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yields in Maine, for it will be remembered that the Chevalier barleys were best 
adapted to Prince Edward Island and Manchuria to the mainland of eastern 
Canada, while Hanna was not particularly promising. But Hanna has long been 
known to be a good barley in New England and New York State. In other 
words, the Hanna barleys are adapted to a somewhat warmer district than those 
of the Chevaher type. 
Table 17. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Maine Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station {at Orono) in some or all of the four years from 1886 to 
1889, inclusive 
[Data obtained through the courtesy of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station] 
Variety- 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yield 
s (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
yield 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
1886 
1887 
1888 
1889 
weighted 
mean 
2805 
2657 
2802 
595 
411 
596 
1892 
28.7 
28.7 
23.2 
17.1 
26.5 
21.0 
17.1 
16.7 
19.6 
32.5 
18.8 
24.6 
34.8 
20.8 
33.1 
60.4 
31.2 
34.2 
25.0 
46.7 
■"33.'9" 
""46.'3' 
3 
3 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
22.2 
26.2 
31.8 
26.9 
26.5 
23.5 
42.6 
80.7 
95.3 
Chevalier .- -- 
110.8 
Nepal 
97.8 
96.4 
Black Hull-less 
85.5 
140.1 
DURHAM, N. H. 
Through the courtesy of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, 
barley yields for the years 1908 and 1909 were supplied for this bulletin (Table 18). 
The varieties were not tested for a sufficient number of years to show which types 
were superior. In 1908 the best variety was a 2-rowed brewing barley which has 
not been identified. Seedsmen of the northeast district often sell seed barley as 
Two-Row Brewing. Hanna is more often sold under this name than any other 
varietv, and it is probable that the barley grown in 1908 was of this sort. In 
1909 fiorsford gave the highest yield. This is not consistent with the behavior 
of Horsford at other points, and it is likely that it would not maintain this high 
relative position if it were grown for a period of years. 
Table 18. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the New Hampshire 
Agricultural Experiment Station {at Durham) in one or both of the years 1908 and 
1909 
[Data obtained through the 
courtesy of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station] 
Variety 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yield 
(bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Average 
yield 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
weighted 
1908 
1909 
mean 
Two-Row Brewing - 
3178 
244 
537 
695 
507 
3170 
696 
22.9 
18.7 
12.1 
18.7 
18.9 
2 
2 
20.8 
18.8 
12.1 
5.4 
29.1 
26.1 
18.4 
110.1 
99.5 
81.7 
Nepal 
5.4 
36.5 
29.1 
26.1 
18.4 
131.1 
Caswell 
117.6 
Black Hull-less - - - - - - 
82.9 
KINGSTON, R. I. 
Barleys have not been grown in varietal tests at the Rhode Island Agricultural 
Experiment Station. Through the courtesy of the station a few yields have been 
furnished from barley plats utiHzed in fertilizer and other experiments. In 1910 
a plat of Manchuria (C. I. No. 241) yielded 10.5 bushels of grain. The same 
variety grown in 1913 produced 24.2 bushels and in 1914 12.8 bushels. In 1910 a 
second plat of Manchuria barley produced 28 bushels. These results show nothing 
of the relative value of types of barley, but they give an idea of the range of jaelds 
which might be expected in Rhode Island. 
