SPRING CEREALS AT MORO, ORKO. 



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The results of the test of oat varieties that have been grown for 

 two or more years are presented in Table XV, with the annual yield 

 in bushels per acre produced by each. 



Table XV. — Annual yields of 20 varieties and strains of spring oat* //mini, infield plata 

 at the Moro substation during two or more years in the 5-year period, 1911 to 1915, 



inclusive. 



Variety. 



C.I. No. 



Period of maturity. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



1911 1912 1913 1911 1915 



Banner 



Black American 



Canadian 



Danish Island 



Kherson 



Shadeland Challenge. . . . 



Shadeland Climax 



Siberian 



Sixty-Day 



Sixty-Day 4 P4 



Sixty-Day selection 



Do 



Do. a 



Storm King 



Swedish Select 



Swedish Select selection 



Tartar King 



White Russian 



Local variety b 



Unnamed 



160 

 549 

 444 

 519 

 459 

 680 

 681 

 635 

 165 

 789 



165-1 



165-1-1 



165 



522-1 

 134 



134-1 

 523 

 636 

 795 



357-1 



Midseason. 



do 



....do 



do 



Early 



Late 



Midseason. 



do 



Early 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Midseason. 



do 



do 



do 



Late 



Midseason. 

 do... 



17.1 

 35.1 

 17.1 



38.4 

 35.1 



38.4 



36.3 

 42.5 

 46.4 



28.9 



30.8 

 18.7 

 11.2 



39.6 

 17.3 

 44.3 

 35.6 

 40.0 

 37.1 



43.6 

 31.2 



36.5 

 53.7 

 47.8 

 66.5 



33.8 

 45.2 

 33.1 



54.2 



43. 3 

 48.9 

 49.0 

 52.6 



27.8 

 37.6 



13.7 

 14.3 



28.1 



45.6 

 47.2 

 46.2 

 40.7 

 40.6 

 29.4 

 30.0 

 44.1 



35.1 

 37.0 

 52.3 

 33.7 

 65.6 

 61.9 



55.3 

 58.3 



57.8 



57.2 

 57.1 



35.6 

 37.2 

 37.9 

 35.0 



63.0 

 47.0 

 52.0 



38.4 

 45.0 



51.4 

 49.2 



a Selection from the branch experiment station, Union, Oreg. 

 b An unnamed variety grown locally; similar to Siberian. 



DESCRIPTIONS OP THE BEST VARIETIES. 



Table XVI shows the 3-year and 5-year average yields of 1 1 of the 

 more important varieties and gives certain other data regarding 

 these varieties. This table shows that the 5-year average yield of 

 the Kherson is highest, though there is little difference in the 5-year 

 average yield of the Kherson and that of the Sixty-Day and Siberian. 

 In the 3-year average, the Sixty-Day and a selection from Sixty-Day 

 s how the highest yields. 



Table XVI. — Agronomic data and 3-year and 5-year average yields for the 11 most im- 

 portant varieties and selections of spring oats tested at the Moro substation during three 

 or more years in the 5-year period, 1911 to 1915, inclusive. 



Variety. 



C.I. 

 No. 



Date 

 headed. 



Date ripe. 



Height. 





Inches. 



July 9 



28 



July 13 



26 



July 12 



26 



July 20 



34 



July IS 



33 



...do.... 



33 



July 20 



32 



July 18 



33 



July 21 



32 



...do.... 



28 



July 20 



32 



Bushel 

 weight. 



Average yield per 

 acre. 



3 years. 5 vears 



Sixty-Day selection 



Kherson 



Sixty-Day 



Siberian 



Storm King selection. . . 



Canadian 



Local variety 



Swedish Select selection 



Shadeland Climax 



Black American 



Swedish Select 



165-1-1 



June 16 



459 



June 18 



165 



...do... 



635 



June 27 



522-1 



...do... 



444 



June 26 



795 



June 29 



134-1 



June 26 



681 



July 1 



549 



June 28 



134 



June 26 



Pounds. 

 30.7 

 30.0 

 30.7 

 34.0 

 33.0 

 36.5 

 2S.4 

 32.4 

 33.3 

 28.6 

 32.7 



Bushels. 

 54.9 

 50.1 

 52.6 

 49.7 

 48.3 

 46. S 

 44.6 

 43.5 

 42.3 

 39.9 

 41.6 



Bushels. 



43.8 

 43.3 

 43.1 



38.0 

 35.1 



