TESTS OF BARLEY VARIETIES IN AMERICA 
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EAST LANSING, MICH. 
The yields from East Lansing, Mich., given in Table 23, were furnished 
through the courtesy of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. They 
cover the six years from 1916 to 1921, inclusive. The results are best considered 
in two periods. During the three years, 1916 to 1918, inclusive, the yields of 13 
varieties are reported. Hannchen (C. I. No. 531) was the best of the varieties 
grown for the three years, Chevaherll (C. I. No. 200) and Princess (C. I. No. 529) 
were equalin yield, and Svanhals (C. I. No. 187) ranked fourth. Gold (C. I. No. 
1145) was highly productive for the two years in which it was grown. Od,er- 
brucker (C. I. No. 1273), which was grown in 1917 and 1918, was the only variety 
of the Manchuria type included. In 1917 it was the second highest variety. In 
1918 it was relatively inferior. During the years from 1919 to 1921, inclusive, a 
number of selections were grown. Since Gold is a Swedish variety, originating 
from a single plant, it is likely that the three selections of this variety were 
identical. Oderbrucker (C. I. No. 1273) was supposed to be pedigreed. The 
selections from Crawford, a local Michigan barley, were uniformly good. The 
selections from Gold were slightly inferior to Crawford, while Charlottetown 80 
(C. I. No. 2732) was shghtly less pi'omising than Gold. The Oderbrucker and 
Manchuria varieties were slightly less than average in yield. In that section of 
Michigan in which East Lansing is located it is apparent that the Manchuria 
barleys are not so dominant as they were in Ohio, Indiana, or Ontario. Condi- 
tions in this section of Michigan are perhaps more Hke those in New York State, 
where barleys of the Hanna type are about on a par with those of the Manchuria 
type. However, there are doubtless sections in Michigan in which the Manchuria 
barleys would give higher yields than the Hanna barleys. 
Table 23. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Michigan Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station (at East Lansing) in two or three of the six years from 
1916 to 1921, inclusive 
[Data furnished through the courtesy of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station] 
Variety 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yields (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
yield 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
weighted 
mean 
680 
187 
200 
629 
631 
631 
923 
2809 
702 
2808 
1145 
2732 
1273 
1145 
1145 
1145 
2810 
3138 
3137 
3138 
3139 
2732 
1273 
1273 
1273 
1273 
1273 
3140 
3141 
3142 
3143 
26.9 
31.0 
33.5 
35.4 
44.6 
42.9 
23.3 
21.7 
18.4 
30.1 
21.8 
31.7 
30.6 
29.1 
18.3 
27.6 
29.0 
21.3 
11.3 
20.7 
38.1 
10.1 
33.4 
31.5 
33.5 
38.6 
38.1 
35.4 
41.3 
30.8 
16.3 
14.5 
25.9 
33.3 
28.8 
29.1 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
2 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
26.7 
32.1 
34.2 
34.2 
32.8 
37.3 
27.7 
19.8 
14.7 
25.6 
35.7 
19.5 
31.3 
35.5 
34.3 
31.8 
33.1 
34.9 
30. 1 
39.3 
35.1 
33.7 
32.7 
31.6 
32.3 
30.7 
31.6 
29.4 
34.0 
30.9 
27.6 
93.4 
112.2 
Chevalier 11 . 
119 6 
Princess _. .. 
119.6 
114. 7 
Do 
130 4 
Lion 
96 9 
69.2 
Arlington Awnless 
51 4 
Arizona 
89 5 
Gold -- 
128.9 
Charlottetown 80 
70.4 
Oderbrucker 
113 
Gold 
38.0 
31.0 
27.3 
27.9 
34.3 
29.4 
39.0 
35.2 
27.6 
27.3 
31.5 
31.8 
25.3 
28.9 
27.6 
37.3 
30.2 
24.9 
38.5 
38.2 
38.1 
38.9 
38.7 
37.5 
37.9 
36.7 
37.3 
38.3 
30.9 
32.1 
30.7 
34.7 
30.8 
34.0 
34.2 
29.9 
29.9 
33.8 
29.9 
32.4 
31.8 
41.3 
40.9 
33.5 
36.1 
32.4 
32.5 
33.0 
36.1 
31.1 
29.7 
30.8 
28.3 
28.0 
107.6 
Do - 
103. 9 
Do 
96 4 
Crawford . 
100.3 
Do . 
105.8 
Do 
109.4 
Do 
119 1 
Do.-.. 
106.4 
Charlottetown 80 . 
102. 1 
Oderbrucker 
99 1 
Do.— 
9.5.8 
Do - 
97.9 
Do 
\ 
93.0 
Do .. 
1 
95.8 
Manchuria 
89.1 
Do - 
103.0 
Do 
93.6 
Do 
83.6 
