28 TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE WITH THE SWEDISH SELECT OAT. 



Mr. Reuben Holmgreen, of Black River Falls, Wis.: 



(1904.) My Swedish Select was the best of three kinds. Yield per acre, 70 bushels. 

 Quality of grain, No. 1. Average yield of other varieties in same locality, 40 bushels. 



Mr. W. S. Hood, jr., of Franksville, Wis.: 



(1904.) People who saw the Swedish Select claim it was as nice an oat as they had 

 ever seen and wished me to save seed for them. The kernel has a large meat and thin 

 shuck. Yield per acre, 50 bushels. Quality of grain good. Yield per acre of Silver 

 Mine oat, 40 bushel?. 



Mr. H. D. Griswokl, of West Salem, Wis.: 



(1904.) Other oats adjoining the Swedish Select on the same farm yielded 48 bushels 

 per acre, while the latter yielded 61 bushels. Many fields of other varieties yielded 

 only 30 bushels. 



Mr. G. R. Downer, of Appleton, Wis.: 



(1904.) This is the third year I have grown this oat, and I like it better than any I 

 have ever tried. Yield per acre, 63 bushels. Quality good. Average yield of other 

 varieties, 50 bushels. 



Mr. John Dougan, of Beaver Dam, Wis.: 



(1904.) The only fault I can find with this variety is that the hulls are rather thick 

 and tough. Yield per acre, 50 bushels. Average yield of other varieties, about 40 

 bushels. 



Mr. C. R. Blodgett, of Marshfield, Wis.: 



(1904.) The best oat I have ever used in this locality, and I try to get the best. 

 Yield per acre, 96 bushels. Quality good. Average yield of other varieties, 65 

 bushels. 



Mr. J. W. Kaiser, of Foxlake, Wis. : 



(1904.) I was very much pleased with this variety. I had 15 acres this year and 

 harvested 700 bushels of the best oats in this part of the country. Other varieties 

 averaged from 15 to 35 bushels per acre. 



Some conflict may be noted in these reports in respect to the lodg- 

 ing of the Swedish Select oat. This may be because of local differ- 

 ences in soil conditions or "lay of the land," or more often, perhaps, 

 because of different previous experiences with other varieties. This 

 oat is known to lodge badly on low rich ground. At the same time, 

 some other varieties may lodge worse. There is also a difference in 

 opinion as to the thickness of the hull. This variety is probably not 

 far from the average in this respect, so the hull may appear thick or 

 thin to the grower, depending on the varieties he has formerly grown. 



Miscellaneous. 



Mr. J. M. Maher, of Fremont, Xebr., writes as follows concerning 

 his crop of 1905: 



It was drilled in on April 25 on cornstalk ground that was disked over twice and not 

 plowed, and was harvested July 20, and was stacked and thrashed October 18. It 

 yielded 680 bushels on 10 acres, or 68 bushels per acre. It was well matured when I 

 cut it, but it never broke down like the other kinds of oats I had alongside of it. 

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