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Grouping the six methods of treatment, we are better enabled to 
compare the duplicate rows, as well as the other plantings: 
ROWS 1, 7, 13 — COVERED 
LIGHTLY WITH SOIL. 
ROWS 2, 8, 14— WALKED ON. 
ROWS 3, 9, 15 — TAPPED 
WITH HOE. 
Per cent 
plants sur- 
vived winter. 
Yield, 
grain. 
Per cent 
plants sur- 
vived winter. 
Yield 
grain. 
Per cent 
plants sur- 
vived winter. 
Yield 
grain. 
1 
5.90 
20.81 
18.18 
1 
6 
5 
35.62 
35.59 
30.46 
13 
14 
12 
8.16 
7.77 
6.58 
2 
2 
1 
2 
3 
Average . . 
14.96 
4 
33.89 
13 
7.50 
1.66 
ROWS 4, 10, 16— BOTTOM OF 
DRILL COMPACTED. 
ROWS 5, 11, 17 — BEATEN 
HARD WITH MAUL. 
ROWS 6, 12, 18 — ROLLED. 
Per cent 
plants sur- 
vived winter. 
Yield 
grain. 
Per cent 
plants sur- 
vived winter. 
Yield 
grain. 
Per cent 
plants sur- 
vived winter. 
Yield 
grain. 
1 
28.51 
50.18 
40.70 
12 
16 
14 
30.03 
30.76 
18.31 
11 
11 
6 
39.43 
36.80 
18.78 
18 
14 
5 
2 
3 
Average . . 
39.79 
14 
26.36 
9.33 
31.67 
12.33 
These figures present strong evidence that compacting the soil in 
wheat culture aids the plant to resist winter-killing, and favors 
increased yield of crop. This is noticeable in all the cases where the 
most pressure was apj)lied to the soil, and noticeably with rows 4, 10, 
16, where the earth beneath the seed was very compact. 
Periods of Cutting Barley. 
On April 25, sixteen varieties of barley were sown on clayey-loam 
soil, in good condition, and well adapted to barley. No fertilizer was 
applied, and the ground was plowed and carefully harrowed before 
planting. The rows were planted twenty-four inches apart, with seed 
two inches apart in the row. The seeds vegetated, and the plants 
made a most vigorous and successful growth. 
Of the varieties planted, nine were selected for cutting at different 
periods for the purpose of noting the effect on the weight of the seed. 
The first cutting was made on July 20, when the plants were all ripen- 
ing, and yet were noticeably green. On July 27 the second cutting 
was made, when the plants were apparently in a fair condition for 
cutting, being neither green nor over ripe. The third and final cutting- 
was made on August 2, when the plants were what might be termed 
" dead ripe," the green matter having entirely disappeared. 
