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AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



Oat Variety Test 

 1912. 



Name of Variety. 



Yield in Bushels 

 Per Acre. 



Reg. Swed. Select. 

 Reg. Swed. Select. 



Silver Mine 



Banner 



Irish Victor 



Lincoln 



Kherson 



President 



Early Champion . . 



Prosperity 



Imported Scotch . . 



Victor 



Senator 



Danish Island . . . . 



Clydesdale 



Early Pearl 



White Plume 



Rebred 60-Day . . . 



Gold Rain 



Abundance 



Minnesota, No. 26 



Siberian 



Daubeney 



56.5 

 52.9 

 62.6 



61.6 

 68.3 

 52,6 

 56.5 

 50.4 

 67.4 

 62.2 

 56.9 

 53.5 

 57.7 

 54.5 

 64.2 

 44.1 

 47.5 

 53.8 

 47.9 

 52.7 

 50.0 

 43.3 



These tests have been running for three years now. The 

 ten best yielding varieties with their average yields for the 

 three years, in bushels per acre, are given in the following table. 

 These tables should be of value to the Maine farmer in decid- 

 ing what variety of oats to grow. 



