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imported varieties from Russia. A few of the new varieties are ilesc'ril>e<l. The 

 resiiUs for IHOO were not considered, conehisive and are not reported. The average 

 results from 23 tests with liome-grown seed and with wlieat originally from this sta- 

 tion but grown at the Minnesota Station from 1 to 9 years, showed a gain of 2.44 lin. 

 per acre in favor of the home-grown seed. Five and a half pecks of seed wheat per 

 acre gave the best average results for 7 trials, including the last 2 seasons. The yields 

 as compared with the rate of seeding were not very uniform. 



0(t(s. — Twenty-five varieties of oats, of which 8 had been tested for (> years or more, 

 were grown during the 2 seasons. In 1899 only 3 varieties were injured by rust, 

 namely. Black Beauty, Tobolsk, and Swedish Select. Archangel also rusted but to a 

 less degree. In 1900, weather conditions interfered with the successful growth of the 

 crop. Tartarian, American White Banner, Race Horse, Black Beauty, Archangel, 

 White Russian and Lincoln produced the largest average yields for 6 years tests. 



Barley. — In both seasons 25 varieties of barley were grown in the field trials. Suc- 

 cess, Culver, French Chevalier, Minnesota No. 105, Manshury, Sisolsk, 2-rowed Man- 

 sliury and Odessa, in the order mentioned, gave the largest average results for the 

 two seasons, the yields i-anging from 31 to 37i bn. per acre. The best returns from 

 varieties grown for 3 successive years were obtained from French Chevalier, Culver, 

 Manshury, Odessa, Sal/er Silver King, and Bernard, in the order given. The aver- 

 age yields varied from 34.4 to 39.4 bu. per acre. In 1900 the late-maturing varieties 

 gave enough heavier yield to affect the average for 3 years to such an extent that they 

 ranked highest. 



Split. — Of 4 varieties of spelt grown in 1899 the 2 best yielding varieties, Common 

 and Yaroslaf Spelt, were given a further trial the following year. The Common 

 yielded 32.69 bu. per acre, while the Yaroslaf, a Russian variety, yielded 28.56 bu. 

 per acre. In 1899 the yield had V)een 69.1 and 74.1 bu. per acre, respectively. A 

 comparison of the average yield for 3 years of the best producing varieties of barley 

 and oats, with the highest yielding spelt, shows an advantage of 45 lbs. over oats and 

 73 lbs. over barley in favor of the splet. 



Milli'A. — A number of varieties of millet have been grown by the station for several 

 vears. The highest average yield of seed per acre for the 2 seasons, 43.9 bu., was 

 produced by the German millet. When grown from North Dakota seed this millet 

 gave \h tons less fodder per acre, but about a ton more grain than when grown from 

 southern seed. The millet also produced more grain per acre than either oats or 

 barley. 



Fla.v. — Four varieties, Riga Fibre, Common, Russian, and Odessa were on trial in 

 1900. The Russian yielded the most .seed, 16 bu. per acre, and the Riga FiV)re pro- 

 duced the heaviest yield of straw, 1,683 lbs. per acre. These 2 varieties also matured 

 earlier than the other sorts. The Riga Fibre flax produces more straw and less seed 

 than seed flax varieties. A 3 years' trial of growing flax and wheat together is 

 reported and the results are compared with the yields obtained \\hen the crops were 

 grown separately. The financial results were only very slightly in favor of the 

 unmixed grain. Wheat grown with flax was poorer in quality than wheat grown 

 alone, while flax grown alone was poorer in quality than when mixed with wheat. 

 The results of other tests indicate that flax should ])e sown about the time the wheat 

 is coming up instead of sowing the mixed seed. Sowing 4 pecks of wheat and 2 

 pecks of flax per acre gave the largest yield. Different amounts of see<l were sown 

 })er acre to study the effect on the yield and (juality of straw, fiber, and seed, but the 

 results were not conclusive. Sowing from 2 to 4 pecks per acre i)r()duced the heaviest 

 and longest straw, but more branched and less long straight straw than thicker seed- 

 ing. In the dry season of 1900 from 4 to 6 pecks per acre pro<luced more profital)ie 

 yields of seed than thinner sowing. 



Bwhrheat.—Xmoi\% 6 varieties tested, 2 introduced Russian varieties, designated as 

 Russian No. 1 and Orenberg No. 6, gave the best results. 



