CEREAL EXPERIMENTS AT THE AKRON FIELD STATION. 



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Hannchen (C. I. No. 602) has produced the highest average yield 

 per acre. Its average of 38.7 bushels is 0.7 bushel higher than that 

 of Coast, C. I. No. 690 (formerly grown and distributed as California 

 Feed). Hanna (C. I. No. 226) ranks third, with an average yield of 

 34.3 bushels. Wliite Smyrna (C. I. No. 658) is the only variety 

 recently introduced into the tests which shows promise of outyielding 

 those already mentioned. 



Table XX. — Annual and average yields of 19 varieties of barley grown in field plats 

 at the Akron Field Station, Akron, Colo., during the eight years from 1908 to 19.15, 

 inclusive. 





C.I. 



No. 





Yield per acre 



(bushels). 







Group and variety. 



190S 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



Average. 





All years 

 grown. 



8-year 

 period. 



SPRING TAEIETIES. 



2-rcwed hulled: 



Blackhull 



878 

 21 

 203 

 226 

 531 

 602 

 617 

 351 

 532 

 658 



709 



702 



690 



877 

 575 

 643 



595 



1147 



257 



25.4 



20.1 



23.8 

 23.5 

 29.2 

 26.6 



5.8 

 12.9 

 13.1 



15.4 



26.6 

 43.1 

 42.1 

 31.2 

 56.7 

 34.7 



25.4 

 18.3 

 27.2 

 29.1 

 22.5 

 22.1 



<2.9 

 40.7 

 42.5 

 42.5 

 45.9 

 59.6 



77.1 

 72.2 



86.' 6" 



30.9 

 35.1 

 30.8 

 34.3 

 41.7 

 38.7 

 21.7 

 49.3 

 20.2 

 47.0 



17.0 



32.2 



.38.0 

 25.6 

 45.2 

 25.9 



25.1 



44.0 



8.3 



30 9 







Do 









Do 



34.2 



22.2 



34 3 







Do 



47.8 

 31.2 



20.7 

 12.1 



28.2 



10.4 



38.7 







Orel 









32.0 



6.6 



20.4 



5.4 



22.9 



22.5 

 16.6 

 25.4 

 25.4 



6.8 



21.6 



19.1 



42.5 

 42.1 

 70.4 



73.3 



"so." 9' 











32.3 



2.3 

 27.5 



17.9 

 35.8 



28.6 





■\Vhite Smyrna 



2-rowed naked: 



Baku' 

















6-rowed hulled: 











41.6 



50.5 

 2!.0 

 65.0 

 40.0 



41.6 



44.5 



79.1 



56.0 

 66.0 





Coast (California 

 Feed) 



38.6 

 31.9 



32.8 

 22.3 



25.5 

 21.2 



16.7 

 7.9 



38.5 

 30.0 



38.0 













31.5 



21.5 

 26.3 



18.4 

 19.4 



15.2 

 0.6 



34.6 



18.8 





6-rowed naked: 



25.1 



Mixture: 





WINTEE VARIETY. 



6-rowed hulled: 







5.8 



9.4 



15.4 

















' Yields computed at 48 pounds per l)ushel; actual weight about 56 pounds. 



The variety commonly called "Bald" or ''White Hull-less" barley 

 is here called Nepal, its proper name. Although naked barley has 

 about the same bushel weight as wheat, it is here computed at 48 

 pounds, in order that the naked varieties may be more easily com- 

 pared with the hulled ones. On this basis the yield of the Nepal 

 variety is 25.1 bushels. Pound for pound it is more valuable than 

 hulled barley, as the latter contains from 10 to 12 per cent of hulls. 

 Deducting for these, the 25.1 bushels of Nepal barley is nearly equal 

 to 28.7 Ijushels of hulled ])iiHoy. 



Winter barley has winterkilksd to such an extcsnt that the average 

 yield is low. In two years out u\ six the winter barley has failed. 

 Tlie average yield for tlie six y(!ars is 8..'^ Ixishcls to tlui acre. 



