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Of the grain produced, 10,000 seeds of each lot were carefully 
weighed on the balance, with the following result : 
Lot A — Large Seed. 
Row 1 20.30 grams. 
2 20.00 
3 20.50 
4 19.70 
5 19. CO 
6 20.20 
7 19.90 
8 19.50 
9 19.40 
10 20.10 
Average 19.92 
Lot B — Large Seed. 
Row l 18.80 grams. 
2 18.80 
3 19.00 
4 19.20 
5 19.10 
6 19.00 
7 20.60 
8 19.40 
9 19.10 
10 19.10 
Average 19.21 
It can be seen from the above figures that there is a visible, appre- 
ciable gain, in every way, of the progeny of the large over the small 
seed, in per cent of vegetation, rapidity of development of plant, yield 
of grain and straw and weight of seed. This experiment simply 
illustrates the wisdom of planting selected seed. 
Vegetation of Oats at Diffekent Depths. 
On May 6, a piece of ground well adapted to oats, being of clayey 
loam and very level in surface, was thoroughly pulverized and then 
carefully smoothed over and compacted on the surface. Ten rows 
were planted, each being twelve inches apart; the seeds were four 
inches apart in the row. By means of an instrument that could be 
registered to penetrate the ground at various depths forcing the 
seed along on its point, 1,000 seeds of oats were planted, there 
being 100 grains in a row. The following are the depths planted: 
One-fourth, one-half, three-fourths, one, one and one-half, two, three, 
four, five and seven inches. After forcing the seed into its position, 
the hole was filled with the fine surrounding soil. The following 
table gives the results of these vegetations for eleven successive days, 
with the final results as counted on June 23, which also represents the 
percentage of vegetation. 
