STUDIES ON OAT BREEDING. 



Table 3. 



Shoiving the Effect of the ipii Plus and Minus Selections 



upon the Rows in Each of the Three Succeeding Years. 









Datjghteb Row. 







Selected 

 Plants. 



















+SeIectiorLS. 



— Selections. 



m 

 1 





i 



+ 



_ 



+ 



_ 





+ 



— ■ j 



Devia- 



Devia- 



Devia- 



Devia- 



P5 









tions. 



tions. 



tions. 



tions. 



1912 



1914 



Number of rows 



Total deviation 



Average deviation per row . . . 



Number of rows 



Total de^aation 



Average deviation per row . . . . 



Number of rows 



Total deviation 



Average de\'iation per row .... 



82 

 739.88 



9.023 

 126 

 1272.71 



10.101 



84 

 909.88 



10.832 



74 

 437.97 



5.919: 

 132 



821.60 ! 



6.224; 



94 I 



590.18 



6'. 279! 



44 

 58.42 



1.328 

 53 

 58.38 



1.102 

 38.5 

 50.88 



1.337 



38 



33 



42.53 



37.62 



1.119 



1.140 



73 



58.5 



56.24 



54.03 



.770 



.924 



45.5 



45 



56.84 



66.91 



1.249 



1.487 



41 

 53.33 



1.301 

 73.5 

 56.19 



.765 

 49 

 61.04 



1.246 



Table 4. 



Showing the Effect of the IQ12 Plus and Minus Selections 



upon the Rows in Each of the Two Succeeding Years. 







Selected 



Daughter Row. 







Plants. 





1 



-|-Pelections. 



— Selections. 











+ 



_ 



+ 



_ 





+ 



— 



Devia- 



Devia- 



Devia- 



Devia- 



rt 









tions. 



tions. 



tions. 



tions. 



Number of rows 



134 



124 



62.5 



71.5 



49 



75 



191e|Total deviation 



1098., 80 



715.42 



64.7,5 



54.49 



47.66 



57.94 



Average deviation per row .... 



8.200 



5.769 



1.036 



.762 



.973 



.773 



iNumber of rows 



92 



86 



41 



51 



42.5 



43.5 



1914jTotal deviation 



857.35 



530.80 



55.97 



61.49 



61.82 



56.29 



[Average deviation per row .... 



9.319 



6.172 



1.365 



1.208 



1.455 



1.294 



Table 5. 



Showing the Effect of the ipis Plus and Minus Selections 



upon the Rows in 1914. 



a 





Selected 

 Plants. 



Daughter Row. 



a 

 1 





-F Selections. 



— Selections. 



1 



+ 



— 



+ 

 Devia- 

 tions. 



Devia- 

 tions. 



+ 

 Devia- 

 tions. 



Devia- 

 tions. 



1914 



Number of rows 



Total deviation 



Average deviation per row 



92 

 499.83 

 5.433 



86 

 248.92 

 2.894 



41.5 

 59.66 

 1.438 



50.5 

 53.96 

 1.069 



42 



58.13 

 1.384 



44 



63.92 

 1.453 



