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Yield per acre, 79.7 bushels. Per cent, of grain to weight of 
straw and grain, 86.6. One pound of seed yields 34 pounds. 
The grain was badly lodged, which probably accounts for the 
light weight. 
Bohemian .—A variety without hulls, donated by Morrow & 
Brother, of the Western Farmer. 1,078 square feet sown with 
17 ounces of seed. Harvested July 24. Badly lodged 
and rusted where down. Threshed July 29. Weight of 
straw and grain, 150 pounds. Weight of grain, 24 pounds. 
One bushel weighs 40 1-2 pounds. Yield per acre, 30.8 bush¬ 
els. One pound seed yields 22.6 pounds. Per cent, of grain 
to weight of straw and grain, 16. 
Table showing the result of the experiment with the different varieties of Oats. 
Variety. 
Time of har¬ 
vesting. 
Weight of 
straw and 
grain. 
Weight o f 
grain. 
Yield per 
acre. 
Yield per 
bushel. 
Per cent, of 
grain to 
gross wt. 
i 
One lb. of 
seed yields. 
White Norway. 
July 20 
lbs. 
1,106 
lbs. 
402% 
bus. 
50.32 
lbs. 
33.49 
36 
lbs. 
16.27 
Bla^k Norway. 
July 25 
1,248 
522 
65.25 
32 
41.8 
22.6 
Surprise. 
July 17 
1,171 
601 
75.12 
38 
51 
25 
Common. 
July 25 
1,248 
498% 
62.25 
34% 
40 
22.1 
Probstier. 
July 25 
1,418 
587 
73.33 
37 
40.7 
22.5 
Potato. 
July 26 
1,276 
376% 
47.16 
34% 
29 
17.3 
White Schonen 
July 24 
122 
44% 
79.70 
30% 
36.6 
34 
Bohemian .... 
% 
July 24 
150 
24 
30.80 
40% 
16 
22.6 
Placing the common oats at 100, as a standard of comparison 
in yield per acre, gives the following comparative yield : 
White Norway. 81 
Black Norway. 104 
Surprise.. 120 
Common . 100 
Probstier. 118 
Potato . 76 
White Schonen. 128 
Bohemian. 51 
Drilling and Broadcast Seeding. —One-half acre of 
ground was sowed April 14, to common oats, by each method, 
giving the following results: 
Ho. 1.— Broadcast .—Harvested July 24. Weight of straw 
