TESTS OF BARLEY VARIETIES IN AMERICA 
109 
COLBY, KANS. 
Tests of barley varieties were carried on at the Colby substation duriqg the 
four- year period from 1918 to 1921, inclusive. The data found in Table 54 were 
furnished through the courtesy of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. 
Six varieties were grown for the entire period, of which Odessa (C. I. No. 182) 
was the best and Elhs (C. I. No. 2107) almost its equal. Coast (C. I. No. 690) 
and White Smyrna (C. I. No. 195) also produced good yields. It is evident 
from their yields that Manchuria (C. I. No. 244) and Gatami (C. I. No. 575) are 
not adapted to this section. Horsford (C. I. No. 507) was grown only in 1918 
and 1919 and was then dropped, doubtless because it is a low-yielding sort. In 
1921 seven other barleys were tested. Of these Meloy (C. I. No. 1176) was the 
best, being exceeded only by Odessa (C. I. No. 182). Stavropol (C. I. No. 2103) 
produced a yield shghtly lower than Meloy, while Flynn (C. I. No. 1311) and 
Hannchen (C. I. No. 531) followed in the order named. Flynn is a smooth- 
awned hybrid and is one of the high-yielding smooth-awned barleys. Club 
IMariout (C. I. No. 261), Blackhull (C. I. No. 878), and California Mariout 
(C. I. No. 1455) were not outstanding in yield. It is again apparent that the 
barleys best adapted to this region are of the southern Russian, Asia Minor, and 
North African types. • 
Table 54. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Colby (Kans.) 
substation in part or all of the four years from 1918 to 1921, inclusive 
[Data obtained through the courtesy of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station] 
\ 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yields (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Average 
yield 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
weighted 
mean 
\ ariety 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
Ellis 
2107 
195 
575 
182 
244 
690 
507 
1455 
1176 
210.3 
531 
1311 
878 
261 
20.2 
12.7 
8.6 
9.6 
1.5 
7.1 
9.6 
53.6 
42.6 
43.6 
53.9 
49.2 
47.1 
16.4 
20.9 
24.9 
7.1 
19.7 
9.7 
26.1 
18.4 
17.7 
•19.0 
30.3 
19.6 
19.6 
4 
I 
1 
28.3 
24.5 
19.6 
28.4 
20.0 
25.0 
13.0 
10.2 
23.4 
23.3 
20.0 
22.0 
17.1 
17.6 
125 8 
108 9 
Gatami - - 
87 1 
Odessa 
126 2 
88 9 
Coast 
111 1 
Horsford 
48 5 
California I^Iariout 
10.2 
23.4 
23.3 
20.0 
22.0 
17.1 
17.6 
51 3 
Meloy 
117 6 
Stavropol 
117 1 
100 5 
Flynn 
110 6 
Blackhull 
85 9 
88 4 
Table 55. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Garden City (Kans.) 
substation in -part or all of the three years 1919, 1920, and 1921 
[Data furnished through the courtesy of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station] 
Variety 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yields (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Average 
yield 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
1919 
1920 
1921 
weighted 
mean 
Coast -. - .-- --- - 
690 
182 
244 
575 
195 
261 
8.1 
7.5 
6.3 
1.3 
8.1 
13.6 
22.6 
24.6 
13.3 
14.1 
21.4 
28.9 
20.6 
8.3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
3 
1 
16.9 
10.9 
13.1 
7.3 
18.4 
2L4 
109.7 
Odessa . . .-. -. . 
109.7 
Manchuria 
85.1 
Gatami 
57 
33.0 
119.5 
116.9 
GARDEN CITY, KANS. 
The annual yields of barle}^ varieties at the Garden City substation were 
furnished through the courtesv of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. 
These are reported in Table 55 for the years 1919, 1920, and 1921. Only four 
varieties were tested in all three years. Of these White Smyrna (C. I. No. 195) 
produced the highest average yield. Coast (C. I. No. 690) and Odessa (C. I. 
