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been obtained previously in 1900. The seed was secured 

 from the breeder, Emanuel Hitter von Proskovetz, at 

 Kwassitz, Moravia. It is one of the best brewing barleys, 

 and is noted for earliness, heavy yields, and special meali- 

 ness. The last, together with other qualities of the kernel, 

 has made it a great favorite among German and Austrian 

 brewers. It is claimed to be a pedigreed variety, in the 

 breeding of which the period of growth was shortened one 

 week. It is a light straw producer and is suited to light 

 or sandy loam soils. This barley is now well established 

 in the northwestern plains and intermountain states. 



171. Swan Neck barley. Swan Neck, or in German 

 Svanhals, is a pedigreed erect two-row barley, introduced 

 by B arbour Lathrop and D. G. Fairchild, for the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, from Svalof, Sweden, 

 March 11, 1901. It is a very early-ripening variety devel- 

 oped by the Seed Breeding Institute of Svalof. This 

 variety has given good results experimentally in the 

 Northwest, but is yet little grown. 



172. Hannchen barley. Hannchen, or Little Hanna 

 barley, is another one of the Swedish pedigreed brewing 

 barleys obtained by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture through D. G. Fairchild. Seed was received 

 April 18, 1904, from the General Swedish Seed Breeding 

 Company at Svalof. Hannchen is a nodding two-row 

 variety, with unusually thick spikes ; spikelets not diver- 

 gent, light yellow before ripening ; awns often deciduous ; 

 ripening early. This variety is one of the very best in the 

 northwestern plains and intermountain states, and is 

 already rather generally grown. 



173. Smyrna White barley. This variety of two-row 

 barley was introduced by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture in November, 1901. The seed was received 



