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Beport of the First Assistant of the 
After threshing, 1,000 kernels were counted out from the cuttings 
of the different varieties, and carefully weighed on the balance. It is 
but proper to say that there was much resemblance in the maturing of 
the plants in all nine rows. The seed planted came from Vilmorin, 
Andrieux et Cie., Paris, France, and the following are the varieties 
tested: Escourgeon Black, Escourgeon Spring, Guymalaye or Namto, 
Italian, Large Naked, Rice, Six-rowed, Two-rowed, and Very Early 
Lapland. The following table explains itself: 
Varieties of Barley Tested. 
Weight in Grams of 1,000 Grams. 
DATE cut. 
Escourgeon 
Black. 
Escourgeon 
Spring, j 
Guymalaye. 
Italian. 
i 
Large 
Naked. 
Rice. 
Six-rowed. 
Two-rowed 
Black. 
Very Early 
Lapland. 
July 20 
gr. 
gr. 
gr. 
gr. 
gr. 
gr. 
gr. 
gr. 
gr. 
43.4 
37.1 
39.4 
44.4 
56.8 
48.5 
32.6 
47.9 
40.3 
27 
46.1 
36.9 
40.8 
49.3 
58.7 
47.5 
32.8 
49.2 
39.1 
Aug. 2 
45.7 
39.3 
41.1 
50.4 
64.6 
49.1 
34.4 
51.6 
41.6 
Second weighing: 
July 20 
44.4* 
36.7 
27 
45.6 
46.2 
37.3 
38.5 
Aug. 2 
The above table offers some very interesting figures. In every case 
excepting that of Escourgeon Spring barley, the third cutting gave 
heavier grain than did the first. A second weighing was made of the 
grain of this variety, which resulted in giving a sequence in weight 
analogous to the other eight. In five of the nine varieties the increase in 
weight was constant from the first to the last. A second weighing of 
the three cuttings of Escourgeon Spring was also made, with the result 
that the returning figures gave a constant increase from first to last 
cutting. 
Adding the gross figures together for the several cuttings, we find 
that 9,000 kernels from the cutting of July 20 weighed 390.4 grams; 
the second cutting 400.4 grams, and the third 418.0 grams. The average 
weight of 1,000 kernels of these nine varieties gives 43.4 grams for the 
first cutting, 44.5 grams for the second and 46.4 grams for the third. 
While this experiment cannot be regarded as conclusive, the results 
secured positively indicate, so far as they go, that for the year 1887, 
under the conditions in which this barley was planted and grown, that 
* But 500 grains were weighed in this variety the second time, owing to 
lack of kernels. This quantity is multiplied by two to give the approxi- 
mate weight of 1,000 grains. 
