RESULTS OF TRIALS IN THIS COUNTRY. 



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The results of a 10-year yield test of the Swedish Select oat in 

 comparison with that of a number of other good varieties at the 

 Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station are summarized below 

 in bushels per acre, the average yield for the State being given 

 also for further comparison : 



Table I. — Yield to the acre of the Swedish Select oat compared with that of other varieties 

 grown at the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station and throughout the State 

 from 1899 to 1908, inclusive. 



Year. 



Average 

 yield of 

 oats in 

 Wiscon- 



1899 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



Average 



Bushels. 

 36.0 

 32.0 

 29.1 

 39.9 

 32.8 

 35.0 

 39.0 

 37.4 

 22.0 

 31.1 



33.4 



Table I shows that the yield per acre of the Swedish Select oat 

 as an average for 10 years is 50.8 bushels and is 8.5 bushels greater 

 than the average yield of all other varieties tested during this time. 

 An average of the highest yield reached by any other variety during 

 the period is 63.1 bushels. This statement must not be misunder- 

 stood. The highest yield was not made by the same variety each 

 year. The Swedish Select made the greatest average yield for the 

 10-year period. With reference to the yield of the Swedish Select 

 oat in 1907, Professor Moore comments as follows: 



Our test plots were located in a hollow, and the heavy rains during the summer par- 

 tially flooded some of the ground, and the oats were badly lodged and affected with rust 

 to such an extent that the crop was almost a failure. A member of our experiment 

 association, who lives near the university farm, has been carrying on tests with these 

 (Swedish Select) oats for several years under our direction. I almost think it would 

 be fair to use his figures in this report as he has been carrying on his work in accordance 

 with my directions for several years. His report on 18 acres this year with the Swedish 

 Select oats is 33 bushels to the acre. 



The seven varieties yielding the highest per acre for the period 

 1899-1903 are as follows: 



Bushels. 



Swedish Select 58. 8 



Big Four 56. 3 



Silver Mine 55. 6 



Early Gothland 54. 8 



Lincoln 53, g 



Wisconsin Wonder 53. 5 



Siberian 53. 



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