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BULLETIN 1334^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE 
ROSTHERN, SASKATCHEWAN 
Yields of barley are first reported in 1911. In the years 1911 to 1915 the tests 
included 15 varieties. The relative value of these varieties is more than usually 
apparent in Table 9, since 11 of them were tested for the full five j^ears. Those 
of the Manchuria tvpe gave verv good yields. The best of these were O. A. C. 
21 (C. I. No. 1470) and Manchurian (C. I. No. 739). Unfortunately, no variety 
of the Coast type was included in the test. Neither are the results quite com- 
parable with those of the older stations, as many of the varieties tested on them 
were not grown at Rosthern. In_ the summarized digest of Table 9 a more 
direct comparison is made with eight varieties. The best of these again was 
O. A. C. 21, although Svanhals (C. I. No. 187) vras practically as good. Duck- 
bill (C. I. No. 1916), a barley of the Thorpe group, ranked third among the 
varieties compared. Barleys of this group also yielded well at Indian Head. 
Stella (C. I. No. 2678) was fourth in the fist of eight varieties compared. This 
is one of the better hybrids produced by Doctor Saunders. Odessa (C. I. No. 
182) yielded slightly less than Stella. 
Table 9. — Annual acre yields of varieties of harley grown at the experimental 
station for central Saskatchewan (at Rosthern) in -part or all of the five years 
from 1911 to 1915, inclusive 
[Data compiled from the Canadian Experimental Farms Reports] 
Variety 
Odessa.. 
Manchurian 
O. A. C.21 
Black Japan 
Stella 
Mensury 
Taganrog 
Success 
Early Indian... 
Duckbill 
Hannchen 
Early Chevalier 
Svanhals 
Chevalier II 
Beaver 
C.I. 
No. 
182 
739 
1470 
2717 
2G78 
2657 
2721 
2707 
1576 
1916 
531 
2725 
187 
200 
1915 
Acre yields (bushels) 
100.8 
9G. 7 
94.2 
93.3 
83.3 
81.7 
81.7 
58.3 
19.2 
85.0 
81.7 
79.2 
78.3 
71.7 
70.8 
44.2 
55.8 
57.1 
70.8 
49.2 
58.3 
59.2 
49.2 
61.7 
47.5 
54.6 
60. 7 
55.8 
38.3 
73.3 
58.3 
50.8 
59.2 
31.7 
11.7 
67.5 
65.0 
74.2 
56.7 
67.4 
67.5 
75.0 
67.5 
66.3 
67.1 
32.7 
45.8 
66.9 
54.6 
77.1 
53.3 
45.4 
62.5 
74.6 
67.5 
74.6 
67.5 
43.7 
32.4 
53.3 
56.3 
70.0 
72.9 
40.8 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
yield 
(bus.) 
64.3 
73.7 
73.4 
72.9 
66.5 
70.0 
64.9 
43.1 
27.3 
66.9 
64.6 
61.9 
73.3 
62.1 
48.4 
Per- 
cent- 
age of 
weight- 
ed 
103.5 
115.2 
118.2 
117.4 
107.1 
104.5 
104.5 
69.4 
42.7 
107.7 
96.4 
99.7 
118.0 
100.0 
Summarized Digest, Sno\vix(, ttik Relative Performance of Eight Representative Varieties 
C.I. 
No. 
Data shown 
Varieties and percentages 
Variety 
Chev- 
alier 
II 
Duck- 
bill 
Svan- 
hals 
Hann- 
chen 
0. A. 
C.21 
Odessa 
Stella 
Suc- 
cess 
Chevalier II.. 
200 
1916 
187 
531 
1470 
182 
2678 
2707 
/Years comparable 
5 
92.8 
....... 
109.5 
2 
88.1 
5 
109.8 
5 
96.2 
5 
99.4 
5 
64.5 
5 
84.7 
5 
91.3 
....... 
89.1 
5 
100.2 
5 
87.8 
5 
90.8 
5 
58.9 
2 
98.7 
2 
113.5 
2 
112.2 
....... 
117.1 
2 
112.2 
2 
102.6 
2 
83.2 
5 
84.6 
5 
91.1 
5 
99.8 
o 
85.4 
....... 
87.6 
5 
90.6 
5 
58.7 
5 
96.5 
5 
104.0 
5 
113.9 
2 
89.1 
5 
114.1 
....... 
103.4 
5 
67.0 
5 
93.4 
5 
100.6 
5 
110.2 
2 
97.5 
5 
110.4 
5 
96.7 
....... 
64.8 
5 
\Percentage yield 
144 
Duckbill 
Svanhals 
Hannchen 
0. A. C.21.... 
Odessa 
Stella... 
fYears comparable 
\ Percentage yield 
fYears comparable 
\ Percentage yield 
/Years comparable 
\ Percentage yield 
fYears comparable 
\ Percentage yield 
fYears comparable 
\ Percent age yield 
fYears comparable 
\ Percentage yield 
fYears comparable 
\Percentage yield 
5 
107.7 
5 
118.0 
2 
101.3 
5 
118.3 
5 
103.6 
107.1 
5 
69.5 
5 
155.1 
5 
169.9 
2 
120.2 
5 
170.3 
5 
149.2 
6 
Success... 
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