STUDIES ON OAT BREEDING. 



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are recorded. Also brief notes relative to the position of the 

 plant in the plot and the character for which it was especially 

 selected are noted. 



When the plants were fully ripened they were pulled and 

 brought into the laboratory. Sometime after they were thor- 

 oughly dry they were measured, weighed and threshed. 



On the basis of the data. thus obtained a further selection of 

 the plants was made. The grain from the best plants was 

 saved for planting in the breeding garden the next year. 



In 19 10, 460 plants were selected from the variety test plots. 



These represented 18 different varieties. Of these plants 

 188 were deemed good enough to be tested in garden rows. 



Table 1 shows the plot numbers and the names of the varie- 

 ties from which plants were selected. Also the number of plants 

 selected from each plot and the number that were grown in the 

 191 1 garden rows. 



Table; i. 



Showing the number of plants selected from the different varie- 

 ties in ipio and the number of these which were continued 

 in the 19 11 oat garden. 



1910 

 plot 

 No.* 



Variety. 



Number 

 selected 

 plants. 



Number 



grown in 



1911 garden. 



2T e 

 3 



Welcome 



White Tartar King . • 



10 

 11 

 32 

 18 



6 

 28 

 18 

 32 

 28 

 27 

 30 

 18 

 30 

 10 

 14 



4 

 21 

 28 

 16 

 16 

 17 

 25 

 21 



1 

 1 



5 





5 



6 



7 



Kherson 



3 



1 



8 





14 



9 





9 



10 

 13 



Prosperity 



14 

 12 



14 





20 



15 





6 



16 





14 



17 





18 



18 





6 



19 



Victo'r ' 



12 



20 



Old Island Black 



1 



23 





10 



25 





14 



26 





6 



27 





5 



28 





1 



29 





2 



31 





13 





Total 







460 



188 









* For a description of these varieties, source of seed, etc. 

 Loc. cit. 



see Surface and Barber, 



