32 TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE WITH THE SWEDISH SELECT OAT. 



later have shown that several other varieties exceed the Swedish 

 Select both in weight per bushel and proportion of meat to hull, but 

 a larger number of varieties are inferior to it in these characteristics, 

 and particularly so in the case of Wisconsin oats. Compared with 

 the more commonly grown varieties, therefore, it remains true that 

 this kernel stands rather high in quality in the chief oat districts of 

 the United States. 



The following interesting determinations were furnished by Mr. 

 C. W. Warburton, now in charge of oat investigations of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. The weight per bushel, the weight of 1,000 kernels, 

 and the percentage of meat in the kernel were determined in samples 

 of a number of different oat varieties grown in Wisconsin, Kansas, 

 North Dakota, and Montana, with results as given in the following 

 table : 



Table VII. — Weight per Initial, weight of 1,000 grains, and percentage of kernel to whole 

 grain in a number of different oat varieties groivn in several States. 



WISCONSIN. 



190.5. 



L906. 



1907. 



Kherson. 



Weight per bushel (pounds) . . 



Weight of 1,000 grains (grams). 



Percentage of meat in kernel. . 

 Sixty-Day. 



Weight per bushel (pounds). . . 



Weight of 1,000 grains (grams;. 



Percentage of meat in kernel. . 

 Swedish Select. 



Weight per bushel (pounds). . . 



Weight of 1,000 grains (grams). 



Percentage of meat in kernel . . 

 White Bedford. 



Weight per bushel (pounds). . . 



Weight of 1,000 grains (grams). 



Percentage of meat in kernel . . 

 White Tartar. 



Weight per bushel (pounds). . . 



Weight of 1,000 grains (grams). 



Percentage of meat in kernel. . 

 Belyak. 



Weight per bushel (pounds) .. 



Weight of 1,000 grains (grams). 



Percentage of meat in kernel . . 

 Wisconsin Wonder. 



Weight per bushel (pounds)... 



Weight of 1,000 grains (grams ). 



Percentage of meat in kernel . . 

 Golden Fleece. 



Weight per bushel (pounds)... 



Weight of 1,000 grains (grams). 



Percentage of meat in kernel. . 

 X. K. & To. White. 



Weight per bushel (pounds). . . 



Weight of 1.000 grains (grams). 



1 'ercentage of meat in kernel . . 



35, 



22 



is! 



30. 

 18. 



72. 



34. 

 24. 

 70. 



35. 



21. 



73. 



32. 

 19. 

 69. 



35. 



2.",. 

 70. 



33. 

 23. 

 70. 



33. 75 



Js. 75 

 70.08 



29.25 

 16.88 

 73.74 



36.50 

 29.71 

 69.63 



29.50 

 19.28 

 57.55 



23. 75 

 22. 7v 

 54.86 



25. 25 

 L2.68 



65.65 



26.25 

 13.97 

 66.45 



27.50 

 23.84 

 67.44 



24. 50 

 17.70 

 65.83 



27.00 

 19. 38 

 69.86 



26.00 

 17.41 

 67.38 



23.00 

 17.33 

 63.71 



22.25 

 15.47 

 66.17 



19. 7.5 



15. 74 

 59.61 



Average. 



31.50 

 17.87 



71.27 



28.67 

 16.57 

 70. 93 



32.67 

 25.93 

 69.05 



30.00 

 19.67 

 69.62 



29.75 

 19.61 

 69.49 



30.75 

 21.69 

 68.86 



28.25 

 20.53 

 66.93 



26.00 

 17. 37 

 61.86 



21. 7.5 

 19.26 



57.24 



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