PRACTICAL PAPERS—LATE FARM EXPERIMENTS. 385 
EXPERIMENTS WITH bATS, WHEAT, BARLEY, ETC. 
✓ 
The following reports of experiments made under the direc¬ 
tion of Thos. H. Burrowes, president and professor of agricul¬ 
ture, are taken from the report of the board of trustees of the 
Agricultural College of Pennsylvania for 1869: 
Varieties op Oats Grown.— The lollowiug varieties of oats were grown in 
the north-east field—previous crop, corn ; ground plowed 6th to 9th of fourth 
month ; seed put in 12th and 13th; two bushels of seed to acre, sown broad¬ 
cast, harrowed in and rolled: 
d 
'A 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17’ 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
Ihs. 
lbs. 
Surprise. 
Prince Edwards. 
White Norway. 
New Brunswick. 
Barley Associate. 
Common White oats. 
Canada. 
Black Poland. 
Scotch, (imported seed,). 
Norway, (Black), from Vermont. 
Norway, (Black), from G. A. Deitz_ 
White Poland. 
Sandy Scotch. 
White Swedish. 
Georgia. 
Yellow Poland. 
Black Hungarian. 
V/hite Schoenen. 
Black Swedish. 
Somerset. . 
Italian. 
17 
39 
20 
17 
27 
16 
23 
42 
28)4 
22 
20 
361^ 
17)4 
17 
43 
41)4 
50 
22 
35)4 
3154 
331/2 
31 
31V 2 
2854 
29 
309^ 
29 
31 
311/2 
35 
29 
331/3 
26 
2654 
29 
261/2 
22)4 
36 
28% 
Gross weight of 
produce per % 
acre. 
Weight of straw 
and chaff. 
Yield in hushels 
per )4 acre. 
} « 
Weight of grain 
per )4 acre. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
bu 
qls. 
lbs. 
3 
7% 
114% 
367)^ 
218)4 
4 
22% 
149)4 
26054 
1511/8 
3 
8% 
109% 
288 
165)4 
3 
30)4 
122)4 
217)4 
116% 
3 
6)4 
100% 
410K 
295)4 
4 
0)4 
115)4 
246 
156 
3 
3)4 
90 
335)4 
181 
5 
2% 
154% 
329)4 
213)4 
4 
0 
116)4 
354 
192% 
5 
6)4 
161)4 
417)4 
241 
5 
19)4 
176)4 
328 - 
183% 
4 
4 
144% 
356 ■ 
243 
3 
28% 
113 
381)4 
238% 
4 
8)4 
142)4 
300 
170 
5 
0 
130 
320 
176% 
5 
11% 
143)4 
372 
209 
5 
19)4 
163 
357% 
195% 
6 
3% 
162 
394% 
270% 
5 
16)4 
124 
437% 
245% 
5 
10% 
192)4 
278)4 
172% 
3 
20% 
105)4 
Ao. Tr, 
26. 
