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BULLETIN 33, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



Early Mountain. — The Early Mountain oat (C. I. No. 754) was 

 obtained by the Dickinson substation from Oscar H. Will & Co.. 

 Bismarck, X. Dak. 1 It has been under trial at Dickinson for seven 

 years, during which time it has nearly always been one of the leading- 

 oats in yield. Several pure-line selections were made from this 

 variety by Mr. L. R. Waldron in 1908. one of which. Early Moun- 

 tain Xo. 2 (C. I. Xo. G56), proved superior and was substituted for 

 the original stock in the varietal trials. It has given the highest aver- 

 age yield of all varieties under trial for the 7-year period 1907 to 

 1913; the third highest yield of all varieties tested in the five years 

 1908, 1909, and 1911 to 1913; and the second highest actual and com- 



Fig. 5. — Heads of four varieties of oats grown at the Dickinson substation : Prom 

 left to right — (1) Early Mountain Xo. 2, (2) Victory, (3) Kherson, and (4) White 

 Russian. 



putecl yields for the 4-year period 1909 and 1911 to 1913. It is con- 

 sidered one of the best yielding oats for western North Dakota. It 

 has a broad-spreading open panicle (fig. 5). The spikelets, which 

 are usually 2-grained, are small and short, The fairly large white 

 grain is awnless or only occasionally awned. 



Golden Rain. — The Golden Rain oat (C. I. No. 493) is one of a 

 number of varieties obtained from the Swedish Plant-Breeding Asso- 

 ciation, Svalof, Sweden, by the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture in March, 1907. It has been under trial at Dickinson for 

 seven years. With the exception of the first year after introduction 



i The Early Mountain oat was "imported a few years ago from the Castle Farm, 

 Oberroslan, Unterroslau, Bavaria, and grown by Mr. .Tobn Yegen, near Bismarck, X. Dak." 

 Will & Co.. Oscar IT. Annual Seed Catalog. 1014, p. 58. 



