568 Thirty-second Annuai^ Report 



VARIETAL TESTS WITH WHEAT 



Yield in pounds 

 Variety per acre 



Early Baart 2002 



Macaroni 1292 



Kanred 962 



Burbank's Super Wheat 919 



Arizona 39 850 



Lars Peterson 642 



Turkey Red (Home grown seed) 641 



Marquis 503 



The barley experiments included varietal tests, barley 

 planted with vetch, and rotation and nurse crops as follows: 



VARIETAL TESTS WITH BARLEY 



Yield in pounds 

 Variety per acre 



Beldi 2528 



Mariot 2429 



Common six row 2307 



Tennessee Winter 1744 



Beardless 1678 



California 4000 1523 



Michigan Winter 1137 



ROTATION, NURSE CROP, AND PLANTING WITH VETCH 



Yield in pounds 

 Method per acre 



Barley alone 2102 



Barley 40 lbs., bitter vetch 40 lbs 1890 



Barley 40 lbs., sweet clover 25 lbs 1285 



Barley following sorghums for silage 2232 



Barley following tepary beans for green manure 2553 



Two one-acre plots were planted to rye. One plot was 

 seeded with Abruzzes rye, which is a variety adapted to south- 

 ern conditions. This acre yielded 816 pounds of threshed grain. 

 The other plot was planted to Rosen rye, a variety bred in 

 Michigan and not adapted to southern Arizona; the yield of 

 this plot was but 153 pounds of threshed grain. 



One and one-quarter acres of Texas Red oats were planted, 

 which yielded at the rate of 1856 pounds of threshed grain per 

 acre. 



