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bushels per acre, the average yield for the State toeing given also for 

 further comparison : 



Yield to the acre of the Swedish Select oat compared with that 

 of other varieties grown at the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment 

 Station and throughout the State from 1899 to 1908, inclusive. 



MONTANA. 



At the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, at Bozeman, 

 in a 5-year trial the Swedish Select oat gave yields inferior to those 

 of a number of other varieties. In addition to the low-lying rich 

 soil and excellent climate the oat plats had the advantage of irriga- 

 tion. Other trials by farmers in other parts of the State were made 

 under conditions of "dry farming" without irrigation. Results are 

 available only for the period from 1900 to 1905, inclusive, and 

 through some oversight the Swedish Select variety was not sown at 

 the experiment station in 1902. This happened, top, to be a year of 

 enormous yields, one variety, the Wide Awake, yielding 172.5 bushels 

 per acre. For the remaining years in this period from 1900 to 1905 

 the yield of the Swedish Select, compared with five other varieties, 

 was as follows: 



Yield to the acre of the Swedish Select oat compared with that of 

 five other varieties grown at the Montana Agricultural Experiment 

 Station during 1900 and 1901 and from 1903 to 1905. 



The Swedish Select oat stands fifth in the list in yield. These 

 varieties only were grown in 1905. For the years 1900, 1901, 1903, 



