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Moreover, the analyses of these oats, as made in my laboratories, show them to be 

 exceptionally rich in protein. It is for these reasons that we consider (hem to be the 

 best all-around oats for the Dakotas. They mature in about 108 days. 



New York. 



An interesting 6-year trial of the Swedish Select oat was made by 

 Mr. S. J. Smith at Manchester, N. Y., beginning in 1903. His yields 

 per acre were 84 bushels in 1903, 80J bushels in 1904, 70 bushels in 



1905, 75 bushels in 1907, and 60 bushels in 190S, or an average for 

 these five years of 73.9 bushels. No report is received for the year 



1906. The average yield of other varieties on the same and adjoining 

 farms for the years from 1903 to 1905 was 60 bushels, and the average 

 yield for the State of New York for the period from 1903 to 1908 was 

 32.6 bushels. Mr. Smith comments on his results as follows: 



(1903.) A month of very hot, dry weather retarded a good si art . One marked feature 

 of the oat is its uniform berry. 



(1904.) Our men thought more seed sown would have increased the crop to 90 bush- 

 els per acre (2 bushels per acre were sown). Potatoes were grown on the land the pre- 

 vious year. The soil was fairly fertile. 



(1905.) The oats were grown on land that had not been clovered or fertilized for 10 

 years, and wet weather made a lumpy seed bed. On another farm this oat outyielded 

 two other kinds 20 bushels per acre. 



(1907.) Have discontinued growing the Sixty-Day oat. It is too light and the color 

 is not satisfactory. The Swedish Select forwarded to us by you in 1903 is an ideal oat 

 in every way. Can not grow enough to supply our seed trade. 



(1908.) Ithas produced fine crops and the very best farmers have continued growing 

 this variety. It is well adapted to clay soil. Last year our sales were about 4,000 

 bushels, and we could have sold many carloads at good prices if we had had the supply. 



Wisconsin. 



As already mentioned, the most extensive series of tests of the Swed- 

 ish Select oat by farmers was made in Wisconsin. These tests were 

 rendered all the more thorough and accurate through the important 

 part taken by members of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment 

 Association. There are now in this office reports on this oat for both 

 1904 and 1905 from more than two hundred cooperators in Wiscon- 

 sin. A number of these have sent reports for other years also. 

 Very brief extracts are here reproduced from some of the most 

 instructive of these reports. 



Mr. A. D. Larson, of Waupaca, Wis. : 



(1904.) The Swedish Select proves to be very well adapted to our soil and climate. 

 It is by far the best yielder and of good quality. Yield per acre, 57 bushels. Ameri- 

 can Banner, 40 bushels. 



(1905.) The soil on which I sowed the oats has been cropped continuously for 12 

 years without any fertilizer or clover seeding, yet the Swedish Select did very well. 

 Yield per acre, 28 bushels. Average yield of other varieties, 20 bushels. 



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