. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Buckwheat. 271 strips in this field were plowed, one near the east end and afterward con- stituting plats 21 and of the experiment, another near the middle and becoming plats 9 and 10. The purpose of plowing these strips was to de- termine whether better re- sults would be secured by turning the rye under in the early season or by allowing it to grow till shortly before drilling in the buckwheat. On June 20th, the entire area, including the two strip
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Buckwheat. 271 strips in this field were plowed, one near the east end and afterward con- stituting plats 21 and of the experiment, another near the middle and becoming plats 9 and 10. The purpose of plowing these strips was to de- termine whether better re- sults would be secured by turning the rye under in the early season or by allowing it to grow till shortly before drilling in the buckwheat. On June 20th, the entire area, including the two strips just mentioned, was plowed. At this time the rye in some places was as high as the horses' backs and a heavy chain was used to draw it under the fur- rows. In preparing the seed-bed the harrow and roller were each used twice. The seeding was at the rate of three pecks per acre and the drilling was done on June 24th. The varieties sown, the fertilizers ap- plied to the various plats and the computed yields per acre are best shown in the following table. Each plat was approximately one-tenth acre. Plats i to 8 sown with the Japanese variety constitute one fertilizer test and plats 12 to 23, excluding 13, 21 and 22, sown with Silver Hull variety, constitute a duplicate test: Table No. 2.—Tabular Exhibit of the 1901 Buckwheat Experiment. J'^ .ii.',upiMi^^, Fig. 98.—Buckwheat responds to drcssi)ii;s of com- mercial fertilizers. Plat No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 When plowed. June 20 June 20 June 20 Tune 20 June 20 June 20 June 20 Variety. Japanese Jaoanese Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese Japanese Fertilizer applied lbs, per acre. 200 Acid rock 100 Muriate of potash. 200 Dried blood Check. Nothing 200 Acid rock '. 100 Muriate of potash. 200 Acid rock. ....... 200 Dried blood 100 Muriate of potash. 200 Dried blood Yield bushels per acre. 38 35. 38. 31 30. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for reada
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