374 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
1. — Broadcast. Harvested July 24. Weight of straw and 
grain, 1,370 pounds. Threshed Sept. 18. Weight of grain, 
482 3-4 pounds. One bushel weighs 611-2 pounds. Yield per 
acre, 16.09 bushels. One pound seed yields 7.94 pounds. Per 
cent, of grain to weight of straw and grain, 35. 
This plat was adjacent to a grove, and was very badly in¬ 
jured by blackbirds. 
2. — Drilled. Harvested July 24. Threshed September 27. 
Weight of straw and grain 1,590 pounds. Weight of grain 
658 1-2 pounds. One bushel weighs 62 1-2 pounds. Yield 
per acre 21.95 bushels. Per cent, of grain to weight of straw 
and grain 41. One pound seed yields 10.97 pounds. 
The drill did not distribute the seed evenly. Some portions 
were too thick and others too thin. 
To try the effect of double breaking, one half acre of heavy 
blue grass sward was broken with two plows, April 11. The 
first plow turned a furrow three inches in depth, the second 
turning a furrow three inches deeper from the bottom of first 
furrow, entirely out and upon the top of that turned by the 
first pAw. Sowed to two bushels per acre of mammoth 
wheat, April 13. Harvested July 26. Straw short. Threshed 
August 2. Weight of straw and grain 1,054 pounds. Weight 
of grain, 387 1-4 pounds. One bushel weighs 57 1-2 pounds. 
Yield per acre, 12.9 bushels. Per cent, of grain to weight of 
straw and grain, 37. One pound of seed yields 6.4 pounds. 
This wheat was partially destroyed by blackbirds. 
Comparison of Different Varieties of Oats. —Six one- 
fourth acre plats were sown broadcast, April 18, to three quar¬ 
ters of a bushel of each of the following varieties: 
White Norway .—Weight of one bushel of seed, 33 pounds. 
Harvested July 20. Weight of straw and grain, 1,106 pounds. 
Threshed October 14. Weight of grain, 402 3-4 pounds. One 
bushel weighs 33.49 pounds. Yield per acre, 50.32 bushels. 
Per cent, of grain to weight of straw and grain, 36. One pound 
of seed yields 16.27 pounds. 
