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Acme harrow, plat No. 3 was harrowed twice with the same, No. 
4 three times, No. 5 four times, and so on up to No. 7, which was 
harrowed six times. Then the order was reversed, No. 8 being 
harrowed six times, No. 9 five times, No. 10 four times, and so on 
to No. 14, which was not harrowed. All the plats were sown with 
White Russian oats May 23. The crop was cut August 20 and 21, 
drawn in August 24 and threshed about September 4. Theyields 
were as follows : 
No. of ene eames 
plat. Lbs. Oz. Lbs. Oz. 
Ee TNA oes Gir ei cle u's Sade alae a Be NZIS 152 8 
Bult AAI Can Al ile Sa Le Re: 151 8 
aod by a Ba bag oa Aa PSR A eed oa 85 8 174 8 
Lah ARRAS, S CUS Se SE tts 0 Re re ee eee 63 0 163 0 
PEER Le Fe se es ee ae wae, a iniwlaia wa aaw oye bles 82 8 209 8 
ee aD UR ho RDI sad whorl d wad cheered ads 79 0 227 0 
rare 2 ice ial Vie Wh ie oy xia vileptel ns apo isin ace tioniin <i 1228s 221 8 
PIR ee ca Fac hie tavai's, s olsin isles totes ine prchas ecane 8K me 16, 3 232 8 
SEMPER eee Me Vii ada e ally ao alieigee 85 12 232 4 
Ee oa lol geben tas « vlan sbsha viwita ah Kaen 9 2s 86 12 173 4 
AMM ae oie Gov schieic's ya seis binjeiheme Sse es 88 4 peepee 
mE rer ete ow ihn oe ele Oh ake oe gs Bes 99 O 186 0 
Rts egrets ih eh nei gra th Osa & Wigle’ sia @iuin oe wiaus 95 4 198 12 
SRN Pn Te alee a aia ti nse alecseletel a hanes e & 95 12 185 4 
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In this first trial of the experiment, on plats variously treated 
in past seasons, it should be no surprise if the yields do not 
follow preconceived ideas. Indeed, the ground plowed up so 
loosely in spring that the remark was made by different persons 
that it needed no harrowing. The yield of straw corresponds to 
some extent with the amount of labor expended in the prepara- 
tion; that of the grain, however, does not.. As further trials 
eliminate the influence of dissimilar treatment in the past, we may 
have opportunity to learn from this experiment how far yield 
responds to thorough preparation. 
A single observation made in connection with this experiment 
is, however, quite suggestive. It was noticed all through the grow- 
ing period of the crop that the appearance of plat No. 4 was 
decidedly inferior to that of either No. 3 or No. 5, and indeed to 
that of all the others. As indicated in the table, the yield both 
