RESULTS OF TRIALS IN THIS COUNTRY. 



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Sixty-Day average. The latter is already to a large extent replacing 

 the former in eastern sections of the State. Until recently the Swedish 

 Select has been by far the most popular oat and is still largely em- 

 ployed in the drier districts. It is an attractive oat, because of the 

 size and weight of its kernel and its usual freedom from discoloration. 

 The Tobolsk and the North Finnish Black, standing third and fourth 

 in rank, respectively, are also northern varieties adapted to cool, dry 

 seasons and high plains. (See PI. II.) 



Through the medium of the state experiment stations a considerable 

 distribution of seed of the Swedish Select oat was made to farmers 

 in South Dakota and North Dakota. Concerning this distribution 

 in South Dakota, Mr. J. S. Cole wrote as follows: a 



It was distributed in this State by the state experiment station in 1901. In 1902 

 a more extensive distribution was made, and every year since several hundred 

 bushels have been sold to farmers by the station. In the western part of the State it 

 has made a good crop in years when the common varieties were a total failure, but in 

 the eastern and southeastern portions of the State in years of excessive moisture it is 

 likely to grow too rank and to be damaged by rust. It is no more subject to damage 

 in this way, however, than are all common varieties of oats. 



At the branch experiment station at Highmore, S. Dak., the Swe- 

 dish Select oat was grown during the period from 1903 to 1909, 

 inclusive. 6 Here the conditions are usually severe for oat erowino-. 

 and this variety gave good results compared with others, as is shown 

 in the following table: 



Tabxe V. — Yield to the acre of the Swedish Select oat compared with that of other varieties 

 grown at the branch experiment station at Highmore, S. Dak., from 190S to 1909, 

 inclusive. 



* This yield of the Sixty-Day oat is not comparable with any of the others for that year, as it was grown 

 after sorghum, while all the others were grown under better conditions. This is proved by the fact that 

 the Swedish Select was duplicated on the sorghum ground and made there only 42.8 bushels per aire. 

 However, using this figure the 7-year average, 41.5 bushels, thus resulting for the Swedish Select is still 

 somewhat larger than that for the Sixty-Day. 



a Bulletin 96, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, March, 1906, p. 54. 



£>The tabulations in this bulletin usually do not go further than the year 1908, but 

 there are so few years' results at Highmore, S. Dak., that it seems necessary to 

 include here the year 1909. 



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