RESULTS OF TRIALS IN THIS COUNTRY. 



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"Seed Oat Special," it was found to stand third in yield anions' six- 

 teen good varieties as an average of four years' trials, 1905-1908. 



Fig. 2.— Map of the United States, the shaded portion showing the region to which the Swedish Select 



oat is adapted. 



The following is a tabular statement of the average date of ripening, 

 acre yield, and weight per bushel of the sixteen varieties: 



Table VI.— Average date of ripening, acre yield, and weight per bushel of (he Swedish 

 Select oat compared with those of fifteen other varieties grown at the Iowa Agricultural 

 Experiment Station fro/n 1905 to 1908, inclusive. 



Variety. 



Kherson 



Silver Mine 



Swedish Select. . 



Sixty-Day 



Minnesota, No. 2 



National 



White Alaska.. . 



Irish Victor 



White Russian. . 

 Minnesota, Xo. 6 



Joanette 



Siberian 



Early Champion 



'tartar King 



White Tartar.... 

 Danish 



Average 

 weight 



per 

 bushel. 



Pounds. 

 30.00 



27.00 

 29.50 

 29.75 

 25.25 

 2S.(I0 

 30. 7.5 

 25. 50 

 26.50 

 27.00 

 27. 75 

 2.3. 75 

 29. 30 

 27.25 

 28.75 

 24.00 



Table VI shows that only two varieties, the Kherson and the 

 Silver Mine, exceed the Swedish Select in acre yields, and only three, 

 the White Alaska, the Kherson, and the Sixty-Day, exceed it in 

 weight per bushel. It may be considered, therefore, as one of the 

 best varieties for Iowa, but not absolutely the best. 



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