726 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Eeid Yellow Dent and Hudson Leaniing, (iO.i) and r)S.i.) bu. ; section 5, Boone 

 County White Dent and Leaminj?, 57.5 and 57 bu. ; section 6, Boone County 

 White Dent and Ileid Yellow Dent, 66.3 and 66.1 bu. ; section 7, Boone County 

 White Dent and I'ride of Indiana, 58.6 and 57.4 bu. ; section 8, Johnson County 

 White Dent and l*ride of Indiana, 54.1 and .51.4 bu. ; section 9, .Johnson County 

 Wliite Dent and ^'oglel• White Dent, 61.6 and 58.9 bu. ; section 10, Johnson 

 County White Dent and Alexander (Jold Standard, 60.4 and .57.1 bu. ; section 

 11, Johnson County White Dent and Vogler White Dent, .52.9 and 50.7 bu. ; and 

 section 12, Johnson County W^iite Dent and Yogler White Dent, 48.5 and 

 46.8 bu. 



A summary of all the winter wheat variety tests conducted during the last 4 

 years shows that the highest average yields of 22 and 21.2 bu. per acre were 

 produced by Michigan Amber aiid Dawson Golden Chatf. During the same 

 period Creat Dakotii and Silver Mine oats produced 34.9 and 34.8 bu. per acre, 

 respectively. Hollybrook soy bean produced 2,728 lbs. of hay and 20 bu. of 

 grain per acre in northern Indiana and in southern Indiana 2,348 lbs. of hay 

 and 14.4 bu. of grain. In the southern section it was excelled by Medium Early 

 Yellow with a yield of 2,690 lbs. of hay and 15.2 bu. of grain. Early Blackeye 

 cowpeas produced 2.346 lbs. of hay and 10.2 bu. of grain per acre in southern 

 Indiana and 3,2.52 lbs. of hay and 12.1 bu. of grain in the northern section, 

 where it was excelled by Michigan Favorite with yields of .3,585 lbs. of hay 

 and 13.5 bu. of grain per acre. 



During the year under i-eport, irregular, or unsatisfactory tests were discarded 

 and the data from the remainder are summed up in the following table: 



Average iiiehls of varieties of corn, hy sections, 1909. 



Variety tests, A. M. Teneyck {Kansas Sta. Circ. 6, pp. 6). — This circular 

 gives very briefly notes based on variety tests covering a period of 5 to 7 years, 

 as to the varieties best adapted to eastern and middle Kansas conditions. More 

 than 200 varieties or strains of corn, 44 of oats, 32 of barley, 6 of sorghum, 2 

 of Kafir corn, 2 of broom corn, as well as 1 or more each t)f niilo maize, spring 

 emnier, cowpeas, soy beans, and millet have been tested. 



Variety tests of oats, barley, wheat, and rye, F. W. Taylor i^ew Hamp- 

 shire i^ta. Bui. l.'fo, pp. l.'f 1-153). — In 1904, in a test of 13 varieties of oats no 



