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At Odebolt, Iowa, in 1904, the yields of ordinary oats were 40 to 45 

 bushels per acre, while the Swedish Select yielded from 50 to 60 

 bushels. Mr. J. A. Cranston, of that place, writes as follows: 



These oats ripened about 5 days earlier than common oats. 



L. and H. Goeppinger grew the Swedish Select variety for 3 years 

 at Boone, Iowa, and in 1906 harvested 789 bushels, making an aver- 

 age yield of 43 bushels per acre, compared with 36 bushels produced 

 by other oats. This is especially good, inasmuch as in recent years 

 there have been wet seasons in that region which are particularly 

 unfavorable to this variety. 



Mr. A. W. Edson, of Austin, Minn., writes: "In this vicinity oats 

 had to be planted in soil too wet." Yet, in his second year's trial of 

 the Swedish Select (1906) it yielded 52 bushels per acre, compared 

 with 40 bushels produced by other varieties. In 1907 the yield was 

 23 bushels per acre, other varieties averaging 18 bushels. 



At North Water Gap, Pa., Mr. Luther Michael obtained a yield of 

 129 bushels per acre with the Swedish Select in 1904. In his report 

 he makes the following statement : 



Quality of grain, first class. Average yield per acre of other oats in the same locality, 

 40 bushels. The Swedish Select made a very rapid growth from the start and ripened 

 10 days earlier than any other variety in this section sowed at the same time. It is the 

 best oat I ever grew. 



Mr. M. B. Smith grew the oat at Belfast, Me., in 1903, and reports 

 as follows: 



Sown broadcast and harrowed in (would have done better drilled). Yield per acre, 

 65 to 70 bushels. Quality of grain, best I ever saw. Yield per acre of other kinds in 

 same locality, 45 to 50 bushels. It was said by farmers who saw it that it was stouter 

 and of better quality than any other grain they had ever seen raised in that country. 



INTERESTING INDIVIDUAL TRIAL. 



The most interesting case of success with the Swedish Select oat is 

 that of the trial by Mr. David Jones, of Brandon, Wis. In the early 

 spring of 1899 his son, Prof. L. R. Jones, of the University of Ver- 

 mont, during a brief visit to the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, obtained 36 kernels of this oat from an exhibition sample and 

 sent them to Mr. David Jones. These were planted that same spring, 

 and we have the following account from Prof. L. R. Jones of the 

 behavior of the variety from that time forward: 



Each seed was planted by itself, 6 inches apart. Thirty-three of the seeds grew, 

 making a strong stand and yielding If pounds of grain. The next year, 1900, all of the 

 If pounds was sown in drills, but no further attention was given it. Unfortunately, 

 the grain was invaded and trampled down in midsummer, and so did not have a chance 

 to develop a full crop. The yield was approximately 1 bushel. The third year, 1901 , 

 this bushel was sown broadcast on one-half acre and no special care given to it. The 

 yield was 40 bushels of grain by measure, weighing 40 pounds per measured bushel, 

 producing, therefore, 50 bushels by weight at 32 pounds per bushel. 

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