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Table showing at a glance the results obtained from these experiments. 
Kind of Seeds. 
Weight of 
seed per 
bushel, 
Weight of 
product 
per hush. 
Yield per 
acre. 
Yield of 
one lb. 
seed. 
Per ct. of 
grain to 
ent. prod. 
Uncleaned. 
27K 
333*2 
43^ 
17 1-5 
40^ 
Cleaned. 
30 
3514 
48M 
17 1-10 
42 2-5 
Mixed. 
32 
34^ 
44 7-10 
14 9-10 
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Two adjoining plats of equal area were sown at the same 
time with seed of the same variety. Upon one of these plats 
well rotted muck was spread as uniformly as possible, to the 
depth of half an inch. The other had no fertilizer applied. 
The yield of these plats was as follows : 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Weight of 
product per 
bushel. 
Yield of 
one lb. 
seed. 
No. 1 with muck. 
52 bu. 
35^ lbc. 
3434 lbs - 
19.41b. 
No. 2 without fertilizer. 
49.4 
18.4 lb. 
Giving a yield of 2.1 bushels per acre of heavier grain to 
the fertilized plat. 
Barley — Chevalier. — One half acre sowed broadcast, April, 
18, to one one-half bushels, which weighed 46 pounds per bushel. 
Harvested July 28. Weight of straw and grain, 3,559 pounds. 
Weight of grain, 1,043 pounds. One bushel weighs 48.63 
pounds. Yield per acre, 43.45 bushels. Per cent, of grain to 
weight of straw and grain, 29. One pound seed yields 15.1 
pounds. 
Probsteir .—Seed from Department of Agriculture at Wash¬ 
ington. ‘ Two. pounds and 11 ounces sowed April 18, upon 
1,375 square feet of ground. Harvested July 24. Weight 
of straw and grain, 334 pounds. Weight of grain, 76 1-2 
pounds. One bushel weighs 48 1-2 pounds. Yield per acre, 
51.4 bushels. One pound seed yields 28.4 pounds. Percent- 
of grain to weight of straw and grain, 23. 
Saxonian .—Seed from Department of Agriculture at Wash- 
