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Table XI— SHOWING RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF OATS, 1901. 



EDGECOMBE FARM. 



Work in the testing of oat varieties has been conducted at the Ire- 

 dell farm during 1007 and 1908. In 1907 the Appier and the 

 Culberson only were under test. The Culberson was tested both in 

 the drill and the open furrow, while the Appier was tested in the 

 drill only. In case of the Culberson the open-furrow seeding showed 

 a gain of 2.7 bushels per acre over the ordinary drill method. Under 

 similar conditions the Appier outyielded the Culberson 9.6 bushels 

 per acre. The following year five different varieties were tested, 

 namely, the Appier, Culberson, Burt Ninety Day, Red Rust Proof 

 and the Virginia Gray. It will be noted that the Appier, grown by 

 the open-furrow method, made the highest yield, while the Culberson, 

 grown by the broadcast seeding, made the next highest yield. 



The tables show the per cent of grain to straw to be much higher 

 in some of the varieties than in others. Appier, Burt Xinety Day 

 and the Culberson (with one open-furrow seeding) all run over 60 

 per cent grain. Our work in testing of oat varieties has not gone 

 far enough yet to justify us in recommending any special variety 

 as being best for our soils, though some interesting suggestions may 

 be gathered from the data contained in the accompanying tables. It 

 is safe to say that Burt or Xinety Day is one of the best, if not 

 the best, of the spring oats for general growing in the State, and that 

 Appier is one of the heaviest yielders of winter oats, while Culberson 

 is the hardiest and at the same time a good yielder. 



