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BULLETIIT 1334. XT. S. DEPAETMEl^T OF AGPJCULTUEE 
HIGHMORE, S. DAK. 
The yields of barley varieties grown at Highmore, S. Dak., m cooperation with 
the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, from 1903 to 1919, inclusive, 
are reported in Table 44. Eleven representative varieties are compared in the 
summarized digest of the same table. Odessa (C. I. No. 182) was the highest 
j^ielding sort. It was also the best of the varieties compared at Brookings. 
Second in point of yield was Coast (C. I. No. 626). Bohemian (C. I. No. 27), 
a representative of the Hanna group, was third in rank. This variety, however, 
was dropped from the experiment in 1915, thus making it comparable with a 
number of the varieties for only the last four or five years it was grown. The 
crops in two of these years were almost complete failures owing to drought. 
The rank of Bohemian is not so conclusive as that of the other varieties. Follow- 
ing it is Gatami (C. I. No. 575). Although this barley came from the same 
general region in which IManchuria originated it ripens somewhat earlier, thus 
making it more drought escaping. 
While the 2-rowed varieties Hannchen (C. I. No. 531) and White Smj-rna 
(C. I. No. 195) do not rank relatively so high as those just mentioned, they were 
included in the experiment for a longer period than any of the other varieties 
tested and have produced uniformly good yields with the exception of the three 
j-ears of drought, 1911, 1912, and 1913. In 1911 no yields were obtained from 
any of the varieties with the exception of Manchuria (C. I. No. 241), which 
produced only 0.1 bushel. In 1912 and 1913 White Smyrna exceeded all of 
the other sorts in yield. Manchuria (C. I. No. 244) was very low in rank, 
being superior only to Golden Melon (C. I. No. 48), Club Mariout'CC I. No. 261), 
and Horsford (C. I. No. 507). In 1918 and 1919 four promising selections of 
White Smyrna were grown. They were exceeded only by Odessa (C. I. No. 182). 
It is apparent that in moving westward in South Dakota, while Odessa holds 
its position of prominence, barleys of the Manchuria group are no longer among, 
the better yielding varieties. They are superseded by Coast, Gatami, and the 
2-rowed types. 
COTTONWOOD, S. DAK. 
Barleys were grown at the Cottonwood (S. Dak.) substation, in cooperation 
with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station from 1909 to 1919, 
inclusive. The yields during this period are reported in Table 45. The relative 
values of the varieties are difficult to determine. Many of them were tested for 
only one or two years, and these were years of drought. Four varieties are 
comparable for the years 1916 to 1919, inclusive. Of these, Odessa (C. I. No. 
182) produced the highest yield, White Smyrna (C. I. No. 195) was second, 
while Gatami (C. I. No. 575) and Hannchen (C. I. No. 531) were third and 
fourth, respectively. Here, again, it will be noted that two varieties charac- 
terized by early ripening yielded well. Odessa, which was the best sort at 
Brookings for many years, was slightly better than the two early-season varieties. 
White Smyrna and Hannchen have given good results from Highmore north 
and west over a considerable area. 
Table 45. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Cottonwood 
(S. Dak.) substation in one or more 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 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
weighted 
mean 
Manchuria 
241 
244 
1146 
1.0 
2.0 
2.0 
3.1 
3.1 
1.6 
2.9 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
1 
8 
2 
1 
5 
4 
4 
1.5 
4.2 
l\ 
3.1 
2.8 
2.9 
1.6 
11.5 
3.5 
1.2 
16.2 
25. 6 
20.1 
53.6 
Do 
2.6 
0.4 
1.3 
19.9 
0.3 
68.9 
Oderbrucker... .. 
96.4 
Bohemian 
32 i 3. 9 
96.4 
Chevalier 11 
200 
34 
24 
203 
531 
31 
48 
575 
1S2 
195 
3.4 
2.8 
2.4 
1.6 
6.1 
4.9 
110.7 
93. 3 
Do 
3.5 
lai 6 
Do.... 
53. 3 
3.5 
2.2 
1.2 
3.1 
8.6 
18.5 
10.0 
17.7 
24.4 
111.7 
Horn 
125. 
46.1 
Oatami 
6.6 
19.9 
2,'). 8 
5.4 
11.6 
10.5 
25.0 
27.8 
25.2 
23. 9 
37. 3 
25.4 
94.7 
Odessa 
132. 6 
White Smyrna 
19.4 
104.1 
