ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



Page. 

 Plate I. Heads of the Swedish Select oat grown at Sitka, Alaska, 



in 1903 Frontispiece. 



II. Three varieties of oats introduced by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture: A, Sixty-Day; B, Swedish Select: C, North Finnish 



Black '. 8 



III. Field of Swedish Select oats on the experiment station farm at Madi- 

 son, Wis., in 1906 14 



IV, Kernels of Swedish Select and Lincoln oats 32 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. Field of Swedish Select oats in shock, at Edgeley, N. Dak., in 1904 15 



2. Map of the United States, the shaded portion showing the region to 



which the Swedish Select oat is adapted 19 



3. Diagram showing in millions of bushels the rapid increase in the pro- 



duction of Swedish Select oats in Wisconsin from 1903 to 1908 36 



4. Diagram showing in millions of dollars the average farm value of the 



entire oat crop in Wisconsin, that of the Swedish Select oat, and the 

 annual increase in the farm value of the entire crop due to the use of 

 the Swedish Select variety 37 



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