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Seed of some of the above mentioned varieties was saved 

 and sown November 6, 1897, together with a few additional 

 varieties. In the same field was also a test of productiveness 

 of a " spring strain " against a " fall strain " of Red Rust Proof 

 oats. Both strains were originally from the same source, the 

 only difference being that the seed for Plots 10 and 13 were 

 from a crop sown in February, 1897, the "fall strain" from a 

 crop sown in November, 1896. 



Varieties of oats sowji November 6, 1897. 



In this test the Red Rust Proof variety leads in the pro- 

 duction of grain, closely followed by Beardless ; Hatchett's 

 Black and Gray Winter rank next. If we omit Plot 11, the 

 figures for which are shown by the low percentage of grain to 

 be abnormal or erroneous, there is no material difl'erence 

 between the "spring strain " and " fall strain " of Red Rust 

 Proof oats. This practical equality occurred in a mild winter, 

 during which no oats of this variety were at all injured by 

 cold on the farm of this experiment station. Possibly in a 

 severe winter the results would be different. 



* Originally from T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va. ; seed grown 

 in Alabama only one year. 



t Originally from France; seed grown in Alabama only one year. 



