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BULLETTX 33, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGTrTOFETrTtE. 



LEADING VARIETIES. 



Of all the varieties tested, the 2-rowed varieties Hannchen and 

 Svanhals have proved best adapted to the conditions at Dickinson. 



-ROWED lll'LT.ED GROUP. 



Hannchen. — The Hannchen barley (C. I. No. 531) was obtained by 

 the United States Department of Agriculture in 1904 from the 

 Swedish Plant-Breeding Association, Svalof, Sweden. This pedi- 

 greed variety was originated at Svalof. It is a selection from the 



Kn;. i;. — Heads of five varieties of barley grown at the Dickinson substation: From 

 left to right— (lj Svanhals, (2) Hannchen, (3) Oatami, (4) Manchuria, and (5) 

 Nepal. 



Hanna variety, which was imported from the famous barley district 

 of that name in Mahren, Austria. On account of its relatively small 

 straw and sparse leaf development it can withstand drier weather 

 than most varieties. Tt has been under trial at Dickinson six years 

 (1908 to 1913) and during that period has given the highest average 

 yields of all varieties tested, 35.2 bushels to the acre. The parent 

 variety, Hanna. during the same period has averaged 32.9 bushels, 

 a gain of 7 per cent in favor of the pedigreed variety. 



