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variety which has been grown for a long period, but the Coast variety 

 has a higher average yield during the years it has been grown. The 

 Gatami variety yields well in dry seasons, but not especially well in 

 favorable seasons. It has further objections in having black glumes 

 and a very brittle peduncle. The Manchuria, which is the leading 

 variety of barley in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and 

 Wisconsin, has not yielded well at Newell. Three strains of this 

 variet}^ have been grown. 



Tabi^ XXII. — Yields of varieties of barley grown on dry land on the Belle 

 Fourche Experiment Farm, 1908 to 1919, inclusive. 





C.I. 



No. 



yields per acre (bushels). 



Group and variety. 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



Average. 





1909 

 to 

 1919 



1912 

 to 

 1919 



1915 

 to 

 1919 



Six-rowed, hulled: 



Coast 



690 

 182 

 354 

 638 

 643 



575 



620 



595 

 262 



530 

 24 

 203 

 531 

 658 

 195 

















82.8 

 69.4 



18.3 

 26.1 



22.1 

 18.3 



18.4 

 20.0 



9,8 

 8.0 







30 3 



Odessa 



.... 



22.1 



8.1 







9.8 

 7.6 

 8.1 

 7.2 



18.3 



8.7 

 6.6 

 8.0 



3.5 



17.6 



20.5 



?S 8 



Manchuria (Minn. No. 105) 





Manchuria (Minn. No. 6). . 

 Manchuria 



26.' 6 



19.8 

 17.3 



5.2 

 4.3 





 



4.2 



62.1 



20.2 



12.9 



18.3 



9.0 



15.3 



17.9 



24.5 



Six-rowed, hulled, black: 



Gatami 



8.2 



6.9 



50.6 



58.4 

 50.8 



28.2 

 18.3 

 13.1 



26.0 

 12,4 

 9.5 



14.4 

 12.7 

 8.7 



7.1 

 5.4 

 2.0 





20.0 



?5 ^ 



Six-rowed , naked , awned : 

 Himalaya ( Guy Mayle) . . . 











?1 4 



Six-rowed, naked, hooded: 

 Nepal ( White Hull-less) . . . 

 Do 



12.0 

 16.3 



29." 

 27.9 



9.0 

 9.6 



22.1 

 23.8 

 21.4 

 19.2 



1.7 

 2.5 







1.0 

 1.4 

 3.1 





 





 

 

 



10.7 



8.9 



4.9 



10.8 



13.6 



16.8 



Two-rowed , hulled: 



Chevalier II 





 

 

 

 10.7 



6.8 

 10.7 



1.1 

 2.7 



















Hanna 



















Do 















j 



Hannchen 



12.7 

 14.3 



6.7 

 14.4 



85.9 

 76.2 

 77.9 



23.5 

 24.6 



17.5 

 23.3 



23.6 



18,4 



6.1 



18 



22. 31. 3 



White Smyrna (Ouchac). . 

 Do 



9.2;.... 



...J.... 



23.9 30.3 









1 















1 





The yields of the naked varieties Himalaya and Nepal have been 

 much less than those of the hulled varieties. If the weights of the 

 glumes are considered, the average yield of Himalaya has been equal 

 to that of several of the hulled varieties, though not to the best. The 

 Nepal is not sufficiently vigorous to be productive. 



The average dates of heading and maturity, height, weight per 

 bushel, and yields of grain and straw for four varieties of barley are 

 shown in Table XXIII. The Hannchen variety shows a considerably 

 later date of heading than the other varieties, but this is partly due to 

 the failure of the heads to emerge promptly or fully from the sheath, 

 even though they were well developed. The Hannchen has the 

 heaviest weight per bushel and the highest yields of grain and straw. 

 The Odessa and Manchuria varieties were taller than the Nepal and 

 Hannchen, 



