234 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The average yield of Bobs since 1907 has been 35.3 bu. per acre. A milling 

 test of Fretes showed it to be free-milling in character, and to have 40 per cent 

 wet gluten content as compared with 38 per cent for White Australian grown 

 under the same conditions and milled at the same time. In 3 different counties 

 it yielded from 5 to 10 bu. more than White Australian. In the same counties 

 Early Baart usually produced about 10 per cent more than White Australian. 

 King Early usually exceeded White Australian in yield and equaled it in 

 quality. Galgalos has yielded well when under favoi'able conditions. 



The gluten content of Chul is about 1 per cent higher than that of the wheats 

 commonly grown in California, but this variety is sometimes objected to on 

 account of its hardness and the fact that the volume of loaf obtained is slightly 

 smaller than in case of other wheats. " In its ability to withstand drought it 

 is a strong rival of the durum wheats. For instance, on one of the experiment 

 stations of the University of California in 1908 it yielded at the rate of 63.3 

 bu. per acre and received less than 8 in. of rainfall and was not irrigated. On 

 another station the yield was at the rate of 63^ bu. per acre, with only 10 in. 

 of rain, and on still another station, at the rate of 51 bu. per acre." 



Marouani proved especially adapted to the making of semolina. Kubanka 

 yielded 26.6 bu. in Stanislaus County, 37.4 bu. in Tulare County, and 40.5 bu. 

 in Yolo County. Velvet Don yielded 23.5 bu. in Stanislaus County and 44.2 bu. 

 in Yolo County. 



At the San Joaquin Valley Substation the average yield of Beldi barley dur- 

 ing the past 5 years has been 64.4 bu. per acre as compared with 49.6 bu. of 

 common barley imder similar conditions. It averaged 51.5 bu. in the Sacra- 

 mento Valley during 1908-1911. Since 1905 Hannchen barley has averaged 

 54 bu. per acre in both valleys. White Smyrna has averaged 59.5 bu. per acre 

 since 1902 in the San Joaquin Valley and 46.2 bu. during 4 years at the Uni- 

 versity Farm at Davis. Tennessee winter barley has averaged 57.7 bu. per acre 

 at Davis since 1907. 



The Burt oat has averaged about 20 per cent higher in yield, and Sixty Day 

 about 33 per cent more, than the common oat. The Red Algerian oat has aver- 

 aged about 7 per cent more than the common red oat. 



Observations on the status of corn growing in California, M. B. Shekwin 

 (California 8ta. Circ. 70, pp. S-20, figs. 8). — It is pointed out that although 

 California ranks eleventh among the States as to yield of corn per acre and 

 third as to farm price per bushel and farm value per acre, in total acreage 

 the State ranks thirty-sixth, and the author here discusses this small produc- 

 tion and the outlook for the future on the basis of inquiries among 125 present 

 or former corn growers and other data. 



The reasons given against corn growing are the scarcity of labor, the rela- 

 tively small profits per unit of expenditure, and the lack of water. There is 

 also much trouble in some sections from corn smut and corn worms, the 

 blistering of the tassels by the sun before pollination, and the excessive sucker- 

 ing. The reasons for growing corn are also presented and data given as to the 

 causes of suckering, thickness of planting, varieties, irrigation, time to ma- 

 turity, quality of corn, disposition of the stalks, and the use of the husks as 

 tamale wrappers. 



Lespedeza or Japan clover, W. R. Dodson et al. (Louisiana Stas. Bnl. 130, 

 pp. G-i, figs. 15). — This is a collection of papers presented at the annual meeting 

 of the Louisiana Lespedeza Growers' Association, June 27-28, 1911, dealing 

 with methods of growing and utilizing lespedeza, the marketing and grading 

 of lespedeza hay, and other data. 



Lespedeza, by W. R. Dodson (pp. &-20). — Analyses made at the Louisiana 

 Stations show that lespedeza roots and stubble contain on a 10 per cent water 



