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The Best Yielding Varieties of Oats on the Basis of Average 

 of Three Successive Years Test. 



Average Yield for Three Years 

 Name of Variety. ; in Bushels per Acre. 



Irish Victor 



Lincoln 



Prosperity 



ItQported Scotch 



Banner 



Silver Mine 



President 



Victor (a black oat) 



Kherson (an early oat) 



Regenerated Swedish Select. 



62.6 

 62.0 

 61.9 

 61.5 

 59.7 

 59.3 

 58.0 

 57.0 

 56.6 

 56.5 



The breeding work with oats has consisted of the study of 

 individual pedigree strains to find what are most promising. 

 Several strains which appear to be xtxy valuable will be pro- 

 pagated on an extensive scale in 19 13. Some of these new sorts 

 have yielded in trials on small plots at rates of 100 bushels or 

 more to the acre. Seed from some of the best of these will 

 probably be available for distribution in 19 14. 



Corn. 



\\'ork with sweet com and with field corn (yellow dent) is 

 being continued. The fi.eld corn of the Cornforth strain has 

 been now bred up to the point where it appears to be a highly 

 desirable sort for the Maine farmer. 



An experim.ent Avas tried this year to determine the exact 

 stage of development at which sweet corn should be picked for 

 seed, in order to give the best results. 



This year a more extended test was given a new sort of 

 white sweet corn, with fine kernels and large amount of stover, 

 which has been bred by the Station. It promises to be superior 

 to any corn now grown in the State for canned purposes. 



Entomology. 

 The year of 1912 has been in some v.-ays of unusual entomo- 

 logical interest. The ravages of the spruce bud moth, the 

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