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tests. Only a few of these will be mentioned owing to the 

 lack of space. 



An oat which always attracts attention by its long head of 

 the "Horse Mane" type, and tall stiff stout straw bearing very 

 broad leaves is the Senator. However, this oat has never 

 yielded very satisfactorily. The heads carry many spikelets 

 but the percentage of barren grains is very high, so that this 

 promising variety always fails to yield as high as one would 

 estimate from its appearance. The grain is very large, the 

 kernel being enclosed in a thick hull. Often the kernel of a 

 mother oat does not develop, in which case the pin oat is gen- 

 erally enclosed within the hull of the mother oat. It is possi- 

 ble that under certain management as yet untried this variety 

 might develop to be a high yielder. The yield of grain ranged 

 from 38 to 63 bushels per acre, giving an average yield of 52 

 bushels per acre in the four years' test. The yield of straw 

 amounted to 3000 pounds. 



The Banner oat with a yield of 46 to 71 bushels per acre is 

 one of the best late oats tried out in these tests. The plants are 

 tall, leafy, possessing stiff straw, and carry open heads with 

 stiff' upright branches. This oat produced on the average 61 

 bushels of grain per acre and 2820 pounds of straw during the 

 past four seasons. The grain is medium to large in size, plump 

 and white. It does best on strong moist soil. The President 

 oat is late like the Banner and similar in appearance, excepting 

 that the branches of its open head are longer and droop more. 

 Yield of grain, 50 to 68 bushels per acre. Straw (4 year aver- 

 age), 2722 pounds. The grain of this variety is large, plump 

 and white. 



The Prosperity oat is also a late variety producing tall leafy 

 plants having stiff straw. The heads are open, spreading, with 

 long branches, the grain is white, short and plump. During 

 the four years' test the yield of grain ranged from 53 to 73 

 bushels per acre, averaging 62.5 bushels. x\verage amount of 

 straw produced was 2768 pounds. 



An interesting variety of oats which has been tested during 

 three years is the American Clydesdale. This is not a pure 

 variety but is a mixture containing plants of nearly every type 

 obtainable. With an average yield of grain for three years 

 amounting to 57 1-2 bushels per acre, the Clydesdale deserves 



