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Canadian. The 5-year average yield was only slightly less than that 

 of the Sixty-Day and Kherson, exceeding that of any other variety 

 by several bushels. A head of the Siberian oat is shown in figure 15. 



I'm.. 1").— Heads of oats grown at the Moro substation: A, Siberian; B, Canadian. 



Canadian. — The Canadian is a variety of oats which has been 

 grown for many years in Scotland and in some portions of northern 

 Europe as the Barley oat, so called because of its short, broad ker- 

 nels, which somewhat resemble a grain of barley. The Canadian 

 ripens at Moro about a week later than the Kherson and Sixty-Day, 



