122 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1916. 



throughout the growing season and the early part of the season 

 was cool. Both of these things are essential to a good oat crop. 

 The chief disturbing factor was the very heavy flooding rains 

 often accompanied by wind. Any varieties which had a ten- 

 dency to lodge were very severely affected. As a matter of 

 fact, these varieties had all been carefully selected with refer- 

 ence to strength of straw and few of them lodged to any 

 extent. Further mention will be made of this in a later pan- 

 graph. 



Table 5. 

 Test of Pure Lines in ip 15. 



Variety. 





Straw 



Yield. 



Grain Yield. ' 















rC 



u 













3 



r& 













(-J2 



s 



u 



h 



Mg 



n 



-d 



ftT3 



a 



P. 



a 



ft c3 



>-2 u 

 u <B o 



a 



Mm 

















S 



1-3 a 



3 s 



M 03 





£,3° 

 om a 





 O 





03 03 



Maine 340 



Average. . . 

 Maine 355 



Average. . . 

 Maine 281 



Aierage. . . 

 Maine 337 



Average. . . 

 Maine 247 



Average. . . 

 Maine 357 



Average. . . 

 Maine 230 



Average. . . 



908 



80.8 



3232 



66.2 



82.8 



82.6 



39. 7 1 



933 



96.3 



3852 



67.2 



84 



84.1 



39.4! 



958 



94.5 



3780 



60.3 



75.3 



75.6 



38.41 



983 



93.8 



3752 



71.2 



89 



91.9 



40.3 



- 



91.4 



3654 



66.2 



82.8 



83.6 



39.4 



915 



87.8 



3512 



59 



73.8 



78.6 



35.5 



940 



106.7 



4268 



74.5 



93.1 



82.8 



36.2 



965 



98.5 



3940 



62.5 



78.1 



83.7 



37.8 



990 



101.7 



4068 



67 



83.8 



89.1 



37.11 



- 



98.7 



3947 



65.8 



82.2 



83.6 



36. 6\ 



911 



100.8 



4032 



66.7 



83.4 



81.4 



39.0 



936 



80.5 



3220 



55 



68.8 



71 



35.8 



961 



96 



3840 



65 



81.3 



82.9 



35.8 



986 



95 



3800 



73.5 



91.9 



89.4 



37.8 



- 



93.8 



3723 



65.1 



81 .4 



81.2 



37.1 



906 



91.5 



3660 



71 



88.8 



79.4 



37.8 



931 



82.7 



3308 



65 



81.3 



87.8 



39.0 



956 



71.5 



2860 



59 



73.8 



74.5 



37.8 



981 



80.3 



3212 



57.3 



71.6 



75 



37.4 



- 



81.5 



3260 



63.8 



78.9 



79.2 



38.0 



913 



84.5 



3380 



67.5 



84.4 



85.2 



38.4 



938 



95.5 



3820 



72.5 



90.6 



70.2 



37.1 



963 



69.7 



2788 



56 



70 



80.1 



37.1 



988 



82.5 



3300 



60.5 



75.6 



80.8 



38.4 



- 



83.1 



3322 



64.1 



80.2 



79.1 



37.8 



898 



100.3 



4012 



68.8 



85.9 



85.2 



35.5 



923 



79.2 



3168 



59 



73.8 



78.9 



34.6 



948 



93.8 



3752 



65.7 



82.1 



80.7 



35.8 



973 



94.2 



3768 



61.5 



76.9 



71.7 



36.2 



- 



91.9 



3675 



63.8 



79.7 



79.1 



35.5 



902 



99.9 



3996 



60.2 



75.3 



76.4 



38.4 



927 



94.8 



3792 



59.7 



74.6 



72.6 



37.8 



952 



90.5 



3620 



61 



76.3 



76.9 



36.5 



977 



86 



3440 



68.5 



85.6 



81.4 



37.1 



- 



92.8 



3712 



62.4 



78.0 



76.8 



37.4 



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114 

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