The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1892-08-18
FARM AND GARDEN,
RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC AGRiCUL.
IURAL EXPERIMENTS.
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Hams Seven y-fiye Varieties of Wheat
-Wha the Results Indicate.

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association, Of Columbus, o., by III. Ohio
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Scven!yfive differently named sorts of
wheat have been grown this season by
the Ohio Experiment station i'll plots OF
one-tenth acre each. These plots were
about one rod wide by sixteen rods long,
and We're arranged in two tiers on tract
Of bottom land. To guard against the er-
rors arising from lack Of uniformity in
the soil, twenty-nine duplicate plots of
one variety, Velvet Chafl (Penquites S
Nelvet), were sown at intervals OF three
or five plots, and in the following state
ment each variety has been compared
with the plots OF Velvet Chalf
between which it lay. 1t is
practically impossible i'll an ex-
pertinent OF this kind to secure eA-
actly the same yield rom two adjoining
lots Of land, however similar they may
be III appearance, owing to the ulovoid
able errors that creep in in seeding, har
vesting and threshing We consider
that difference in yield between two
plots of six pounds. or bushel to the
acre, is quite within the limits of prob
able error, and that under most circum-
stances it Is not sale to base any conclu-
sions upon u smaller difference than
two bushels or more. unless such difer-
ence be confirmed ty publication.
The average yield OF the 90 plots of
Velvet Chatf was 25.4 bushels, ranging
from 223 to 2SI bushels The greatest
va iation between eighboring plots of
Velvet was % bushels, while the mean
variation was /. bushcl. Where the
variation exceeded this mean there
were evident variations in the soil.
In this experiment the following
twelve varieties yielded at the rate of
four to five bushels per acre more than
the Velvet Chaf; Valley, and its
synonym, Reliable; Golden Cross and
American Bronze (synonyms of Diehl-
Mediterraneang Tuscan Island, Fultz
and Rocky Mountain (synonyms);
Gypsy. Early Red Clawson, Jones Win
ter Fife, Jones Square Head and Rudy.
The following twelve varieties yielded
two to tour bushels more than Velvet
Chaff: Currell's Prolific; Deitz; Diehl-
Mediterranean; Early Ripe Egyptian;
Geneva; Niger; Oregon; Royal Aus
tralian (synonym OF Clawson); Tasman-
ian Red (synonym Of Mediterranean;
Wyandot Red.
The following thirty-iour sorts gave
practically the same yield as Velvet
Chaif: BADGER Big English; Crate;
Democrat; Everitt's High Grade; Extra
Early Oakley; Fairfield; Fulcaster; Fultz
Blue Stem; German Emperor (synonym
OF Red Fultz); Golden Prolific; IIick-
man; Improved Rice; Lehigh; Long
berry; Martins Amber and Landreth
(both synonyms of Silver Chaf); Mealy;
Mediterranean; Miami Valley; Missouri
Blue Stem; Poole; Red Brazilian; Red
Fultz; Red Russian; Russian Red; Sib-
ley's New Golden Synonym of Mediter-
Silver Chafi; Surprise; Thesis;
Wisconsin Triumph; Witter; Yellow
Gypsy; Yuba.
The following ten sorts fell from two
to four bushels below Velvet Chaff in
yield: Beal, Bearded Monarch. Him
dostan, New Monarch, Ontario Wonder.
Red Wabash, Ruelien. Sheriff, Ste wart,
Wilitts.
The following six sorts fell more than.
four bushels below Velvet Chaif: Bailey
JoHiiSoH, LeDaHoi. -hiiief 3 foliuc,
New Michigan, Amber, Roberts.
Judging from the experience Of this
and former years, we recommend the
following sorts of wheat as probably the
safest for general culture throughout
Ohio: Valley, Fultz, Velvet Chaff PEN
quite's), Egyptian and Niger. Diehl
Mediterranean, under its various names.
has given good yields on this farm and
in favored localities, but can not be
recommended Tor general culture and
the same may be said 81 Martins Am
ber, and its synonyms, Landreth and
Silver Chaff Rudy, Deitz Poole, Cur
rells Prolific Early Red Clawson, Hicks
and Jones Winter Fife are worthy OF
further trial.