WHEAT, OATS, AND BARLEY IN SOUTH DAKOTA. 



35 



No. 105). At Highmore it has yielded practically the same as Min- 

 nesota No. 105 for six years. In protein content, weight of grain, 

 etc., it appears to be about the same as Minnesota No. 105, as shown 

 by Table XV. 



It was introduced from the same region 'in Kussia from which the 

 Sixty-Day oat was obtained. Like that variety, Odessa barley owes 

 its superiority to its earliness, which enables it to avoid severe con- 

 ditions occurring late in the season. For those growers in the eastern 

 district of South Dakota who desire an extra-early variety of barley 

 the Odessa can be recommended. 



Fig. 11. — Selected heads of the Hannehen barley (C. I. No. 531), the best variety for 



central South Dakota. 



TWO-ROWED VARIETIES. 



Hannehen.— The Hannehen (S. Dak. No. 20, C. I. No. 531) is a 

 pedigreed 2-rowed barley, originated by selection from Hanna at 

 the Swedish Seed-Breeding Institute at Svalof, Sweden. It was 

 introduced into the United States by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. The long, slender heads nod at maturity. The beards have a 

 tendency to drop off as the crop ripens, so that the crop is some- 

 what less objectionable to handle than the 6-rowed varieties. A 

 number of selected heads of this variety are shown in figure 11. 



Hannehen barley has been on trial at Brookings and Highmore for 

 several years. As shown in Table XIII, it has been the highest 

 yielding variety at Highmore and Eureka. At Highmore it has 



