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BULLETIN" 1334^ U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE 
Table 60. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Montana Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station {at Bozeman) in some or all of the eight years from 
1905 to 1912, inclusive — Continued 
Summarized Digest, Showing the Relative Performance or 12 Representativ^e Varieties 
[Under " Data shown" P= Percentage yield and Y= Years comparable] 
Variety 
C.I. 
No. 
Varieties and percentages 
a 
New Zealand- 
California Prolific 
Svanhals 
Kitzing 
Hannchen 
Manchuria 
Odessa 
Peru 
White Smyrna 
Beldi Dwarf- . 
Nepal 
Himalaya 
2656 
2649 
630 
620 
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8 
112.7 
102.6 
8 
99.6 
116.0 
8 
112.2 
89.3 
100.6 
8 
8 
82.5 
92.9 
8 
8 
81.5 
91.9 
3 
3 
112.5 
129.4 
3 
3 
110.5 
116.5 
101.0 
79.5 
8 
86.9 
8 
100,4 
8 
89.1 
6 
103.5 
91. 4J 82.8 
6 
83.1 
3 
94.2 
3 
100.0 
6 
92.1 
6 
83.3 
6 
85.8 
8 
81.9 
3 
106.0 
90.1 
8 
8 
87.2 
112.0 
8 
99.4 
6 
102.5 
8 
111.6 
92.4 
8 
91.3 
3 
93.7 
3 
103.5 
8 
100.5 
8 
89.1 
8 
97.3 
121.2 
8 
107.6 
6 
109.4 
8 
120.7 
8 
108.2 
3 
109.5 
3 
123.6 
8 
108.7 
8 
96.4 
8 
105.3 
122. 
8 
108. 
6 
119.6 
8 
122.1 
8 
109.5 
8 
101.2 
112.' 
3 
138.' 
8 
110.0 
8 
97.6 
8 
106. 
106.1 
3 
100.2 
3 
106.7 
3 
91.3 
3 
88.7 
2 
165.8 
3 
92.4 
3 
79.1 
3 
92.6 
3 
90.5 
3 
85. 
3 
100.0 
3 
93.8 
3 
96.6 
3 
80.9 
3 
72.1 
2 
60.3 
89.7 
3 
81.7 
3 
77, 
111.5 
8 
99.0 
6 
108.5 
8 
111.0 
8 
99.5 
8 
92.0 
8 
90.9 
3 
108.3 
3 
111.4 
125. 
8 
111.6 
6 
120.1 
8 
125.2 
8 
112.2 
8 
103.7 
8 
102.5 
3 
126.4 
3 
122.4 
8 
112.8 
115.1 
8 
102.2 
6 
116.5 
8 
114.6 
8 
102.8 
8 
95.0 
8 
93.8 
3 
108.0 
3 
128.3 
8 
103.2 
8 
91.6 
109.2 
A comparison of six varietal groups was made, of which Coast was probably 
the best. As only three varieties were included and as this group is comparable 
with other groups for only three j^ears, its relative position is not positive. The 
Chevaher group is second, with Hanna and Thorpe following, successively. 
These three consist only of 2-rowed sorts. The iNlanchuria barleys are entirely 
out of their ecological district here. The hull-less group was the poorest, as is the 
case at most stations. 
In the summarized digest of Table 60, 12 important and representative varie- 
ties are compared. White Smyrna (C. I. No. 658) ranked first. It is to be 
regretted that it can be compared with the other varieties for only three years, 
as it produced an exceptionally high yield in 1910 but relatively low yields in 1909 
and 1911. Svanhals (C. I. No. 187) exceeded all the others compared in this 
table except White Smyrna and was its equal in the three years it was grown. 
New Zealand (C. I. No. 2656), a representative of the Chevalier group, was third 
in point of yield, with Kitzing (C. I. No. 189), of the Hanna group, following. 
These barleys are also 2-rowed sorts. 
Peru (C. I. No. 653), a variety of the Coast group, is fifth. Beldi Dwarf (C. I. 
No. 190), a 6-rowed North African barley, gave an average yield of 106 per cent 
of the weighted mean for the eight years in which it was tested, but it was exceeded 
by Peru and four 2-rowed varieties. As demonstrated at the other stations in 
Montana this section is undoubtedly in the region where the 2-rowed barleys are 
well adapted. At the present time a number of varieties are being tested which 
seem quite promising. Among these are the 6-rowed varieties Trebi (C. I. No. 
936), Flynn (C. I. No. 1311), and Meloy (C. I. No. 1176). 
SHERIDAN, WYO. 
The barley yields at the Sheridan Experiment Farm were obtained in cooperation 
with the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture Investigations. Table 61 shows the yields 
for the varieties grown from 1917 to 1921, inclusive. Of these, White Smvrna 
(C. I. No. 195) was the best, Trebi (C. I. No. 936) second, and Svanhals (C. I. No. 
187) third. Coast (C. I. No. 690) was almost the equal of Svanhals, with Hann- 
