320 



OATS. 



The following table gives the results of experiments on different 

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

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

 on wheat experiments. 



Variety. 



Datp of ^^^® °^ 



Sums of 

 positive 

 tempera- 

 tures 

 T-43°F.). 



Sown broadcast: 



Probstier 



Welcome 



White Belgium 



Wide Awake 



White Bonanza 



Hargett's White Seizure. 

 Hand drilled: 



White Victoria 



Black Norway 



Black Tartarian 



Dakota Chieftain 



No Name 



Golden Eussian 



White Surprise 



Holstein 



Apr. 23 

 Apr. 25 

 ....do... 



Apr. 5 

 ...do. 



May 

 ....do. 

 ....do. 

 ....do. 



.do-. 



1887. 

 July 29 

 ....do... 

 Aug. 1 

 Aug. 3 

 Aug. 1 

 July 22 



Aug. 3 

 Aug. 8 



....do... 

 Aug. 1 



....do... 

 July 28 

 Aug. 1 



.-..do... 



2,279 

 2,279 

 2,:3ti7 

 2,319 

 2,365 

 2,069 



2,270 

 2,389 

 2,399 

 2,218 

 2,218 

 2,099 

 2,218 

 2,218 



The meteorological record for the " growing season " of 1887 at 

 Huron is now given for detailed comparisons. The last three columns 

 give the temperatures computed by the two methods of Boussingault 

 and Angot, respectively. 



Meteorological data for Huron, Dak., in 1887. 



Mean 

 daily 

 tem- 

 pei-a- 

 ture. 



Rela- 



Dew ^ 



P°i°t- mid- 



' ity. 



Posi- 

 tive 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture 

 (T 

 -43° 

 ¥.). 



Sum of daily tem- 

 perature. 



All 

 above 



43° F. 



All 

 posi- 

 tive 

 (tem- 

 pera- 

 ture 

 above 

 43°F.). 



Apr. 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



Per ct. Miles. 

 55 127 

 151 

 437 

 250 

 222 

 187 

 354 

 514 

 476 



Per ct. In. 



67 1 



83 , 0.03 

 100 .03 



Date. °F. 

 1 4 



.! 5 



