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BELLEFOURCHE. 



Of the five varieties of two-rowed barley grown at Bellefourche, 

 the Hanna (G. I. No. 24) has given the highest average yiekl, 26.4 

 bushels per acre, as well as the highest annual yield (Table X). 

 The Hanna (G. I. No. 203)" is a promising strain, having produced 

 an average yield of 24.7 bushels per acre. Both produce grain of 

 excellent quality, weighing 50 pounds to the bushel in 1908 and 53 

 pounds in 1909. 



Only three six-rowed varieties have been grown. Of these the 

 Minnesota No. 6 and the Odessa are the most promising. The Man- 

 churia, the only six-rowed variety grown both seasons, has an average 

 3deld of 21.7 bushels, or 4.7 bushels less than that of the Hanna. 

 The hull-less varieties have not yielded as well as might be expected 

 from results secured elsewhere. 



HIGHMORE. 



In a seven-year test at Highmore, including nine varieties of barley, 

 the Hanna (G. I. No. 24) leads, with a yield of 28.2 bushels per 

 acre (Table XI). In a five-year trial, including thirteen varieties, 

 the Hannchen (G, I. No. 531) has produced an average yield of 

 33.9 bushels, the highest for the period. The Bohemian (G. I. No. 27) 

 and the Chevalier (G. I. No. 530) varieties are next in yield, having 

 prcKluced 33 and 32.4 bushels per acre, respectively. Only one 

 six-rowed variety, Minnesota No. 6, has been grown for the entire 

 seven-year period. It ranks fourth, with a yield of 26.6 bushels 

 per acre. The Odessa, which has been grown but three years, has 

 been the highest yielder of the six-rowed varieties for that period. 



DICKINSON. 



Only five varieties of barley, including two each of the two-rowed 

 and six-rowed types and one of the hull-less, were grown at Dickin- 

 son in 1907. The Hanna variety (G. I. No, 203), with an average 

 yield of 40.1 bushels, ranks first for the three years (Table XII). 

 The Imperial is second, having produced 34.4 bushels per acre. 

 For this period the yield of the Gatami, the best six-rowed variety, 

 is 8.1 bushels below that of the Hanna. An average of all the 

 varieties for two years shows the Hannchen (G. I. No. 531) to have 

 been the best, with a yield of 43.2 bushels. The two varieties, 

 Swan Neck and Chevalier, yielded nearly as much. 



o The Hanna (G. I. No. 24) was secured by Mr. ]\I. A. Carleton at the Paris Exposi- 

 tion, in 1900. It came originally from Libachovice, Austria. The Haima (G. I. No. 

 203 and S. P. I. No. 5793) was secured by Mr. D. G. Fairchild in January, 1901, at Kwas- 

 sitz, Moravia, Austria. 

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