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and'grain, 1,444 pounds. Weight of grain, 705 pounds. One 
bushel weighs 34 2-3 pounds. Yield per acre, 44.06 bushels. 
One pound seed yields 18.8 pounds. Per cent, of grain to 
weight of straw and grain, 48. 
No. 3.— Drilled .—Harvested July 21. Weight of straw and 
grain, 1,414 pounds. Weight of grain, 709 3-4 pounds. One 
bushel weighs 36 1-2 pounds. Yield per acre, 44.35 bushels. 
One pound seed yields 18.92 pounds. Per cent, of grain to 
weight of straw and grain, 50. 
Table comparing results of broadcast seeding , and drilling oats. 
How sowed. 
Time of har¬ 
vesting. 
Wt. of straw 
and grain. 
Weight of 
grain. 
Yield per 
acre. 
Weight per 
bushel. ' 
Pr ct. grain 
to gr’s w’t. 
One pound 
seed yields 
• 
Broadcast. 
July 24 
July 21 
lbs. 
1,444 
1,414 
lbs. 
705 
709% 
bushels. 
44 
44.35 
lbs. 
34% 
36% 
48 
50 
lbs. 
18.8 
18.92 
Drilled. 
Both plats were injured by the innumerable hosts of black¬ 
birds that attacked all of our crops. 
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Experiments with Different Amounts of Seed. —Four 
adjoining plats of one-half acre each were sown broadcast, 
April 4, to common oats as follows: 
No. 1.— One and one-half bushels of seed per acre. Harvested 
July 25. Weight of straw and grain, 1,456 pounds. Weight 
of grain, 788 1-2 pounds. One bushel weighs 24 2-3 pounds. 
Yield per acre, 49.28 bushels. Percent, of grain to weight of 
straw and grain, 53. One pound seed yields 35 pounds. 
No. 2 .—Two bushels of seed per acre. Harvested July 25. 
Weight of straw and grain, 1,338 pounds. Weight of grain, 
707 1-2 pounds. One bushel weighs 33 1-4 pounds. Yield 
per acre, 44 1-4 bushels. One pound seed yields 23 1-2 pounds. 
Per cent, of grain to weight of straw and grain, 52.8. 
No. 3 .—Two and one-half bushels of seed to the acre. Har¬ 
vested July 25. Weight of straw and grain, 1,592 pounds. 
