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N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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eral varieties in the different sections of the state. The farmers were to grow 

 other local or favorite varieties alongside of these in the test, and seed of these 

 other varieties was sent to the Station for planting. The yield per acre was 

 to be determined by weighing 3 representative lots of 10 stalks each and calcu- 

 lating upon the basis of a given stand per acre. At the Station the different 

 varieties were cut and put in the silo for the purpose of determining any differ- 

 ences in the composition of the resulting silage. 



The following varieties were in the test: Eureka, Learning, Clarage, Early 

 Lakeside, N. H. 500, Cornell No. 11, Luce's Favorite, Bloody Butcher, Davis' 

 Fhnt, Sweepstakes, Pride of Michigan, Excelsior, Gold Nugget, and Sanford. 



Oat Variety Tests. — Oat variety tests were conducted in 1919 on the College 

 Farm, and in co-operation with the County Farm Bureaus, at St. Paul's School, 

 Concord, at Walpole, Holderness and Lancaster. Eight standard varieties 

 were grown on plots varying from one-eighth to one-quarter acre. The highest 

 yield secured was 82.7 bushels per acre with the Swedish Select at Concord. 

 The average yield per acre at the five locations for grain and straw was as 



follows: 



Grain Straw 



in Bushels, in Tons. 



Swedish Select 52.4 1.18 



Lincohi 50.6 1.83 



WTiite Tartar 49.2 1.67 



O. A. C. No. 72 48.6 1.46 



Mammoth Cluster 48.4 1.71 



Gem of Michigan 48.4 1.33 



King Oats 45.8 1.54 



Worthy 45.0 1.76 



Seven standard varieties of oats were j^lanted on one-fifth acre plots at the 

 rate of 3 bushels per acre, on June 4, 1920. The oats were harvested August 

 30. A similar lot of the same varieties was sent to the St. Paul's School farm 

 at Concord for testing. 



The data for the yields in the Station tests were as follows: 



Root Crop Test. — A test of nine varieties of turnips, rutabagas and mangels 

 was made on one-sixtieth acre plots of three rows each, with the rows 30 inches 

 apart. 



