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lier. The Chevalier barleys, perhaps, are the least suited of the 2-rowed forms 
for Ilhnois conditions, except possibly those of the Thorpe group. Of all the 
varieties in the test those of the Manchuria group were by far the best. Oder- 
brucker (C. I. No. 836) and Wisconsin Pedigree (G. I. No. 835) were the only two 
varieties which yielded more than the weighted mean of all varieties for the years 
grown. Wisconsin Pedigree was somewhat better than Oderbrucker. Horsford 
(C. I. No. 507) gave a higher relative yield than at most places. With the excep- 
tion of the two Oderbrucker strains, however, the competing varieties were not 
well adapted. 
DE KALB, ILL. 
The reports of yields at De Kalb, 111., shown in Table 26 were furnished through 
the courtesy of the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station. Varieties were 
grown at this point during the same period as at Urbana. Eight varieties v.ere 
tested at De Kalb. As was the case at Urbana, barleys of the Manchuria group 
were markedly superior. In three of the five years in which both varieties were 
grown at De Kalb Oderbrucker (C. I. No. 836) v.as better than Wisconsin Pedigree 
(C. I. No. 835). Lion (C. I. No. 923) gave very good yields for the two years 
grown. This is a black, 6-rowed, smooth-awned variety distributed by the 
United States Department of Agriculture and the Minnesota Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station at St. Paul. The strain grown in Illinois was from a plant selection 
made by the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station from Lion (C. I. No. 923). 
It was sent out by the Michigan station as Black Barbless. The Lion sent to 
Michigan apparently had become accidently mixed or hybridized in Minnesota. 
The plant selection made in Michigan seems identical with the Lion selection 
made in Minnesota; at least it differs so little from the original variety that, for 
the purpose of this description, it is carried under the original name. The Mon- 
tana barley (C. I. No. 3118) produced higher yields at De Kalb than at Urbana. 
Its yields were as high as those of Wisconsin Pedigree in 1915 only. In the three 
following j^ears it was much inferior. 
From the results at Urbana and De Kalb it is apparent that northern Illinois 
is definitely in the district where barleys of the Manchuria type are especially 
adapted. This agrees with the results in the neighboring States, with the 
exception of parts of Michigan. In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin the 
barleys of the Manchuria type unquestionably are superior as far as the varieties 
now known have been compared. Hooded barleys of the Horsford type have 
given fair yields but are undoubtedly inferior to the Manchuria and Oderbrucker 
barleys in yielding capacity. Lion has shown some promise in Illinois and in 
neighboring States. Hybrids of this variety with varieties of the Manchuria 
group have been m.ade at the Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other stations, and it 
is possible that smooth-awned barleys which are white in color may prove valuable 
in this section. 
Table 26. — Annual acre yields of varieties oj barley grown at the Soil Experiment 
Field, De Kalb, III., in part or all of the seven years from 1915 to 1921, inclusive 
[Data obtained through the courtesy of the Llinois Agricultural Experiment Station) 
Variety 
C.L 
No. 
Acre yields (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
yield 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
weighted 
mean 
Michigan. 
2782 
3118 
595 
835 
507 
836 
923 
890 
24.9 
50.0 
21.4 
44.7 
1 
4 
4 
7 
4 
5 
2 
1 
24.9 
36.9 
23.7 
49.5 
41. C 
51.8 
46.2 
30.7 
70.5 
Montana 
34.6 
28.2 
47.2 
32.9 
12.5 
61.6 
42.0 
63.8 
30.3 
32.9 
77.1 
52.0 
73.3 
86.0 
Nepal... 
55.2 
Wisconsin Pedigree 
27.2 
23.5 
34.3 
51.3 
47.8 
51.8 
55 7 
37.2 
"36.'o' 
36.7 
36.7 
118.7 
Horsford... . .. . 
91.2 
Oderbrucker 
118. S 
Lion 
104 8 
SUver King- 
100.0 
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MADISON, WIS. 
Wisconsin is one of the more important barley-producing States of the United 
States. The testing of varieties at the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment 
Station was begun at an early date. The yields shown in Table 27 were furnished 
through the courtesy of this station, in whose reports some of the earlier yields 
