DIVISION OF CEREALS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



FIELD LOTS OF OATS. 



A field of Banner oats, 15-73 acres in size, was sown on land on which grain 

 had been grown the year previous. It was sown on April 24 and ripe on August 23. 

 The field yielded at the rate of 45 bushels and 25 pounds per acre, but was consider- 

 ably damaged by the cutworms. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BARLEY. 



Seven varieties of six-row and five varieties of two-row barley were grown on 

 summer-fallowed land. They were all sown on one-sixtieth acre plots at the rate of 

 one bushel and three pecks per acre. 



Six-row Barley. — Test of Varieties. (Non-Irrigated.) 



* Average for two years only. 



Two-row Barley. 



-Test of Varieties. (Non-Irrigated.) 



♦Average for two years only. 



