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Black or Ramsdell Norway .—Weight of one bushel of seed, 
30 1-2 pounds. Harvested July 25. Threshed August 21. 
Weight of straw and grain, 1,248 pounds. Weight of grain, 
522 pounds. Weight of one bushel, 32 pounds. Yield per 
acre, 65 1-4 bushels. Per cent, of grain to weight of straw 
and grain, 41.8. One pound of seed yields 22.6 pounds. 
Surprise .—Weight of one bushel seed, 32 pounds. Har¬ 
vested July 17. Threshed September 14. Weight of straw 
and grain, 1,171 pounds. Weight of grain, 601 pounds. One 
bushel weighs 38 pounds. Yield per acre, 75 1-8 bushels. Per 
cent, of grain to weight of straw and grain, 51. One pound of 
seed yields 25 pounds. 
Common .—One bushel of seed weighed 30 pounds. Har¬ 
vested July 25. Threshed July 31. Weight of straw and 
grain, 1,248 pounds. Weight of grain, 498 1-4 pounds. One 
bushel weighs 34 3-4 pounds. Yield per acre, 62 1-4 bushels. 
Per cent, of grain to weight of straw and grain, 40. One 
pound of seed yields 22.1 pounds. 
Probsteir .—Weight of one bushel of seed, 34 3-4 pounds. 
Harvested July 25. Threshed September 13. Weight of 
straw and grain, 1,418 pounds. Weight of grain, 587 pounds. 
One bushel weighs 37 pounds. Yield per acre, 73 1-3 bushels. 
Per cent, of grain to weight of straw and grain, 40.7. One 
pound of seed yields 22.5 pounds. 
Potato .—One bushel of seed weighed 29 pounds. Har¬ 
vested July 26. Threshed September 9. Weight of straw 
and grain, 1,276 pounds. Weight of grain, 376 1-2 pounds. 
One bushel weighs 34 1-2 pounds. Yield per acre, 47 1-6 
bushels. Per cent, of grain to weight of straw and grain, 29. 
One pound of seed yields 17.3 pounds. 
Of the following varieties smaller areas were sown at the 
same time: 
White Schonen .—Seed from Department of Agriculture at 
Washington. 774 square feet sown with 1 pound 5 ounces of 
seed. Harvested July 24. Treshed July 29. Weight of 
grain, 44 3-4 pounds. One bushel weighs 30 1-2 pounds. 
