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6-rowed variety, produced the highest yield, 8.1 bushels. The yields 

 obtained from the 6-rowed naked and the 2-rowed hulled varieties 

 were not sufficient to pay for the cost of harvesting. All the varieties 

 were a total failure in 1911. 



Table XIX. — Annual and average yields of 12 varieties of barley on the Belle Fourche 

 Experiment Farm, 1908 to 1913, inclusive. 





C.I. 



No. 







Yield per 



acre (bushels). 





Group and variety. 



190S 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



Average. 





6 years, 

 1908-1913. 



5 vears, 

 1909-1913. 



2 years, 

 1912-1913. 



Six-rowed hulled: 



575 



354 

 638 

 643 

 182 



262 











18.3 



7.6 

 8.1 

 7 2 

 9.8 



8.2 



6.6 

 8.0 







13.2 



Manchuria (Minn. No. 

 105) 

















Manchuria (Minn. No. 6) 



26.0 



16.3 

 12.0 



29.0 

 27.9 



19.8 

 17.3 

 22.1 



9.6 

 9.0 



22. 1 



a23.S 



21.4 



19.2 



5.2 

 4.3 

 8.1 



2.5 

 1.7 







a 1.0 



1.4 



3.1 





 

 





 





 

 

 





8.2 



8.0 



Manchuria 







Odessa 



8.7 





9.7 



9.2 



Six-rowed naked: 



Nepal ( Wnite Hull-less). 







Do 



10.7 





 

 

 



10.7 



8.9 



6.8 

 10.7 



7.0 



6.1 



5.8 

 7.1 



9 8 



Two-rowed hulled: 



530 



24 



203 



531 



3.4 





10.7 



5.3 



Do 







12.7 

 14.3 





7.0 



6.3 



White Smyrna (Ouchac) 





12.5 

















a Average of 2 plats. 



In 1912 ten of the twelve varieties which were included in the test 

 were grown in fiftieth-acre plats replicated five times. The other 

 two varieties were grown in single plats, as there was not sufficient 

 seed for the replications. The soil in which the test was conducted 

 had in previous seasons appeared to be very uniform, but the growth 

 and yield of the barley varieties in 1912 showed great variation. 

 This was perhaps due to the drifting of the snow on the plats during 

 the previous winter, as the rainfall was extremely low in 1912 and 

 slight differences in moisture content were likely to cause considerable 

 variations in yield. Many of the plats produced no grain and others 

 matured seed only along the borders. The only variety of which all 

 plats were harvested was the Gatami, an early black 6-rowed variety, 

 which was grown for the first time at Newell in 1912. The yield of 

 this variety was 18.3 bushels to the acre. 



In 1913 the barley varieties were grown on land upon which a 

 small crop of spring wheat was produced the previous year. The 

 soil was in excellent condition at the time of seeding, and germination 

 and growth were prompt and vigorous. The rainfall during June 

 and July was slight, so that all the varieties were injured by drought. 

 A hailstorm which occurred just as the earlier varieties were heading 

 severely injured the Gatami and did some damage to the Manchuria 

 and Odessa varieties. The highest yields in 1913 were produced by 



