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TESTS OF SELECTIONS OF OATS. 5 
oats, a yield of 1 ounce from one of these rows is at the rate of 5 
bushels to the acre. Similarly, the rate of seeding is easily calcu- 
lated; at the rate commonly in use in the corn belt, 2.5 bushels to 
the acre, one-half ounce of seed is required for each row. 
RESULTS OF THE TESTS. 
The tests at McLean in 1907 included 419 selections from hybrids 
and 82 pure-line selections from commercial varieties. In 1908, 378 
hybrids and 69 pure-line selections were grown. Only 177 of the 
selections from hybrids and 51 of those from commercial varieties 
were grown both years. Table I summarizes the tests of these two 
years, the strains being grouped and averaged according to their 
parentage. This table shows the number of strains of each series 
which were grown each year and the number which were included 
in both years' tests, with the average yields in bushels to the acre. 
Table I. —Average yield per acre of each series of hybrids and commercial varieties of oats 
grown in nursery tests at McLean, III., in 1907 and 1908, showing also the number of 
strains of each series grotvn. 
Growr 
in 1907. 
Grown in 1908. 
Grown both years. 
Series. 
Num- 
ber of 
strains. 
Average 
yield. 
Num- 
ber of 
sti'ains. 
Average 
yield. 
Num- 
ber of 
strains. 
Average 
yield. 
No. 3 
5 
21 
Bushels. 
43.96 
49.47 
3 
18 
2 
Bushels. 
32.70 
40.77 
15.48 
3 
10 
Bushels. 
38.00 
No. 8 
48.62 
No 25 
No. 26 
2 
5 
.1 
63 
5 
2 
29 
59 
1 
7 
3 
12 
4 
5 
7 
135 
47 
6 
16 
6 
1 
4 
3 
4 
4 
1 
2 
13 
7 
3 
9 
6 
1 
1 
1 
26.00 
34.47 
35.80 
44.32 
38.27 
46.32 
48.58 
49.82 
33.75 
43.59 
32.20 
39.69 
37.09 
38.11 
37.65 
46.14 
50.87 
40.10 
59.41 
56.55 
45.60 
48.65 
37.55 
38.32 
38.95 
42.95 
41.70 
38. 66 
49.20 
61.72 
47.19 
49. 35 
51.25 
56.40 
46. 30 
No. 27 
9 
1 
36 
8 
2 
10 
28 
33. 11 
31.55 
36.04 
40.09 
39. 90 
43.16 
43. 08 
2 
1 
20 
2 
2 
10 
16 
36. 37 
No. 28 
33. 67 
No. 30.. 
44.65 
No. 31 
44.58 
No. 32 
43. 11 
No. 33 
47.67 
No. 34 . 
47.74 
No. 35 
No. 38 
4 
-3 
3 
4 
33.21 
37.62 
39.63 
33.46 
4 
38.57 
No. 41 
No. 42 
2 
1 
41.13 
No. 44 
35.77 
No. 45 
No. 48 . 
15 
177 
42 
13 
17 
5 
46.08 
38.07 
39.42 
26.33 
44.23 
48.43 
3 
71 
26 
4 
13 
5 
45.12 
No. 49 
45.14 
No. 50 
46.82 
No. 51 
37.34 
No. 62 ... 
52.90 
No. 63 
52.83 
No 115 
No. 117 
3 
1 
1 
25.58 
28.15 
29. 55 
3 
1 
1 
36.18 
No 118 
34. 15 
No. 119 
32.27 
No 123 
1 
2 
8 
7 
8 
4 
4 
1 
1 
1 
5 
32. 25 
25. 25 
33. 66 
40.74 
46.42 
26.50 
26.42 
21.50 
36.85 
28.45 
41.65 
1 
2 
8 
5 
3 
2 
4 
1 
1 
1 
37. 60 
No. 124 
33. 47 
No. 125 
35. 72 
No. 131 
47.30 
No. 132 
56.11 
No. 137 
39. 15 
No. 138 
38. 50 
No. 142 
36. 37 
No. 165 
46.52 
No. 5938 
37. 37 
Burt 
Total 
501 
447 
228 
46.42 
38.25 
45.04 
