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and McCh-mont (C. I. No. 2126), were grown in 1920 and 1921. Trebi pro- 
duced the highest average of all varieties for these two years and McClymont, a 
local barley, was second. Mancluiria (C. I. No. 2330), grown in 1921, was 
superior only to liorsford and White Smyrna. Although it exceeded White 
Smyrna in this one year, it is apparent that when grown for several years the 
barleys of the Manchuria group can not compete with such varieties as Coast, 
Stavropol, or White ►Smyrna which are adapted to more arid regions. 
There is no doubt as to the types of barley best suited to this section. White 
Smyrna is a high-yielding variety, but both Coast and Stavropol yield almost 
equally well and are preferable for general cultivation. They are the common 
barleys grown here. 
MITCHELL, NEBR. 
The records of yields of varieties of barle^^ grown at the Scottsbluff Experiment 
Farm, Mitchell, Nebr., during the years 1914 to 1919, inclusive, were received 
through the courtesy of the Office of Western Irrigation Agriculture and are re- 
ported in Table 50. In 1914 12 varieties were tested, all of which v/ere continued 
through 1916 with the exception of White Smyrna (C. I. No. 195). In 1915 this 
variety produced a relatively poor yield, 63.2 bushels, when all the other varieties 
yielded from 77.6 to 103.1 bushels. Of the 11 varieties grown duringthe years 1914 
to 1916, inclusive. White Moravian (C. I. No. 977) ranks first. This is a 2-rowed 
barley of the Hanna group. Barbary (C. I. No. 695), a Coast barley, ranks next. 
It was continued through 1919, with an average yield of 68.1 bushels for the six 
years of the experiment. Barbary was the only variety grown for this entire 
period. Han River (C. I. No. 206) was third in rank for the three years 1914, 
1915, and 1916. Svanhals (C. I. No. 187) was also a high-yielding sort for these 
years, but was exceeded in 1917 and 1918 by both Barbary and Trebi. The 
latter was introduced in 1917 and was continued through 1919. It produced the 
highest yield of any variety grown in the comparable years. Trebi, both in these 
and other tests at Scottsbluff, was so evidently a superior sort that it was dis- 
tributed to farmers. On the farms it has given even better relative yields, and 
according to James A. Holden, superintendent of the Scottsbluff farm, 85 per 
cent of the acreage in that vicinity is of Trebi. Yields of 75 to 80 bushels to the 
acre are not uncommon. 
Both the Coast and 2-rowed types have yielded well here, but the 6-rowed 
barleys are the ones usually grown. 
Table 50. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Scottsbluff Experi- 
ment Farm, Mitchell, Nebr., in part or all of the six years from 1914- to 1919, 
inclusive 
[Data furnished through the courtesy of the Office of Western Irrigation Agriculture] 
Variety 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yields (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
5ield 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
weighted 
mean 
531 
977 
680 
187 
195 
20(3 
695 
90 
848 
690 
261 
244 
2S01 
936 
595 
M.8 
91.6 
61.0 
64.0 
65.1 
72.9 
72.2 
29.1 
62.8 
49.7 
53.9 
37.0 
103.1 
102.2 
90.1 
77.6 
53.2 
102.0 
101.0 
100.5 
99.8 
97.6 
93.6 
88.5 
40.5 
37.0 
47.1 
67.8 
3 
3 
4 
5 
2 
3 
6 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
1 
3 
1 
65.1 
76.9 
63.6 
65.3 
59.1 
74.1 
68.1 
62.3 
66.5 
60.9 
62.7 
57.8 
44.4 
70.7 
46.5 
98.8 
116.7 
Franconiau 
56.2 
60.4 
97.4 
56.9 
99.5 
White Smyrna 
Han River 
78.0 
47.4 
49.3 
57.4 
36.8 
35.3 
40.7 
47.9 
44.4 
112.4 
63.2 
71.2 
51.7 
104.8 
94.5 
Scotch 
" 
100.9 
Coast 
92. 4 
Club Mariout 

95. 1 
87.7 
96.5 
Trebi 
79.4 
46.5 
79.5 
53.2 
114.4 
Nepal 
76.1 
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MANHATTAN, KANS. 
The barley yields at Manhattan, Kans., were obtained in cooperation with the 
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. Several varieties were grown in ])lat 
tests at this station in periods of varying length during the years 1903 to 1912, 
inchisive. The varieties were not sufficient in number and were not grown in 
plats for a period of sufficient length to be of value in this discussion. Ten- 
