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Barn and Field Experiments in 1916 



certain that these varieties are not well adapted to Aroostook 

 conditions. 



Yield Per Acre of Commercial Varieties of Oats Tested At 

 Aroostook Farm ipi^ and ipi6. 





2-year 



1916 



Yield 









Variety 



Average 



Grain 



Straw 





Bushels 



Bushels per 



Pounds per 







Acre 



Acre 



Maine 340 





75.6 



3868 



Early Pearl 



70.1 



66.6 



3268 



Silver Mine 



65.6 



66.3 



3267 



Siberian 



68.3 



66.0 



3389 



Li go wo 



63.1 



64.3 



3248 



Minnesota 26 





63.1 



3177 



Banner 



59.2 



62.5 



3137 



Prosperity 



64.3 



61.9 



2970 



Gold Rain 



61.5 



61.5 



3757 



Kherson 



64.5 



61.3 



4091 



Maine 346 



60.4 



59.5 



2813 



Irish Victor 



55.4 



57.3 



3139 



Dauheney 



59.0 



57.2 



3979 



Garton No. 5 



54.9 



56.9 



3778 



Swedish Select 



53.0 



56.5 



3101 



*Senator 



47.8 



*45.8 



*3611 



Average 



60.5 



61.4 



3412 



*0ne plot only, of Senator planted. 



COMMERCIAL VARIETIES OF OATS GROWN AT 

 HIGHMOOR FARM IN 1916. 



The Maine Agricultural Experiment Station has been con- 

 ducting tests of commercial varieties of oats at Highmoor Farm 

 since 1910. The detailed results of these tests for the 4 years 

 1910 to 1913 inclusive were published in Bulletin 229, and the 

 results of the 1915 tests were published in Bulletin 246. 



The season of 1916 was very unfavorable for oats at High- 

 moor. The yields recorded are the lowest obtained in the 6 

 years that the Experiment Station has had the farm. A very 

 severe rain storm in which 4.1 inches of water fell in 24 hours 

 occurred on May 18. The oats were just well started at that 

 time. All of the plots were badly washed and in some plots 

 gullies 12 to 18 inches wide and almost as deep were washed out. 

 Again just before harvest a very severe rain storm with some 

 hail beat the oats down so that the yields were very seriously af- 

 fected. The areas which were actually washed out in each plot 

 were measured and some allowance made for these, but in some 



