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BULLETIN 99, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table IV. — Annual and average yields of the various series of oats groicn at the Cornell 

 University station in 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1912, with the 5-year average for 

 each . ' 



Series 



Parentage. 



Yield (bushels per acre). 



No. 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1912 



Average. 



3 



8 



27 



SELECTIONS FROM HYBRIDS. 



Golden GiantX Asia Minor Rustproof 



Danish IslandXAsia Minor Rustproof 



Garton Tartar KingXClvdesdale 



43. 3 

 3S.2 

 45.0 

 515.2 

 42.4 

 42.5 

 37.4 

 it. 7 

 48.7 

 45.9 

 58.7 

 61.8 

 51.2 



33.1 

 53.3 

 40.0 

 49.3 

 78.7 

 62.5 

 62.4 

 66.3 

 48.7 

 60.0 

 47.8 

 56.6 

 37.5 



38.7 



37.2 

 40.1 

 36.2 

 42.3 

 42.8 

 33.1 

 36.7 

 29.8 

 36.2 

 38.6 

 38.3 

 29.6 



67. S 

 72.8 

 65.0 

 65.0 

 65.6 

 64.7 

 79.7 

 65.9 

 59.1 

 62.3 

 65.3 

 57.7 

 51.2 



50.1 

 50.8 

 64.9 

 50.8 

 45.8 

 47.2 

 55.0 

 44.5 

 48.2 

 55.-0 

 54.8 

 55.4 

 48.6 



tii. 6 

 50.5 

 51.0 



30 



Burt X Clydesdale '. 





31 



BurtxRed Rustproof 



55.0 



32 



BurtxEarly Champion 



52.0 



33 



BurtxBurt 



53.5 



34 



Burtx Sixtv-Dav 



51.6 



38 



Burt X Clvdesdaie 



46.9 



42 



49 



Asia Minor Rustproof XClvdesdale 



Sixtv-DavX Clvdesdaie . . . ." 



51.9 

 53.0 



50 



Sixty-DavXProbsteier 



54.0 



51 



Sixtv-DavX European Hull-less 



43.6 





Average 







47.4 



53.5 



36.7 



64.8 



51.6 



50.8 





SELECTIONS FROM COMMEROAL VARIETIES. 



Sixtv-Dav 





62 



57. 7 

 44.7 

 42.5 

 51.2 

 51.2 

 57.5 

 53.7 

 50.8 

 37.5 

 58.7 

 50.8 

 61.2 

 47.5 

 60.0 



62.8 

 57. 5 

 30.0 

 18.7 

 47.5 

 42.5 

 67.5 

 40.0 

 40.0 

 60.0 

 38.7 

 47.5 

 35.0 

 55.0 



41.9 

 39.9 

 36.3 

 29.6 

 39.9 

 48.3 

 46.8 

 43.6 

 35. 7 

 41.9 

 35.9 

 39.5 

 34.8 

 56.9 



56.9 

 65.2 

 53.4 

 47.1 

 51.4 

 62.7 

 61.2 

 66.4 

 50.6 

 56.4 

 42.8 

 48.1 

 34.8 

 57.5 



48.3 

 47.3 

 62.6 

 41.9 

 82.8 

 67.3 

 69.8 

 64.7 

 56.5 

 49.1 

 36.9 

 34.8 

 39.1 

 55.2 





63 



Burt '. 



50.9 



115 



Red Rustproof 



44.9 



117 



Earlv Champion 



37.7 



118 



Silvermine 



54.6 



120 



do 



55.7 



123 



VVelcome 



59.8 



125 



Silvermine 



53.1 



131 



Pringle Progress 



44.1 



132 



SixtY-Dav • 



53.2 



137 



Earlv Champion 



41.0 



138 



do 



46.2 



142 





38.2 



5938 



Sixty-Day 



56.9 





Average 







51.8 



45.9 



40.8 



53.9 



54.0 



49.3 





SUMMARY. 



Averaee of selections: 



From hvbrids 2 







47.4 

 51.8 



53.5 

 45.9 



36.7 

 40.8 



64.8 

 53.9 



51.6 

 54.0 



50.8 







49.3 









1 The results for 1911 are not included, as some of the series were not grown that year. 



2 Averages based on the series as a unit. 



Table IV gives some indication of the relative value at the Cornell 

 station of the different hybrids and commercial varieties as stocks 

 from which to make selections. The highest average yield for any 

 series for the five years was that of series 31, Burt X Red Rustproof, 

 55 bushels, due largely to a very heavy yield in 1908. The next 

 highest average yield, 54 bushels, was obtained from series 50, Sixty- 

 Day X Probsteier, of which from 11 to 13 selections were grown each 

 year, whereas only two selections from series 31 were grown. It is 

 probable that series 50 is more valuable for New York than series 31 ; 

 in fact, two selections from the former exceeded the best selections 

 from the latter in average yield for the five years. Other valuable 

 hybrid stocks, as indicated in Table IV, are series 33, Burt X Burt, 

 and series 49, Sixty-Day X Clydesdale. Among the individual selec- 

 tions, some of the highest yielding ones are included in series 34, 



