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ican. On the other hand, the Sixty-Day has outyielded the late 

 white (side) oat White Tartar by a little more than 3 bushels per 

 acre annually in the nine years that both varieties were grown. 



In the most recent publication on oats issued by the Ohio station, 

 the ten leading varieties with an 11-year average yield of 65 bushels 

 or more are listed. Their rank, with yields for 1913 and 1914 added, 

 was as follows: (1) Siberian, (2) Improved American, (3)Big Four, 

 (4) Silvermine, (5) Green Mountain, (6) American Banner, (7) Sixty- 

 Day, (8) Lincoln, (9) Czar of Russia, and (10) Joanette. 



The two selections of Sixty-Day listed in Table VI have outyielded 

 the parent variety by several bushels each. The higher yielding of 

 the two selections has averaged 72.3 bushels, as compared with 73.5 

 bushels for the Siberian selection. The one other midseason white 

 selection listed, that from Great American, has fallen below both 

 the Sixty-Day selections in average yield. The behavior of these 

 selections indicates that certain pure lines of the Sixty-Day are among 

 the best for growing in Ohio under conditions similar to those at 

 Wooster. 



Results in Indiana. 



In Table VII the average yields of the Kherson, the Sixty-Day, 

 and eight other varieties for the 4-year period from 1905 to 1908, 

 inclusive, are presented. Annual yields have not been reported by 

 the Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station (50). 



Table YII.— Average yields of the Khersov, the Sixty-Day, and eight other varieties of 

 oats grown at the Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station (at La Fayette) during 

 the 4-year period from 1905 to 1908, inclusive. 



[Data compiled from Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station Newspaper Bulletin 147 (50).] 



Group and variety. 



Early yellow: 



Sixtj'-Day , 



Kherson 



Early red: 



Red Rustproof (Texas Red) 

 Midseason white: 



Great Dakota 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Bushels. 



47.2 

 42.4 



48.7 



54.0 



Group and variety. 



Midseason white— Continued 



Goldmine 



Czar of Russia , 



Big Four 



Improved American 



Green Mountain 



Lincoln 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Bushels. 

 50.8 

 50.5 

 50.0 

 49.5 

 49.3 

 48.8 



The results obtained at the Indiana station with early oats have 

 been disappointing. The data in Table VII indicate that the Kher- 

 son and the Sixty-Day varieties were not high yielders at La Fayette, 

 having been outyielded considerably by the best of the midseason 

 white varieties. Of 34 varieties included in the varietal tests during 

 the 4-year period from 1905 to 1908, 10 of which are listed in Table 

 VII, the Sixty-Day ranked sixteenth and the Kherson twenty-ninth 

 in average yield per acre. The one representative of the Red Rust- 

 proof group, Texas Red, as shown in Table VII, outyielded the Sixty- 

 Day variety by 1.5 bushels in the 4-year period. 



