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MOSCOW, roAHO 
Table 66 shows the yields of varieties of barley gro'^NTi from 1910 to 1921, 
inclusive, at Moscow, Idaho. Records of these yields were obtained through the 
courtesy of the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station. The high yield of the 
winter varieties shown here is most striking, Moscow is situated in the Palouse 
district, which lies Just to the west of the western Rocky Mountain Ranges. 
It has a mild winter climate, and in the better part of the Palouse district there 
is an average annual rainfall of 20 to 25 inches, with an average of only a few 
inches in the months of April to July, inclusive. The soil, which is unusually 
fertile, is a wind-formed deposit. These conditions are favorable to the growth 
of winter barley's, and it is likely that only the time needed for wheat seeding 
prevents their extensive culture. 
Of the spring-sown varieties introduced into the experiment before 1919 only 
Winter Club (C. I. No. 4SS) was grown through 1921, the others being dropped in 
1920. Of these varieties White Smyrna (C. I. No. 195) was perhaps the best. 
However, a selection of this variety (C. I. No. 910) which was grown in 1920 and 
1921 did not prove to be as high yielding as the others grown in those two years. 
Winter Club (C. I. No. 488), when spring sown, was second, and Hannchen 
(C. I. No. 531) was third in point of yield. Following Hannchen are Chile 
Common (C. I. No. 663) and California Centgener (C. I. No. 3147), both North 
African barleys of the Coast group. Svanhals (C. I. No. 187) also gave a fair 
average yield, but was surpassed by the varieties mentioned above in the years 
for which it was comparable. Of the five springbarleys grown only in 1920 and 
1921 Peruvian (C. I. No. 935) was the best. This is also of North African origin 
and belongs to the Coast group. Trebi (C. I. No. 936) and Baker (C. I, No. 975) 
were second and third in rank, respectively. Han River (C. I. No. 206) was 
better than either Winter Club or White Smyrna in the two years. 
Table 66. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Idaho Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station {at Moscow) in one or more of the 12 years from 
1910 to 1921, inclusive 
[Data obtained through the courtesy of the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station] 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yields (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
yield 
(bus.) 
Per- 
cent- 
Variety 
1910 
1911 
1912 1913 
1914 
1915 1916 1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 1921 
age of 
weight- 
mean 
White Smyrna 
Nepal 
Hannchen 
195 
595 
38.0 
33 8 
47.9 
27.5 
82. 48. 5 
37.fi 
52.5 
84. 70. 3 32. 8 
__ i3.3.3!l4.8 
14.5 
6.3 
10 n 
44.3 
22.4 
37.1 
37 fi 
1 
10 
7 
9 
10 
7 
7 
7 
5 
5 
5 
5 
4 
4 
4 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
4 
4 
4 
4 
51.5 
25.1 
42.5 
54.3 
38.6 
42.4 
33.5 
41.1 
36.9 
20.0 
43.1 
17.0 
31.7 
37.6 
62.1 
67.0 
76.1 
80.0 
74.8 
77.2 
73.3 
62.6 
73.8 
126.5 
65.7 
53Ii43.3 
4881 
3^. 6i53. 3 fiO. 2 
42. 7l 7fi. 4'% 5 
1 
107.9 
Winter Club 
97. 3 60 2160. 048. 5 54. 8 31 s!2(). 5 
77. 6'5i"2 
115 8 
3146 
187 
1877 
3147 
190 
702 
.... 
13.2 
48. 1149. 7 56. 2151. 2114.8' 37.1 
97.5 
38.1 
33.3 
58.7 
51.4 
65.169.4117.8 7.9 
29.8 51.122.2 7.0 
70. 3 59. 8I22. 4 20. 
43. 170. l|23.9 4.7 
9.9 26.6 22.2 6.0 
71. 757 li29 21.fi 
39.8 
1 
107.1 
White Moravian 
.... 
_ -. 
— - 
39 7 
84.6 
California Centgener. . 
33.2 
42.7 
35.5 
35.9 
21.7 
40.9 
39.3 
107.0 
Beldi Dwarf 
96.1 
Arlington Awnless 
.... 
.... 
52.1 
Chile Common 
663 
2147 
112.2 
Wing Beardless.. 
27. 1113. 6 5. 5 
52. 9 21. 5:11. 6 
60.8'40. 71 9.7 
46.7 
Abed 
1389 
3145 
910 
206 
936 
935 
975 
488 
519 
257 
203G 
... -- 
87.1 
Beardless 
103.3 
White Smyrna.- . .. 
76.9 
47 ? 
84.4 
Han River. . . 
77. 5 56. 5 
89. 6162. 7 
91.0 
Trebi 
.... 
.... 

.... 
— - 
.... 
— - 
— - 
103.4 
Peruvian 
87.1 
87.1 
83 7 
72.9 
62.5 
81 9. 
108.7 
Baker 
' 
101.6 
Winter barley: 
Winter Club 
41.0 
102.9 
161.8 
Wisconsin Winter 
40.5 101.3 74.3177.3 
153.7 
1 
26.7 
37.9 
87. 9 60. 8 75. 
88. 6172. 9195. 8 
131.2 
Michigan Winter 
1 
154.7 
1 
The winter barleys mentioned were first seeded in the fall of 1917, being har- 
vested in the summers of 1918 to 1921, inclusive. Winter Club (C. I. No. 488) 
produced the highest average yield, 77.2 bushels, in these years. This variety 
is a superior one here when either spring or fall sown. Michigan Winter (C. I. 
No. 2036) and Wisconsin Winter (C. I. No. 519) follow in the order named. 
Tennessee Winter (C. I. No. 257) was the lowest in rank of the winter sorts. 
Except in 1920 all of the Vvinter barleys were superior to the spring varieties. 
