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BULLETIlSr 823, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXXII. — Annual and average yields of eight early yellow and four other varieties 

 of oats grown at the Belle Fourche Experiment Farm, Neivell, 8. Dak., during two or 

 more years in the 10-year period from 190S to 1917, inclusive. 



[Data obtained in cooperation with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.] 





C.I. 

 No. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



Group and variety. 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



Average. 





1908 

 to 

 1917 



1912 

 to 

 1917 



1912 

 to 

 1915 



Early yellow: 



Klherson ; 



459 

 165 

 625 

 626 

 165-566 

 729 

 787 

 337 



293 



134 

 444 



551 



147.5 

 146.6 



125.7 

 25.0 



115.0 

 15.6 

 14.4 

 16.6 





 

 

 



6.2 

 6.6 

 7.9 

 9.9 

 7.1 



21.9 

 22.7 

 21.6 

 24.6 

 23.3 



13.8 



13.' 4 

 14.2 

 12.2 



110.8 

 113.7 

 107.2 

 117.1 

 106.7 



40.8 

 37.4 



33.8 

 34.1 



31.6 



37.9 



38 ?. 



Sixtv-Day 





Sixtv-Day selection . 







37 ■> 



Do 







43.4 

 41.8 

 35.6 

 33.5 



35.9 

 33.8 

 30.6 

 30.6 





40.9 

 37.5 



41 5 



Do... 







37 3 



Albion (Iowa No. 103, wliite). . . 













Richland (Iowa No. 105) 



































7.5 



6.0 



9.2 

 10.4 



22.7 



21.0 



22.4 



15.2 

 18.5 



14.3 



12.8 



16.0 





 







102.5 



108.0 



113.7 

 92.9 



106.1 







36 



Early red: 



Burt . 











38.0 

 33.0 



37.4 

 19.7 



26.0 



38.0 

 31.8 



38 1 



Midseason white: 



Swedish Select . ... 



38.1 

 38.8 



30.9 



28.4 

 21.3 



20.0 



2.3 



4.4 









 







34.5 



Canadian 



30 5 



Late white (side): 



White Russian 



26.8 



6.4 



22.7 



29.4 



3-1 8 







1 Average of two plats. 



RESULTS AT COTTONWOOD. 



The only varieties included in the experiments at the Cottonwood 

 substation are the Sixty-Day and the Swedish Select. In Table 

 XXXIII the annual and average yields of these varieties obtained 

 at Cottonwood during the 9-year period from 1909 to 1917, inclusive, 

 are presented. 



Table XXXIII. — Annual and average yields of the Sixty-Day and Swedish Select oat 

 varieties grown at the Cottonwood and Eureka {S. Dak.) substations during the 9-year 

 period from 1909 to 1917, inclusive. 



[Data obtained in cooperation with the' South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.] 





South 

 Dakota 



No. 



C.I. 

 No. 



Yield per acre (-bushels). 



Station, group, and variety. 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



Aver- 

 age. 



COTTONWOOD SUBSTATION. 



Earlv vellow: Sixty-Day 



165 

 112 



165 

 112 



165 

 134 



165 



134 



12.5 



7.2 



37.2 

 43.7 



4.4 

 6.3 



20.2 

 25.0 





 



25.9 

 16.6 



6.1 



4.7 



4.7 

 .6 



15.8 

 3.3 



114.8 

 19.4 



37.5 



28.5 



20 

 20 



110.6 



95.8 



29.1 

 15.9 



60.1 

 53.7 



24.7 

 10.3 



46.2 

 35.8 



12 9 



Midseason wMte: Swedish Select . 



EUREKA SUBSTj\.TION. 



Early yellow: Sixty-Day 



7.4 

 37 1 



Midseason white: Swedish Select . 



32.3 



1 Yield from method-of-seeding experiment at Cottonwood. 



2 Destroyed by hail. 



The data given in Table XXXIII indicate that the Sixty-Day is 

 superior to the Swedish Select for growing in the vicinity of Cotton- 

 wood, though neither variety has produced profitable yields. 



