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BULLETIN 498, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Kherson and Sixty-Day. — The Kherson and Sixty-Day are very 

 similar varieties of oats which came originally from southern Russia. 

 The Kherson was introduced about 20 years ago from (he Kherson 



Fig. 13.— Heads of oats grown at the Moro substation: A , Swedish Select, B, Kherson. 



Government, and the Sixty-Day about 15 years ago from the Podolia 

 Government. These oats are both early in maturing, ripening at 

 Moro about the second week in July. The straw is slender and 



