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of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta where there 

 is cultivation. As conditions are here more favorable 

 for oat production than in other districts, there is 

 a wider range of varieties employed. The side oats, 

 however, seem to be especially adapted, though they 

 usually do not yield as much as the spreading oats, 

 and are really in the minority in cultivation. As a rule, 

 late, large-kerneled varieties are best. The .principal 

 side oat varieties are Russian White, Tatarian White, 

 and Tatarian Black. Of the spreading oats, Swedish 

 Select has been a popular variety in the United States 

 portion of the district. In the Canadian portion, Banner, 

 Abundance, and Victory appear to be the popular oats. 

 Kherson and Sixty-Day of the Yellow oat district give 

 good results in some localities. At some extreme north- 

 ern points Daubeney has been of value because of its 

 earliness. 



Principal varieties now grown or adapted : 



Abundance Ligovo Sixty-Day 



Banner Lincoln Silvermine 



Tatarian Black Newmarket Siberian 



Daubeney Orlov Twentieth Century 



Danish Island (). A. C. No. 72 Russian White 



Golden Rain Probsteier Tatarian White 



Irish Victor Swedish Select Wisconsin Wonder 



Kherson Victory 



Needs of the district : 

 Earliness in certain localities. 

 Drought-resistance in the western part. 



100. Middle Plains or Transition oat district. In 

 this district are included all of Iowa and Nebraska, very 

 small portions of Illinois and Wisconsin, half of Minne- 

 sota, nearly all of South Dakota and eastern Wyoming, 



