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Select were sown 1 bushel per acre. We consider that the Swedish Select oats did 

 considerably the best and have grown them exclusively during the past 3 years. We 

 have had them yield as high as 75 bushels per acre by weight. We have sold this va- 

 riety quite extensively for seed to farmers living in our neighborhood, and there is 

 not a single case where it did not do better than the other varieties. The neighboring 

 farmers have been loud in their praise of the Swedish Select oats. 



Mr. H. E. Rosenow, of Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wis.: 



We have been growing the Swedish Select oats for the past 4 years with satisfactory 

 results as compared with other varieties, although we have at no time had an extra 

 heavy crop. Comparing the yield with a variety of yellow oat grown for several years 

 past, we have found the Swedish to yield a few bushels more per acre when grown in 

 the same field; both varieties seemed to be affected about equally with rust, and during 

 the past 3 years the rust has no doubt lowered the yield considerably. The Swedish 

 oats also lodged quite badly nearly every year, but all other grain also went down, and 

 thus it can not be said that some other variety has a stiffer straw, as they all seemed 

 to be treated alike during some of our heavy storms, but I believe if the Swedish is 

 given a fair chance it will stand up with any other variety grown. It has a somewhat 

 coarser straw than some smaller varieties of yellow oats grown about here, and the 

 kernel is also larger, but in comparing the inside of the kernel it will hold its own with 

 any variety regardless of color, as the hull is very thin, thus increasing the feeding 

 value considerably. 



The demand for pure seed from this variety has been exceptionally good during 

 the past few years, and we have always sold all we had to offer for seed at a fair price 

 and have not only sold to growers in the neighborhood, but have shipped a consider- 

 able quantity to other farmers, as well as carloads to seed houses. It is ju^t as easy to 

 grow pure seed of any variety, and there is certainly more profit and pleasure con- 

 nected with it. 



Mr. Charles H. Howitt, of Randolph, Dodge County, Wis.: 



We have been growing the Swedish oats for the past 4 years. In the spring of 1904 

 I secured 1£ bushels of seed from L. L. Olds Seed Company. This was sown on three- 

 fourths of an acre of ground alongside of our common variety. The soil was of a heavy 

 clay nature. There was a difference to be seen all through the growing season, the 

 Swedish being of a darker green color and seemed to make a heavier growth. About 

 10 days before ripening they lodged quite badly on account of a storm, and accord- 

 ingly the grain that we thrashed was rather light weight. The yield was at the rate 

 of 50 bushels per acre. 



The following spring we sowed 8 acres of the Swedish and G acres of our common 

 variety in separate fields on the same kind of soil and both following a crop of barley. 

 The Swedish yielded a trifle over 50 bushels per acre and the common variety 40 

 bushels per acre, a difference of 10 bushels in favor of the Swedish oats. The pasl 2 

 years we have grown the Swedish oats entirely for our main crop, with very satisfac- 

 tory results. 



The Swedish oats are now grown quite extensively in our neighborhood, and from 

 what I have been able to learn from those who have grown them they seem to be the 

 best adapted to a well-drained heavy soil. 



QUALITY OF THE KERNEL IN THE SWEDISH SELECT OAT. 



Soon after the introduction of the Swedish Select oat, many Wis- 

 consin farmers remarked on the quality of the kernel, mentioned the 

 thinness of the hull, and considered it to be in several respects an 

 improvement over other kinds. (PI. IV.) Our own investigations 



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