The Hulless Variety 

 made an average of 26.9 bushels for four years. 



The Two-Rowed Varieties 



namely, Chevalier, Hanna, Princess and Frankleus, made an average 

 for five years of 33, 41, 20 and 26 bushels per acre. 



The above indicates that the six-rowed variety is preferable to the 

 two-rowed in Wisconsin, and probably the same results are obtained in 

 Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska. 



Oregon has had the best results from beardless varieties, but in the 

 southern states, Tennessee winter and Union winter are favorites. 



Soils 



Barley can be grown on any fertile soil, but does best on a porous silt 

 or clay loam. The roots are somewhat delicate and will not penetrate 

 a hard-pan; hence, the necessity of having a well-made, deep seed-bed 

 sufficiently compact to give the roots a firm hold. 



In dry sections it is advisable to use a subsoil plow, first, to store 

 moisture, and, second, to make a mellow seed-bed. It is not advisable 

 to plant barley on new sod unless the furrow slice lays flat and is well 

 rotted. Barley does best when planted on fall plowing, for the reason 

 that fall plowing is usually well settled and the turned-under vegetation 

 is thoroughly rotted. If spring plowing is made compact, it is safe to 

 plant to barley, but if too loose and the weather is dry, the crop will 

 suffer as any other cereal would. 



Experiments show that barley sown on disced corn land does not yield 

 as well as when sown on land plowed in the fall. If, however, the land 

 was plowed deep for corn and thoroughly disced before seeding, a very 

 good crop can be secured. 



Rotation 



Barley should be sown in a rotation following corn, wheat, flax or root 

 crops. The rotation should include clover or some other legume if pos- 

 sible. Barley should follow wheat rather than precede it, and barley 

 following flax does better, as a rule, than wheat following flax. 



Seeding 



It has been demonstrated that drilling is far preferable to broadcast 

 sowing. Reports of the amount of seed to sow per acre differ somewhat, 

 but it is generally conceded that six pecks give the best results. The 

 average in Nebraska for a period of four years is as follows : 



2 pecks yielded 17.0 bushels. 

 4 pecks yielded 21 .4 bushels. 

 6 pecks yielded 24 .4 bushels. 

 8 pecks yielded 22.7 bushels. 



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