Agricultural Research in New Hampshire 23 



are about as follows: Timothy 140 lbs.; red clover 100 lbs.; and Ladino 

 clover 50 lbs. 



F. S. Prince, P. T. Blood, L. J. Higgins 



Variety Trials of Oats and Other Small Grains 



Oats. Thirty varieties and strains of oats were planted, May 7, 1945, 

 at the Bunker Farm. Each lot was replicated three times in randomized 

 rod rows spaced two feet apart. Twenty-six varieties were furnished by 

 the United States Department of Agriculture and four more were added 

 later since they had shown some promise in previous trials. The stand- 

 ard "checks" were Lenroc, Erban, Victory, and Upright. Of them only 

 Erban shows any disease resistance. 



The oats were cut by hand from August 7 through August 14, de- 

 pending on proper ripening. Each row was weighed immediately to get 

 the forage yield. Then the grain was threshed out by a header. The 

 grain was bagged, dried, and cleaned in the laboratory. 



The 1945 variations in yield were greater than in 1944 but not so 

 great as in 1943. 1945 was a medium-disease year but disease was less 

 prevalent than in 1943. There was enough disease present to show the 

 advantage of growing disease-resistant varieties. 



Forage weights are not too reliable since they are not dry weights 

 and there are differences in maturity. However, they give indications 

 of high-yielding forage sorts. This is important since many acres of oats 

 are cut green for forage purposes in New Hampshire. 



Barley. Fifteen barley varieties were grown in three replications 

 each day with the oats. The barley replications were handled in the same 

 manner as for oats. Wisconsin Barbless (No. 38), Alpha and Velvet were 

 used as standard checks. A new variety, Swiss No. 87, was outstanding 

 in all replications. The two Canadian varieties, O.A.C. 21 and Byng. 

 once again yielded high. 



Spring Wheat. Twenty-one varieties of spring wheat were grown 

 in rod rows for grain. As in 1944, Frosteira, a rather late maturing sort, 

 led in yield. Henry, which stood second in 1944 ranked fifth in 1945. 



L. J. Higgins 



Experiments with Small Grains in Northern New Hampshire 



As in the past, there were no oat diseases which depressed the yields 

 of non-resistant varieties with the result that high yields were secured 

 with some of the old varieties regardless of breeding. Among these were 

 Upright and New Victory which are disease-susceptible and ranked sec- 

 ond and third, whereas Vicland and Clinton, two popular disease-resistant 

 sorts, ranked thirteenth and fourteenth, in 1945. 



As a result of these experiments, seed production has been started in 

 the area with Vanguard and Ajax, two Canadian varieties which have 

 shown up well over a period of years. Both of them are good producers 

 of seed and grow tall enough so that farmers do not discriminate against 

 them for forage purposes. Since oats are grown in the area for both 



