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BULLETIISr 823, U. S. DEPAETMEKT OF AGRICULTURE. 



from Sixty-Day has ranked second to Victory for three years. In 

 his opinion early oats of the Sixty-Day type are promising in southern 

 Minnesota. 



Table XII. — Annual and average yields of the Kherson, Sixty-Day, and six other varieties 

 of oats grown at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station {at St. Paul) during 

 the 3-year period from 1906 to 1908, inclusive. 



[Data compiled from Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 115 (5).] 



Group and variety. 



Minne- 

 sota No. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



1906 



1E07 



1908 



Average. 



Early vellow: 



Sixtv-Dav 



261 



358 



267 



348 

 311 

 353 



282 



302 



76.8 

 36.2 



63.7 



89.3 

 88.1 

 7L8 

 76.8 



85.0 



62.5 

 77.5 



65.6 



46.8 

 36.9 

 50.6 

 48.1 



38.7 



44.0 

 42.0 



6L1 



Kherson 



51.9 



Early white: 



Early Champion. 





Midseason white: 



Mvrick Banner 



45.3 

 40.7 

 32.5 

 49.0 



33.5 



60.5 



American Banner -. 



55.2 



Big Four 



Lincoln ■. 



Late wliite (side): 



White Russian 



51.6 

 58.0 



52.4 



RESULTS AT CROOKSTON. 



The Uniyersity of Minnesota Department of Agriculture has in- 

 cluded the Kherson and Sixty-Day oats in the varietal experiments 

 at the Northwest Experiment Station at Crookston since 1912. The 

 data from these experiments haye been published for the five years 

 from 1912 to 1916, inclusive (34, pp. 38-40). The annual and average 

 yields of the most important varieties are shown in Table XIII. 



Table XIII. = — Annual and average yields of three strains of early yellow and twelve 

 other varieties of oats grown at the Northwest Experiment Station, Crookston, Minn., 

 during three or more years in the 5-year period from 1912 to 1916, inclusive. 



[Data compiled from Report of the Superintendent, Northwest Experiment Station, 1910-1916 (34, 



pp. 38^0).] 



Group and variety. 







Yield per 



acre (bushels). 





1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



Average. 



Early yellow: 



Sixtv-Dav 



60.2 



6a 5 

 32.1 

 39.5 



31.8 



57.0 



53.2 

 56.8 

 59.0 

 59.5 

 54.5 

 73.7 

 47.4 

 51.3 



55.7 

 43.1 



46.3 

 32.2 



47.7 



46.3 



47.5 



60.6 

 45.0 

 50.9 

 44.1 

 56.9 

 60.1 

 55.0 

 47.2 



41.3 



48.4 



63.4 

 47.2 

 65.4 



42.9 



99.6 



89.2 

 72.8 

 91.7 

 89.6 

 85.6 

 79.8 

 94.2 

 76.3 



86.5 

 88.8 



35.5 



53.2 



Do 





Kherson 



40.1 



45.1 



62.0 



58.1 

 8L8 

 59.3 

 68.0 

 51.3 

 34.3 

 50.3 

 64.1 



55.1 

 60.1 



34.2 



27.6 



21.7 



26.1 

 28.6 

 22.2 

 20.4 

 30.2 

 24.5 

 23.3 

 24.5 



20.0 

 23.6 



45.4 



Early wnite: 



Early Champion 



38.7 



Midseason yellow: 



Oolden"Beauty 





Midseason white: 



King Oscar 



57.4 



Banner 



57.0 



Improved American 



56.6 



Canadian, No. 429 



56.3 



Victory 



55.7 



Danish Island 



54.5 



Lincoln, No. 282 



54.0 



Swedish Select 



52.7 



Late white fside): 



Canadian Cluster.. 



51 7 



White Russian 



52.8 







