28 MAIN]?, AGRICULTURAI, ICXPERIMENT STATION. I9II. 



The table on the preceding page gives for each plot the name 

 of the variety, the source of the seed, the number of pounds of 

 straw obtained from each, the number of pounds of grain and 

 the calculated yield per acre. Data relating to color of the grain 

 and the time of maturity are also given. The weights of the 

 grain and straw were obtained at the time of threshing and be- 

 fore the grain had been recleaned. The number of bushels per 

 acre are calculated on the basis of 32 pounds to the bushel. The 

 seed for Plot Nos. 4, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 31 was 

 purchased from members of the Canadian Seed Growers Asso- 

 ciation. 



SUMMARY, 



From this table the following points are to be noted : 



1. The average yield over the whole piece was at the rate 

 of 64.2 bushels to the acre. This can only be regarded as very 

 satisfactory when it is remembered that for the State as a whole 

 the average yield of oats per acre in 1909 (Yearbook U. S. 

 Dept. Agr.) was but 37.0 bushels. In the same year the state 

 showing the highest average yield per acre was Montana with 

 51,3 bushels. The high yield obtained in the experiments here 

 reported shows what it is possible to do under average Maine 

 conditions with proper attention to quality of seed and cultural 

 conditions. 



2. The highest yielding variety in the test was Regenerated 

 Swedish Select, with an average of 3 plots at the rate of 71.6 

 bushels to the acre. The highest yielding single plot was No. 

 15, the Regenerated Swedish Select plot planted with seed from 

 Wisconsin. There was, however, no significant difference be- 

 tween this plot and No. 13 planted with Garton-Cooper seed. 



3. The plot yielding at the lowest rate was No. i, the Danish 

 Island oats, with 46.6 bushels to the acre. This was an end 

 plot, and probably does not represent the relative worth of this 

 variety. Taking the yield as it stands, however, it is nearly 10 

 bushels (exactly 9.6) more to the acre than the general average 

 for the State in 1909. 



4. The Kherson oats, which are so popular in ceriain parts 

 of the West, yielded very well in this test, somewhat contrary 

 to expectation. They are a small oat but with a relatively low 

 percentage of hull, which enhances the feeding value. 



