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"I am pleased to say that we have found winter barley a very satisfactory crop 

 during the past season. Mr. ■ Veitengruber reported a yield of 64 bushels to the 

 acre."— Earl P. Robinson, County Agent, Saginaw, W. S. 



"Yielded 57 bushels, machine measure." — E. G. Knight, Hanover. 



"My crop did not have a fair start in 1914. Many plants did not get root growth 

 to stand the winter. Yielded 44.3 bushels per acre."— Fred F. Cornair, Chesaning. 



"The winter barleys, Michigan and Derr, bid fair to find a permanent place in 

 our agriculture."— Gifford Patch, Moscow. 



"Came through the winter 100% alive; yielded at rate of 60 bushels per acre."— 

 D. E. Williams, Bronson. 



"I think winter barley is the coming crop for the farmers of Michigan." — Walter 

 Potts, Mason. 



"I threshed a yield of 58 bushels per acre. I believe it is a great crop on light 

 soils." — L. H. Remus, Adrian. 



"I consider winter barley a very good crop. I have sown seven acres this fall." — 

 W. B. Clark, Howell. 



"The Michigan Winter stood the weather better than the Derr Winter." — J. 

 Robert Duncan, Vicksburg. 



RErORTS OF STAND, MAY, 1916. 



Bequests were sent out to about a hundred farmers who got winter 

 barley to plant in the fall of 1915. Some of these reported that on ac- 

 count of the wet weather they were unable to get it in at all. Of those 

 that planted the barley a very few planted it before the 25th of Septem- 

 ber while most of the plantings were in October. A few that got their 

 pieces in early report good stands. One of these men, as already re- 

 ported above, has an excellent stand from a piece planted August 30 

 and a failure from a piece planted late in September. The outline map, 

 Figure 1, shows the amount of successes among these reports. The 

 growers in general are usually convinced that winter barley must be 

 planted early to insure success. The average stand of all the reports is 

 46%. It is interesting that at least one good stand came from east of 

 Traverse Bay, and one medium stand from Cheboygan County. 



WHAT FARMERS SAY. 



"I sowed the bushel of winter barley the fore part of September, and it went into 

 the winter in good shape. It is 90% of a perfect stand." — ^Amos Hanlon, Middle- 

 ville. 



"It is lacking about one-fifth of a good stand. Am satisfied that it was sown a 

 little too late." — Frank Gilbert, Brethren. 



"The winter barley looks real nice now. The outlook is prosperous."— Ben 

 Nelson, Brethren. 



"Winter barley is 80% of a crop. We think favorably of crop. Was sown on 

 September 24, due to rain." — C. W. Simpson, Mendon. 



"The volunteer barley, where I harvested last year's crop, has come on fine. 

 Some of it is a foot high with no signs of injury." — Gifford Patch, Moscow. 



"Would consider the prospects about 90%," — R. E. Morrow, Central Lake. 



