STUDIES ON OAT BREEDING. 



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Table 4. 

 Variety Test in ipii. 



a) a 



Name of Variety. 



Yield per 

 1-10 Acre. 



.J3 O 



t- O 



mS 



OJ tu g 



^ CXI 



oi5 



^-oS 



Imported Scotch 



Irish Victor 



American Clydesdale 



Victor 



Silver Mine 



Prosperity 



Kherson 



President 



Kherson 



Lincoln 



Danish Island 



Banner 



Regenerated Swedish Select 

 Regenerated Swedish Select 



Early Champion 



Senator 



Regenerated Swedish Select 



Average 



55 



260.3 



199.7 



62.4 



36.4 



Aug. 4 



46 



279.5 



178.0 



55.6 



36.9 



Aug. 1 



43 



249.0 



176.0 



55.0 



39.3 



Aug. 5 



54 



245.5 



174.5 



54.5 



41.7 



Aug. 14 



49 



237.0 



173.0 



54.0 



39.8 



Aug. 4 



48 



286.0 



169.0 



52.8 



39.2 



Aug. 1 



57 



225.0 



160.0 



50.0 



34.2 



July 27 



52 



261.5 



158.5 



49.5 



41.6 



Aug. 5 



45 



297.0 



153.0 



47.8 



33.1 



July 26 



50 



242.5 



152.5 



47.7 



40.0 



Aug. 14 



44 



198.0 



152.0 



47.5 



39.0 



Aug. 8 



56 



335.0 



146.5 



45.8 



39.8 



Aug. 14 



58 



360.0 



139.5 



43.6 



42.6 



Aug. 14 



51 



219.0 



131.0 



40.9 



42.8 



Aug. 14 



47 



299.7 



125.3 



39.1 



38.6 



July 22 



53 



297.5 



122.5 



38.3 



41.5 



Aug. 14 



59 



273.0 



122.0 



36.7 



39.5 



Aug. 8 





268.8 



154.9 



48.3 



39.2 



86 

 83 

 88 

 96 

 86 

 83 

 78 

 87 

 77 

 96 

 90 

 96 

 96 

 96 

 73 

 96 

 90 



From Table 4 the following points may be noted : 



1. The yield in bushels per acre ranged from 62.4 to 36.7. 

 The average for the seventeen varieties was 48.3 bushels. This 

 was nearly 16 bushels less than the average for 1910. 



2. The Imported Scotch far outyielded any other variety. 

 The varieties which came next in point of yield were the Irish 

 Victor, American Clydesdale, Victor, Silver Mine and Pros- 

 perity. 



3. The Kherson (Nos. 6 and 7), President, Lincoln, Danish 

 Island and Banner (No. 26) yielded at intermediate rates. 



4. It is of interest to note that the three strains of Regener- 

 ated Swedish Select which yielded so well in 1910 were very 

 poor yielders in 191 1. Curiously enough the Regenerated 

 Swedish Select No. 15 which was the best yielder in 1910 was 

 the very poorest in 191 1. This strain yielded only half as many 

 bushels per acre in 191 1 as in the previous year. 



5. The yield of straw varied from 3600 pounds to 1980 

 pounds per acre. The average for all varieties was 2688 

 pounds, practically the same as in the previous year. 



6. The weight per measured bushel varied from 42.8 pounds 

 in the case of the Regenerated Swedish Select (No. 13) to 33.1 



