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Beldi, a common bearded variety, gave the best yield. Tennessee 

 Winter barley, another bearded type, was second, and Chevalier, a 2- 

 rowed bearded barley, was third. Last year the Utah Winter barley 

 was the heaviest yielder out of ten varieties planted in the spring, but 

 proved a very poor producer when planted this year in the fall. The 

 California 6-row barley was planted on two dates, November 26 and 

 December 27, respectively. The December planting gave a higher 

 yield by 320 pounds per acre. The November 26 plat was badly in- 

 fested with burr clover which may have accounted for some of the dif- 

 ference in yield. Since much of the barley grown in Salt River Valley 

 is used for hay, it is highly desirable to secure a beardless variety. 

 White Hulless has a hooded spike, and it was hoped that it might prove 

 sufficiently productive to encourage its general introduction. Its yield 

 of 1060 pounds per acre placed it lowest in the list. Further work is 

 desired along this line either with this variety or some other possessing 

 the advantage of beardless spikes. 



Oats: Nine varieties of oats were sown in the fall. The previous 

 year's tests gave much better yields for the fall planted plats as com- 

 pared to those planted in the spring. All seed was home grown, except 

 one plat of Red Algerian which came from Yuma and gave 580 pounds 

 per acre better results than the home grown Red Algerian seed. All of 

 the seed was treated for smut with formalin, which resulted in practi- 

 cally no loss from this disease. 



Table III gives the varieties tested arranged according to yields 

 per acre. The table also shows dates of planting, harvesting, irrigation 

 and rate of seeding per acre. 



TABLE in. VARIETY TEST OF OATS 



The Texas Red oats gave the highest yield of grain last year but 

 was surpassed by San Saba this year. The Australian Rust Proof 



