LETTER OE TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 Washington, D. C, March 28, 1910. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a paper entitled "Ten 

 Years' Experience with the Swedish Select Oat," by Mr. Mark Alfred 

 Carleton, Cerealist in Charge of Grain Investigations, and to recom- 

 mend that it be published as Bulletin No. 182 of the series of this 

 Bureau. 



Twelve years or more ago, while considerable attention was paid 

 to the oat crop in this country, there was no definite idea of the 

 adaptation of varieties to different portions of the United States and 

 there was great need of varieties that would give much better results 

 in certain localities than were obtained by those then grown. About 

 that time several different kinds of wheat, oats, barley, and other 

 cereals were introduced into this country, particularly from Russia. 

 Among these was the Swedish Select oat, obtained by the writer of 

 the accompanying paper while acting as Agricultural Explorer for this 

 Bureau. This soon proved to be admirably adapted to the northern 

 portion of the United States. 



This paper discusses the many experiments and observations made 

 concerning this oat at several of the experiment stations and on 

 numerous farms during the past ten years. 

 Respectfully, 



G. H. Powell, 

 Acting Chief of Bureau. 



Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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