22 TEN YEARS* EXPERIENCE WITH THE SWEDISH SELECT OAT. 



Mr. T. A. Wright grew this oat two years at Greenwood, Colo. 

 In 1906 he obtained one bushel of oats from a seeding of 6J quarts, 

 and in 1907 obtained 15 bushels from one-half acre, weighing 35 

 pounds to the bushel. He treated his oats thoroughly for smut pre- 

 vention both seasons. 



Mrs. S. B. Walker, of Sedalia, Colo., grew the Swedish Select oat 

 two years, 1906 and 1907, beginning with a very small quantity of 

 seed. In 1907 the total number of bushels thrashed was 270, and 

 the yield per acre 45 bushels. The highest yield made by any other 

 variety was 30 bushels — the Colorado White. Mrs. Walker writes 

 as follows: 



There is no irrigation whatever on the place, and I am endeavoring to bring about 

 strictly dry-farming cultivation, most of the so-called dry farming in the vicinity 

 being simply the raising of crops without water without any regard to previous culti- 

 vation and preparation of land, and in almost every instance no regard is paid to the 

 dry mulch. 



At Lansing, in eastern Colorado, Mr. A. S. Kester grew the Swedish 

 Select oat in 1903, obtaining a very small yield per acre, but ex- 

 plained it as follows: 



This was the only oat thrashed in this vicinity. We had no rain all summer. The 

 season is considered the driest for the past 17 years with the exception of 1894. 



Of the crop of 1904 Mr. Kester writes the following: 



Bushels thrashed, 68; yield per acre, 14 bushels. The oats did not come up till 

 the first week in May. It was very dry here in early spring and after the middle of 

 June. 



Mr. J. A. Riedesel, of Idalia, Colo., began growing the Swedish 

 Select variety in 1903 and finally, after two partial failures, ob- 

 tained 300 bushels in 1905, that is, 30 bushels per acre, other varie- 

 ties yielding 25 bushels. 



Montana. 



Mr. C. H. Austin, of Cascade, Mont., obtained 62 bushels per acre 

 in 1902, when other kinds of oats yielded from 30 to 50 bushels. He 

 writes as follows: 



These oats had no irrigation, nor were they on extremely low land. We treated 

 them for smut with formalin and had no trace of smut. 



Mr. W. W. Cook, of Chinook, Mont., reports as follows for 1903: 



Bushels thrashed, 800; yield per acre, 50 bushels, weighing 48 pounds per bushel. 

 These are the finest oats I ever saw. I sent a sample to Bozeman the other day that 

 weighed over 50 pounds per measured bushel. 



At the same place, the same season, Mr. Rudolph Hermes thrashed 

 900 bushels, yielding 64 bushels per acre. 



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