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BULLETIN 823, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICITLTURE. 



Table X. — Annual and average yields of four early yellow and six other varieties of oats 

 groivn at the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station {at Urbana) in one or more of 

 the 11 years, 1905 and 1907 to 1916, inclusive. 



[Data compiled from Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin. 195 (7).] 





Yield per acre (bushels). 





1905 

 56.9 



1907 

 67.1 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 

 49.1 



1912 

 72.4 



1913 



1914 



1915 



83.6 

 66.9 

 70.4 



1916 



Average. 



Group and variety. 



1905 

 and 

 1907 

 to 

 1916 



1913 

 to. 

 1916 



1915 

 and 

 1916 



Early yellow 



48.8 



46.6 



75.6 



28.4 

 32.3 



51.0 

 4L3 



59.2 

 65.4 

 67.5 



76.4 



67.8 



71.4 

 70.5 

 68.6 



64.2 



52.9 



58.1 



55.6 

 51.5 



71.4 



Kherson 



66.2 



Rieliland (Iowa No. 105). 

















69.0 



Albion (Iowa No. 103, 



























Early white: 



Early Champion 

















24.3 



24.3 

 32.8 

 14.1 



20.8 



41.6 



60.4 

 54.2 

 54.5 



53.2 



66.6 



62.3 

 66.9 

 6L6 



67.5 



60.3 



52.5 

 50.5 



47.6 



52.1 

 55.9 

 49.7 



51.4 



62.2 



Midseason white: 



Siberian 



68.2 

 56.7 



33.7 

 34.7 



31.7 

 25.3 



43.6 

 46.6 



58.6 

 56.2 



60.5 

 48.5 

 58.3 



72.8 

 63.7 

 70.8 



79.8 



66 9 





68.2 



Swedish Select 



65 1 



Late while (side): 



Silver Plume 













65.9 



Late black (side): 



Black Tartarian 





30.9 



16.9 



43.7 







56.6 























RESXJLTS AT FAIEFIELD. 



The annual and average yields of one representative each of the 

 early yeUow, early white, midseason white, and early red groups, 

 respectively, grown by the IlUnois Agricultural Experiment Station 

 at Fairfield in 1909 and 1915, are given in Table XI, together with 

 the yield of the Richland in 1915. 



Table XI. — Annual and average yields of the Sixty-Day, Richland, and three other 

 varieties of oats grown by the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station {at Fairfield) 

 in the years 1909 and 1915. 



[Data compiled from llUnois Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 195 (7) .] 



Group and variety. 



Yield per acre 

 (bushels). 



Group and variety. 



Yield per acre 

 (bushels). 



1909 



1915 



Aver- 

 age. 



1909 



1915 



Aver- 

 age. 



Early yellow: 



Sixty-Day 



50.1 



48.9 



24.5 

 30.6 



27.3 



37.3 

 38.1 



Early red: 



Red R ustproof ( Texas R ed) 

 Midseason white: 



60.1 

 35.4 



34.1 

 34.5 



47.1 



Richland (Iowa No. 105) . 

 Early white: 



35.0 



Early Champion. . . 











The few data given in Table XI show that the early red variety 

 Red Rustproof (Texas Red), outyielded aU others in the 2-year test 

 at Fairfield, where it exceeded the Sixty-Day by about 10 bushels 

 in average yield. 



