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"North Fiuiiisli Hybrid." The seed of Great Northern, tested here for 

 the first time, was secured from Chippewa county, where this variety 

 is largely planted, it being claimed in some localities, that it does not 

 rust, while in others it is said to rust occasionally. Here, the variety 

 Avas damaged by rust worse than any other, though the plot was at a 

 disadvantage, -being shaded on the west side by the standing timber. 

 The variety is a "side" oats, hence ripens late like all those which belong 

 to this class, and it will be strange if further trials will show this to be 

 an exception to the general rule which applies to the so-called im- 

 munity from rust. 



Oats in 1906. 



BARLEY' AND SPELT. 



The rank growth of clover, which was planted with the barleys and 

 other cereals, was most conspicuous among the beardless varieties Avhich, 

 owing to their weaker straw, became lodged more or less during heavy 

 windstorms and thereby gave clover a further advantage. To this 

 is due the poorer yield of these varieties. The continued low yields of 

 French Chevalier will make the further test of this variety hardly advis- 

 able. This, as all other old-fashioned, two-rowed varieties, will not 

 likely be able to compete any longer with the newer six-rowed varieties. 

 No new varieties were tested, and the size of all plots was 1x8 rods, the 

 yields being as follows : 



