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(levelopmoiit of the latter at this point. Corn of suitable types may be 

 jii'own for silage in the more favorable locations. But even where this 

 is not possible cereals such as wheat, rye, oats, barley and legumes such 

 as alfalfa and clovers together with enormous and easily produced root 

 crops more than make good the deficiency. The barley crop in 1917 

 yielded .'>(). 5 l)u. per acre, machine measure. The pedigreed Oderbi-ucker 

 variety was furnished to twenty-three farmers located in the dill'erent 

 counties of the Upper Peninsula at .'g2.25 per bushel for seed. So far as 

 known, this variety is the most promising for this region. 



VARIETY TESTS, OATS, 1918 



