CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Material and methods 10 



Review of literature 12 



Development and variation 13 



Correlation 18 



Correlation of average height of plant with other characters 20 



Correlation of total yield of plant with other characters 35 



Correlation of average weight of kernels per plant with other 



characters 45 



Correlation of average number of spikelets per culm per plant with 



other characters 58 



Correlation of number of culms per plant with other characters ... 59 



Constants for 1910 compared with other years 62 



Discussion of results 63 



The relation of these correlation factors to oat production 64 



Summary 68 



Literature cited 70 



