TESTS OF BARLEY VARIETIES IN AMERICA 
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EUREKA, S. DAK. 
Tests of barley varieties were carried on at the substation at Eureka, S. Dak., 
in cooperation with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station for 11 
years, 1909 to 1919, inclusive. In at least two of the years 1909, 1910, and 1911 
17 varieties were tested (Table 43). The yields for 1909 were very good. The 
crop of 1911 was a total failure. Only three varieties were tested for more than 
five years. In four of the seven years in which Gatami (C. I. No. 575) and 
Hannchen (C. I. No. 531) were both grown Hannchen was superior to Gatami. 
Gatami excelled Manchuria (C. I. No. 2-44) in four of the seven comparable 
years. Under favorable seasonal conditions, however, Manchuria produced 
much more than Gatami, so that the average production of Manchuria for the 
seven years was greater than that of Gatami. White Smyrna (C. I. No. 195) 
was better than Hannchen in two out of four comparable years and exceeded 
Manchuria in all of them, but these were not favorable years. Odessa (C. I. 
No. 182), which was also grown four years, was better than Manchuria in two 
of these years and superior to Hannchen in three of them. White Smyrna, 
comparable with Odessa for only three years, exceeded it in two of the three. 
Eureka is in a district where there is a high premium on early maturity. In 
years of adequate rainfall barleys of the Manchuria type produced good yields. 
The conditions which were favorable to the 2-rowed barleys in western North 
Dakota obviously extended into South Dakota. This is reflected in the high 
yield of Hannchen. In years of low yield, that is, in years of low rainfall, such 
varieties as White Smyrna and Gatami are most likely to produce grain. It is 
entirely possible that even a small return in these years may be more valuable 
than a higher return from other varieties in the good years. The early-season 
varieties are more likely to produce feed in all years. 
Table 43. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Eureka {S. Dak.) 
substation in some of the 11 years from 1909 to 1919, inclusive 
[Data obtained in cooperation with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station] 
Variety 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yields (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
yield 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
weighted 
mean 
241 
244 
1146 
182 
27 
200 
48 
24 
34 
203 
531 
31 
532 
529 
47 
575 
195 
30.9 
31.2 
33.3 
29.5 
32.1 
31.0 
26.2 
18.7 
23.1 
18.7 
29.6 
27.5 
18.7 
28.3 
27.1 
5.1 
6.0 
2.7 
5.2 
8.0 
.3 
1.3 
4.3 
3.3 
3.1 
3.8 
12.2 
1.7 

3.9 
7.3 
7.2 

















3 
11 
I 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
11 
3 
3 
3 
3 
8 
5 
12.0 
19.5 
12.0 
10.9 
13.4 
10.4 
9.2 
7. 7 
8.8 
7.3 
23.0 
13.2 
6.8 
9.4 
10.3 
18.6 
6.S 
122.4 
Do. - 
2.6 
6.4 
22.8 
60.1 
43.2 
27.0 
0.6 
14.3 
139.3 
Oderbrucker 
122.4 
Odessa 
1.0 
18.9 
112.4 
136.7 
Chevalier II 
106.1 
Golden Melon 
93.9 
Hanna 
78.6 
Do 
89.8 
Do 

74.5 
Hannchen. 
Horn.. 
21.4 
16.5 
30.5 
67.5 
33.0 
32.2 
.7 
17.8 
164.3 
134.7 
69.4 
Princess 
95.9 
Striegum 
Crfltami 
105.1 
23.4 
7.8 
11.4 
30.9 
39.2 
16.8 
19.6 
167.6 
White Smyrna.- 
2.9 
16.3 
154.5 
