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pounds in the Kherson (No. 6). The average for all varieties 

 was 39.2 pounds, practically the same as the weight for the same 

 varieties (excepting American Clydesdale) in 1910. 



7. Attention has already been called to the fact that the 

 average number of days to maturity was much smaller in 19 11 

 than in any other year. This probably accounts in part for the 

 small yield. 



Results of the 1912 Test. 



In 1912 eight new varieties were introduced. These were 

 the White Plume, Rebred 60-Day, Daubeney, Siberian, Abund- 

 ance, Gold Rain, Minnesota No. 26 and the Early Pearl. In 

 addition to these, the thirteen different varieties grown in 1911 

 were continued. However, only one strain of the Regenerated 

 Swedish Select and one of the Kherson were continued. 



It has already been stated that in 1912 each variety was 

 planted in duplicate i-io acre plots. In each case the two plots 

 of a variety were in different fields (Cf. Fig. 53). It has fur- 

 ther been noted that field A was very poorly drained and con- 

 sequently could not be planted until nearly three weeks after 

 field B. In nearly every instance the yield in the late seeded 

 plot was lower than the duplicate plot in field B. In the case 

 of four varieties, viz.. Gold Rain, Siberian, Abundance, and 

 Daubeney both plots were planted late. This was due to the 

 wet condition of the soil at one place in field B. No doubt the 

 average yield of these varieties is somewhat less than if the one 

 plot had been seeded early. 



Table 5 gives the results of the 1912 test. In this table the 

 detailed results of each plot are given separately, together with 

 the average for the two plots of each variety. The varieties are 

 arranged in the order of the average yield of grain from the 

 two plots. 



