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as succeeding in Lincoln and Logan counties, no yield is given, and it 

 would hardly be expected to do well in this region. 



(2) Lmcoln. — This is one of the most recently introduced varieties, 

 having been before the public some five or six years. It has been 

 widely distributed, and has been received with much favor. Sixty- 

 seven persons reported it from twenty-three States and Territories and 

 from five Canadian provinces, showing it to be very largely grown in 

 the Transition and Upper Austral zones. In the Transition it suc- 

 ceeds in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin (about Green Bay), Nova 

 Scotia, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Assiniboia, Manitoba, north- 

 ern Montana, Ohio (Ashtabula County), and eastern Ontario (Glengary 

 County). 



(3) Welcome. — One hundred and two persons reported on this variety, 

 from twenty-nine States and eight Canadian provinces. These reports 

 clearly show it to succeed in the Upper Austral and Transition zones, 

 while reports from two points in Alberta, one in Saskatchewan, one 

 in Quebec, and five in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia show that it 

 will produce good crops in the Boreal region. It is commonly grown 

 all over the country north of the Ohio Eiver, in the northern parts of 

 the central and far West. This oat is one of the best known in the 

 United States, and has been sold under the names of White Australian 

 and White Belgian. (See fig. 3, p. 20.) 



(4) Burt. — Tbis variety is rather locally grown, not being known over 

 a wide territory. Thirty-five persons report it very largely from the 

 Lower Austral zone. It does well generally in Mississippi, Alabama, 

 Georgia, South Carolina, and northern Florida — in Jackson and Leon 

 counties. It grows to some extent in the lower part of the Upper Aus- 

 tral in northern Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and middle and 

 eastern Tennessee, and in Washington County, Ind., where the single 

 report shows that it is unsatisfactory as regards yield. It clearly 

 belongs to the Lower Austral zone. 



(5) Red Rust Proof or Texas Red Rust Proof. — Eeports from two 

 hundred and one persons, residing in twenty-two States and Terri- 

 tories, show this oat to be of very wide distribution. It is by far 

 the best-known variety of any grown in the Southern States, and will 

 produce a satisfactory crop when others are completely ruined by 

 the common oat rust. Its yielding powers are satisfactory, so that it 

 has gradually found its way from the Lower to the Upper Austral 

 zone. It is generally grown in Texas and the Southern States, while 

 for a dozen years or so it has been extensively grown in Kansas. It 

 succeeds well in North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, 

 Missouri, southern Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. It is also reported as 

 grown in the Upper Austral in California, Oregon^ Nevada, Montana, 

 New Mexico, and Maryland. It is certainly well adapted to both the 

 Lower and Upper Austral, especially the former. (See fig. 3, p. 20.) 



