The Depth for Sowing Wheat.
Experimenting on the depth at which wheat should be covered (wiites J. W., North Taieri), the following results were obtained :--Of fifty grains deposited at the depth of eight inches only two came up, and these formed no heads ; at seven inclies one fourth came up but formed^ no heads. (Ten of the fifty came up when covered fh c inches deep, but had defective heads. At four inches covering there were a few perfect heads, but most were defective. Of those covered three inches all came up ; but the best yield was from those covered only two inches deep. The condition of the soil as to moisture is not stated, nor the state of the season, but we should infer it was moist or those planted three inches would have been better than those at two. The same expetimentor cays he prefers to cover bis wUeo,t one inch. &n,d never more tow* two.
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Otago Witness, Volume 15, Issue 1562, 15 October 1881, Page 7
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159The Depth for Sowing Wheat. Otago Witness, Volume 15, Issue 1562, 15 October 1881, Page 7
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