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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



from each of tbrco difforeiit sources to be tested further iu 1913, ;ni<l 

 the best two to be increased in 1914. 



Figure 3 shows the two barleys that were increased at East Lansing in 

 1914. The view was taken in the spring of 1912 and shows the injury done 

 to wheats on either side. Tlie barley to the left is No. 00703 (Michigan 

 Winter) and the one at the right is No. 00803 (Derr Winter), As com- 

 pared with Avheats these two barleys ai)peared to be superior in vigor and 

 yielding power, if not also in winter hardiness. They certainly stood an 

 extreme test, under which manv wheats were killed in the winter of 1911- 

 1912. 



Fig. 3. 



Figure 4 shows the three winter barleys (five plats) in the wheat 

 variety series, spring 1913. The plat to the left of the man is our stand- 

 ard wdieat, Red Rock. The plat where he stands is the only representa- 

 tive of the barley, No. 00203. The two plats to the right of the man 

 (his left) are duplicates of those to the left of the standard wheat. The 

 stand of barley in these plats was much better than the stand of the 

 wheat in the plats on either side. The yield of grain that year was 

 59.7 bushels per acre for the Michigan Winter and 49.7 bushels for the 

 Derr Winter. 



Figure 5 shows these two strains being increased at East Lansing. 

 They were ripe June 24, 1914, and ready to thresh on July 3. The area 

 of each piece was .5683 of an acre. The yield of grain that year was 57.7 

 bushels per acre for the Michigan Winter and 54.5 bushels for the Derr 

 Winter. 



