SPRING CEREALS AT MORO, OREG. 



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but is hardly equal to the Hannchen and White Smyrna in this respect. 

 This variety has boon rathor widely distributed under the name 

 Swanneck, which is a translation of the Swedish name. 



COMPARATIVE VALUE OF WHEAT. OATS, AND BARLEY. 



Table XX gives comparative figures on the acre yields of three 

 spring crops, wheat, barley, and oats, and the pound values and acre 

 values of these crops. The price per pound is based on the average 

 price of these cereals in Oregon on December 1 in the 10 years, 1905 

 to 1914, inclusive, as given by the Bureau of Crop Estimates. 1 The 

 average yields in this table are those obtained in plat tests at the 

 Moro substation during 1913, 1914, and 1915. The average yields 

 and the acre values for the leading variety of each crop in the five 

 years, 1911 to 1915, inclusive, are also given. 



Table XX. — Average acre yields of all spring wheat, oat, and barley varieties grown at 

 the Moro substation in 1913, 1914, and 1915, and of the best variety of each for the 5-year 

 period, 1911 to 1915, inclusive, with average values based on the average farm price of 

 these cereals in the 10-year period, 1905 to 1914, inclusive. 



Crop. 



Spring barley 

 Spring oats. . . 

 Spring wheat. 



Price 

 per 



pound. 



Cents. 

 1.23 

 1.38 

 1.35 



Average for all varie- 

 ties, 1913 to 1915. 



Yield 

 per 



Pounds. 

 1,572 

 1,485 

 1,296 



Value 

 per 

 acre. 



$19.33 

 20.49 

 17.50 



Best variety, 1911 to 1915. 



Name. 



Mariout. ...... 



Kherson 



Early Baart... 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Pounds. 

 1,646 

 1,402 

 1,362 



Value 

 per 

 acre. 



820. 35 

 19.35 

 18.39 



Table XX shows that oats lead in value per acre of the three cereals 

 for the three years, 1913 to 1915, barley being second and wheat 

 third. 



There is little difference in acre value between the crops when only 

 the highest yielding variety of each crop is considered. Both oats 

 and barley, however, have given higher yields in pounds per acre 

 than spring wheat, and the value per acre based on the 10-year aver- 

 age farm price of these highest yielding varieties is highest for the 

 barley, with oats $1 and wheat SI. 96 per acre less. 



SPRING EMMER. 



Spring emmer has had a thorough trial at the substation. It is 

 apparently less drought resistant than wheat, oats, and barley. The 

 acre yields have been considerably less than those of most varieties of 

 other spring grains. Spring emmer (frequently advertised as spelt 

 by seed companies) is apparently not so well adapted to Columbia 

 Basin conditions as either oats or barley. 



i Statistics of principal crops. U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook, 1915, p. 423, 435, 441. 1916. 



