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breeder at the Michigan x4.gri cultural College, and 

 J. W. Nicolson, then extension specialist, "is a stiff- 

 strawed, large-headed variety, which when pure 

 ordinarily has four full rows of grain on over 99 

 per cent of its heads."' Eosen rye, these writers ex- 

 plain, "was selected and improved from an envelope 

 of Kussian rye furnished in 1909 by Mr. Eosen, a 

 student from Eussia at the Michigan Agricultural 

 College." The rye, after satisfactory tests at the 

 College, was distributed as seed to farmers through- 

 out the State and has maintained its high reputation.^ 

 The Finnish farmers of Houghton County are stated 

 ly the agricultural agent to have grown a similar 

 type of rye for years. Although the average yield 

 to the acre in 1920 was given at 14.7 bushels, the 

 Eosen variety has produced from 45 to 60 bushels. 



Barley has never been a popular grain crop in 

 Michigan, having a production of only 6,240,000 

 bushels in 1920, grown on 240,000 acres. The fifteen- 

 year average is 25.2 bushels to the acre. ]\Iost of 

 this is spring planted ; but the Michigan Agricultural 

 College, using selections derived from the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, has developed a 

 type of winter barley adapted to the climate of the 

 State. This was distributed to growers through the 

 Michigan Crop Improvement Association. Yields 

 exceeding fifty bushels to the acre have been attained.^ 

 The most widely grown variety of barley in ]\Iichi- 



^ Spragg and Nicolson : "Rosen Rye," Mich. Agr. Coll. 

 Ext. DivV. I'.ull. No. it July, H)I7. 

 '^ Michigan Farmer, CLV, 1G7. 



