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Two varieties, Manchuria (C. I. Nos. 15S0 and 2820), were grown for the full 
five years of the third period. In 1917 they were both surpassed by Gold (C. 
I. No. 1145). All three of these were complete failures in 1918, and Gold was 
not grown again. In 1919 Manchuria (C. I. No. 2330), a pedigreed sort, was 
introduced and was continued through 1921. These three Manchuria barleys, 
however, were surpassed by a number of varieties grown onh- in 1920 and 1921. 
Club Mariout (C. I. No. 261), a North African barley, produced the highest 
average yield, 42.3 bushels, for those years. Ace (C. I. No. 1853) was second 
in point of vield. This is a 2-rowed variety of the Smyrna type. Following Ace 
is O. A. C. 21 (C. I. No. 1470), another Manchuria barley. Fourth and fifth in 
rank are two 2-rowed sorts, White Smvrna (C. I. No. 195) and Svanhals (C. I. 
No. 187). 
From the results of these three periods it is rather difficult to say which types 
are best adapted here. From the yields in recent years Lincoln appears to be 
on the border between the districts where the barleys of the Manchuria group 
and those of the North African and Asia Minor groups can be successfully grown. 
Table 49. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the North Platte 
(Nehr.) substation in one or more of the 13 years from 1909 to 1921, inclusive 
[Data obtained through the courtesy of the Nebraska 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 
1 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
weighted 
mean 
Coast 
690 
244 
596 
24 
639 
595 
2103 
835 
877 
658 
575 
936 
2126 
2330 
19.0 
19.2 
18.6 
14.8 
15.2 
9.2 
7.9 
4.4 
4.6 
14.7 
1 
6. 3 11. 4 29. 7 
58.6 
25.5 
12.0 
25.5 
40.3 
11.3 
12 
9 
3 
3 
6 
9 
I 
7 
6 
2 
2 
21. 9 107. 4 
Manchuria 
11. 8 106 3 
Black Hull-less 
14.0 
12. 4 108. 8 
.8 3.5 
1.0 8.4 
6. 4l 61. 5 
Beardless 
5.4 
4.3 
8.5 
30.0 
11. 4; 88. 4 
Nepal 
6. 7 60. 4 
Stavropol 
Wisconsin Pedigree. 

5. 2,15. 
.._.|8.7 
27.8 
30.6 
22.7 
58.2 
54.2 
38.9 
66.6 
29.1 
24.4 
24.7 
28.5 
12.0 
5.5 
10.1 
12.2 
23.4 
21.1 
20.7 
23.1 
18.4 
39.0 
27.3 
36.7 
36.4 
24.9 
45.2 
41.3 
10.3 
10.3 
9.2 
7.7 
io.'9 
11.2 
10.2 
24.4 
22.8 
23.3 
29.1 
21.7 
28. 1 
106.5 
93.1 
88.6 
White Smyrna 
Gatami 
— - 
— - 
— - 
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111.5 
71.9 
Trebi 
--- 1 „ 
120.fi 
McClymont 
1 
26. 3I 112. 9 
Manchuria . 
1 
10. 2 101. 
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NORTH PLATTE, NEBR. 
. Through the courtesy of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station the 
records of barley yields for the years 1909, 1910, and 1912 to 1921, inclusive, 
for the North Platte substation are presented in Table 49. As only a few of the 
varieties were grown during the same years or over a long period, a varietal 
digest would mean little or nothing. Only one variety. Coast (C. I. No. 690), 
was grown for the entire period. The five others grown in 1909 were all dropped 
from the experiment by 1916. Two of these, Manchuria (C. I. No. 244) and 
Hanna (C. I. No. 24), are humid-area spring varieties and, as might be expected, 
produced very poor results. The other three. Black Hull-less (C. I. No. 596), 
Beardless (C. I. No. 639), and Nepal (C. I. No. 595), were inferior, as is usually 
the case wherever they are grown. Stavropol (C. I. No. 2103) was introduced 
in 1913 and was grown through 1921. During these nine years it produced 
nearly the same average yield as did Coast (C. 1. No. 690). While somewhat 
different in appearance, these barleys belong to the same ecological group and 
are almost equally well suited to growing conditions here. Wisconsin Pedigree 
(C. I. No. 835), another Manchuria barley, was grown from 1914 to 1921, in- 
clusive. It was surpassed by both Coast and Stavropol for the period. Horsford 
(C. I. No. 877) was grown for seven years, 1915 to 1921, inclusive, but was 
inferior to the three varieties first mentioned. White Smyrna (C. I. No. 658) 
produced the highest average yield of all the barleys grown for the six years, 
1916 to 1921, inclusive. It will be remembered that in the western part of North 
Dakota and South Dakota the 2-rowed varieties White Smyrna and Hannchen 
arc very productive. Hannchen, however, usually ripens a little later than 
White Smyrna and, although not tested at North Platte, probably would not be 
so successful. Gatami (C. I. No. 575) was the poorest sort in both 1919 and 
1920 and was dropped from the experiment. Two varieties, Trebi (C. I. No. 936) 
