PRACTICAL PAPERS—LATE FARM EXPERIMENTS. 887 
Barley. —The following kinds of barley were grown in the south field, al 
but No. 105, on land that, last year, had fourteen loads of stable manure, 
and grew a crop of potatoes. No fertilizer applied this year for the barley. 
The ground for No. 106 was oats stubb'e, prepared as for wheat, and put in 
at same time, but had only six loads of manure to acre. The mildew season 
occurred at a time to injure the spring barley so as to make a very poor 
crop. The winter barley was then nearly ripe and escaped uninjured—made 
a beautiful crop—ripe and cut the 28th of sixth month : 
When planted. 
No. 
Weight per bush¬ 
el seed sown. 
Weight per bush, 
grain produced. 
1 _ . . ✓ 
Yield in bushels 
of produce per 
% acre. 
Gross yield per ^ 
acre. 
Weight of straw 
and chaft’ per % 
acre. 
Weight of grain 
per % acre. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
bu. qts. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
7th of 4 th m'th 
100 
Common 2 row’d bar 
47 
2 1114 
255% 
144% 
Ill 
7th.do_ 
101 
Nonpariel 6 ..do_ 
44 2^ 
4414 
1 2% 
1891^ 
133 
47% 
7th.do.... 
102 
California 6..do.... 
48 
41 
0 301^ 
282^ 
243 
39% 
• • • • • do ■ • • ■ 
103 
Probstier 2..do_ 
58 
49 
1 
348M 
272 % 
49% 
15th.do_ 
104 
Saxonian 2..do_ 
56ii 
48 
1 1^ 
mVi 
226% 
76% 
19th 9thm’th’t)8 
105 
Winter. ,.G..do .... 
48 <4 
5 215 ^ 
543% 
268% 
275% 
Potato Experiments. —Previous crop —corn, 1868; lot 40 perches long 
and 10 perches wide; p'owed 15th to 23d of fourth month, and in the fol. 
lowing manner, viz; 14 yards wide, gathered in the middle with common 
plow, 4 inches deep. Then outside of this, *7 yards wide on each side, with 
common plow, 7 inches deep; next outside of this, 7 yards wide, with double 
Michigan plow, 11 inches deep ; and lastly, 7 yards wide on each side, with 
common plow, 7 inches deep, followed by a subsoil plow, 9 inches deep in 
bottom of furrow, making 16 inches deep of stirred soil. Outside of all, we 
plowed 6 feet wide, common plow, 6 inches deep, for turning ground. Here 
now, we have 14 yards wide of each kind of plowing, and clear of furrows 
and ridges. The ground harrowed and rolled, and marked out crosswise, or 
at right angles to way plowed, so that each row will show in 8 parts the rela- 
« 
tive merits of the 4 ways of plowing. The rows w'ere all 3 feet apart, and 
all 3 inches deep, except where otherwise noted, and the potatoes all care¬ 
fully covered with the Hexamer pronged hoes. About one-half this lot had 
stable manure applied, at rate of 11 ox cart loads to acre, and plowed in. 
To the balance we applied the commercial fertilizers in the furrow—20 cents 
worth to each row of 10 perches long, or at rate of ^17.28 per acre. 
Class 1.—Different sized seed; different ways of cutting and thinning; 
the seed all selected from its corresponding type; the produce of last 
year grown in same way. The potatoes are all planted 18 inches apart in the 
rows, (accurately measured by machine alluded to in early potatoes), where 
not otherwise noted. Planted 11th, 12th and 13th of fifth month. Moro 
