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BULLETIN 1334, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
STORES. CONN. 
The results at Storrs, Conn., were furnished through the courtesy of the Con- 
necticut Agricultural Experiment Station (Table 19) . Few varieties were tested 
for more than one or two years. Barley is not an important crop in Connecticut, 
and the varietal tests have not been extensive. Two of the best sorts were Heil 
Hanna (C. I. No. 681) and Franconian (C. I. No. 680). These are both of the 
Hanna group, and the results agree with those in ^IVIaine. French Chevalier 
(C. I. No. 175) was grown for two years but was inferior to the two Hanna 
varieties. Oderbrucker (C. I. No. 1273) yielded slightly more than either Hanna. 
It would seem that varieties of the Hanna and the ]\Ianchuria types are best 
adapted to Connecticut, while Chevalier and Duckbill (C. I. No. 1916) are but 
slightly inferior. 
Table 19. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Connecticut 
Agricultural Experiment Station {at Storrs) in one or more of the eight years 
from 1914 to 1921, inclusive 
[Data obtained through the courtesy of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station] 
Variety 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yields (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
vield 
(bus.J 
Percent- 
age of 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1919 
1920 
1921 
weighted 
mean 
TTpil TTnnnfi, 1 
681 
244 
175 
620 
1916 
1470 
1808 
680 
677 
1892 
1273 
835 
35.4 
30.4 
29.2 
21.7 
32.9 
29.6 
25.0 
34.4 
21.2 
24.8 
33.1 
46.0 
42.6 
42.6 
4 
1 
2 
1 
3 
3 
2 
4 
1 
1 
5 
3 
41.7 
30.4 
36.7 
21.7 
34.6 
32.3 
29.9 
39.1 
21.2 
24.8 
38.6 
32.9 
117 5 
105.2 
French Chevalier 
44.1 
106.4 
TTimnlHya 
75 1 
Duckbill 
46.9 
24.0 
100.9 
A C 21 
32.0 
35.4 
104 5 
34.7 
47.9 
86.7 
Franconian 
31.7 
42.6 
110. 1 
73.4 
Champion of Vermont 
i 
85.8 
49.7 1 
46.0 
~33.'7" 
37.8 
38.2 
26.6 
26.9 
109.3 
Wisconsin Pedigree . 
100.0 
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ITHACA, N. Y. 
The results of varietal tests of barley are available from Cornell University, 
Ithaca, N. Y., from 1913 to 1921, inclusive. The annual yields are reported in 
Table 20. It will be seen that most of the varieties are tliose which have come 
into experiment stations for testing during recent years. A comparison was 
made of six groups of barley, of which the INlanchuria was the best. The Hybrid 
group gave yields next to Manchuria, the Hanna was third, and the Chevalier 
fourth. ^ Neither the Thorpe nor the Horsford group was promising. In the 
summarized digest of the table a comparison of 12 varieties is shown. The best 
five of these are Featherston (C. I. No. 1120), Alpha (C. I. No. 959), Hancha- 
mont (C. I. No. 1121), Champion of Vermont (C. I. No. 1892), and Trebi (C. I. 
No. 936) . There is very little difference in the yield of these varieties. Although 
the Manchuria group ranks highest as a group, there are three barleys of the 
Hanna type among the five just named. These are Champion of Vermont, 
Alpha, and Hanchamont, the two latter being of hybrid origin. The barleys 
of the Hanna type are relatively better adapted to New York conditions than 
they are to the sections north and east. The Chevalier sorts, which were superior 
in Prince Edward Island and promising in New England, did not produce high 
yields here. The Manchuria barleys, on the other hand, grew exceptionally 
well. The summers in New York are not so hot as in other parts of the humid- 
spring region. In consequence some varieties succeed which do not seem pri- 
marily suited to New York conditions. Trebi (C. I. No. 936), which has done 
so well under irrigation in southern Idaho, has also vielded well in New York 
State. New York is probably at the western edge of that section of the North- 
eastern States where 2-rowed barley can be grown successfully. Because of the 
warmer summers of the valley lands farther west and in the region of Ottawa 
to the north, the Manchuria barleys grow best. 
