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Variety. 



Date of t Date of 

 sowing, ^'^r;^^^- 



Sums of 

 positive 

 tempera- 

 tures 

 (T-43°F.). 



Sown broadcast: 



Saskatchewan Fife 



French Imperial 



Hand drilled: 



Blount, Colorado 



Wellman's Saskatchewan. . 



Pure Scotch Fife 



Russian Fife 



China Tea 



Velvet Chafif or Blue Stem . 



BlouHt's Hybrid, No. 15.... 



Blounfs Hybrid, No. IT.... 



Champlain.. _. _. 



Golden Drop 



Blount's Rustproof 



Peerless or Black Bearded . 



Pringle's Grandee 



1887. 

 Apr. 25 

 ...do... 



Apr. 30 



...do... 

 May 3 

 ...do... 

 ...do. 

 Apr. 30 

 May 3 

 May 8 

 May 3 

 ...do.. 

 ...do.. 

 ...do... 



Aug. 1 

 July 29 



Aug. 10 

 Aug. 9 

 Aug. 6 

 Aug. 11 

 ....do... 

 July 29 

 Aug. 9 

 Aug. 6 

 Aug. 8 

 Aug. 4 

 Aug. 8 

 Aug. 20 

 Aug. 12 



2,279 



2,513 

 2,484 

 2,397 

 2,514 

 2,514 

 2,168 

 2,484 

 2,373 

 2,311 

 2,326 

 2,437 

 2,728 

 2,534 



The following table gives the results of experiments on different 

 varieties of barlej- at Brookings, S. Dak., as given in the first annual 

 report of that station. For further details see the preceding section 

 on wheat experiments. 



