. 
A Pound 
of seed 
yields. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
bushels. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
% 
July 24 
820 
263 
17.53 
60.35 
32 
22.11 
1 
July 24 
899 
297>4 
19.83 
60.6 
33 
19.59 
IK 
July 24 
1,146 
332% 
22.18 
60 
29 
17.53 
IK 
July 24 
1,340 
396^ 
26.16 
60.36 
29 
17.4 
IK 
July 22 
1,330 
375% 
24.75 
60 
28 
141-7 
2 
July 22 
1,412 
455% 
30.33 
60% 
32 
14.98 
This table, with the exception of plat five, shows an increase 
in yield as the amount of seed is increased. The plats upon 
which these experiments were tried w r ere adjacent, and to all 
appearance equally fertile. The variation in the yield of plat 
five may, doubtless, be attributed to the fact that it was in a 
more exposed situation and more badly laid by the wind; for 
in both four and six the weight of straw and grain and the 
weight of grain are greater than in it. The table also shows 
that the yield of one pound of seed decreases as the amount 
of seed and yield per acre increase. The increased yield of 
one seed was plainly visible before the grain was harvested in 
the greater amount of “stooiing” of that which was thinly 
seeded. The uniformity in the weight of a bushel of the grain 
from each plat is quite remarkable, while the variation in the 
per cent, of grain to the weight of the straw and grain, is such 
as to show that it does not depend upon the amount of seed. 
Some English agriculturists claim to get better results upon 
land in high culture, with thin, than with thick seeding. So 
far as we ma} r judge from a single experiment, thick seeding 
is best upon our lands which are in but an indifferent state of 
cultivation. 
Comparative Value of Drilling and Broadcast Sow¬ 
ing. —One-half acre was sowed by each method to Mammoth 
wheat, weighing 60 3-d pounds per bushel, April 13, two bushels 
to the acre. 
