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Both Coast (C. I. No. 690) and ^Tiite Sm^-rna (C. I. No. 195) were spring sown 
for the years 1915 to 1920, inclusive, but were surpassed by the four winter 
barleys for that period. 
Nephi, which is located in an intermountain valley, is evidently better suited 
to the gi'owing of winter than of spring varieties. The winter sorts are some- 
what protected from extremes of temperature and ripen about 10 days before 
the spring varieties, thus escaping the drought which usually begins about 
June 1. 
PULLMAN, WASH. 
The results of barley tests at Pullman, Wash., for the period from 1914 to 1921, 
inclusive, were obtained through the courtesy of the Washington Agricultural 
Experiment Station. These data are found in Table 70. Ten spring and four 
winter varieties were tested. 
Of the spring sorts Coast (C. I. No. 1249) produced the highest average yield. 
Beldi Giant (C. I. No. 2777) was almost the equal of Coast. Following Beldi 
Giant is Blue (C. I. No. 1247), which was grown for the seven years from 1915 
to 1921, inclusive. Club Mariout (C. I. No. 261) ranked fourth m point of yield 
for the four years in which it was grown. All of these four varieties are of North 
African origin. Next in order is Horsford (C. I. No. 1775), which is noteworthy 
only because it produced a higher average yield than White Smyrna. Hors- 
ford, hke Nepal, usually is one of the poorest sorts. Both Eureka (C. I. No. 1250) 
and Nepal (C. I. No. 595), 6-rowed, hooded, hull-less varieties, produced com- 
paratively low yields. 
Of the winter barleys grown for the eight years of the experiments Winter 
Club (C. I. No. 592) ranks first. It exceeded all the spring varieties for this 
period. When sown in spring, however. Winter Club did not compare favorably 
with the spring sorts. Following Winter Club are Wisconsin Winter (C. I. No. 
519) and Maryland Winter (C. I. No. 518). Neither^gave as high average yields 
as Coast or Beldi Giant. Vvlsconsin Winter (C. I. No. 1894) was first tested in 
1919. It was inferior to Winter Club, but exceeded aU other "u-inter or spring 
varieties in the three yeiirs from 1919 to 1921, inclusive. 
While the spring barleys undoubtedly are of more commercial importance, it is 
of especial interest that the winter barleys produce such high yields in the same 
locality. It is seldom that both types can be successfully grown in the same 
district. At IMoscow, Idaho, onl}^ a few miles distant, the relative yield of the 
winter sorts was even higher. It is unlikely that their culture will be greatly 
increased in the near future, as the seeding time is the same as that of winter 
wheat, and labor is not often availa.ble for the extension of the fall-seeded acreage. 
The yields following severe winters drop very low. 
Table 70. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Washington 
Agricultural Experiment Station {at Pullman) in some or all of the eight years 
from 1914 to 1921, inclusive 
[Data obtained through the courtesy of the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station] 
C.I. 
No. 
-\cre A^elds (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
yield 
(bus.) 
Per- 
cent- 
Variety 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
age of 
weight- 
ed 
mean 
Spring barleys: 
Beldi Giant. 
Coast 
2777 
1249 
1250 
595 
1248 
1247 
592 
1775 
261 
658 
518 
592 
519 
1894 
43.2 
49.2 
36.7 
42.6 
40.7 
60.2 
57.8 
45.9 
39.5 
47.7 
58.7 
41.8 
85.4 
89.6 
65.0 
73.5 
68.7 
87.5 
89.8 
37.5 
37.1 
20.3 
16.6 
25.8 
28.4 
16.9 
12.6 
69.1 
65.0 
50.9 
43.4 
79.8 
72.5 
57.9 
59.1 
52.3 
55.2 
33.5 
8 
8 
8 
7 
3 
8 
8 
8 
3 
56.7 
56.9 
40.9 
41.0 
52.4 
55.2 
50.1 
45.4 
52.4 
45.1 
52.0 
57.7 
55.1 
80.9 
108.6 
109 0/ 
Eureka 
78 4 
Nepal 
79.0 
Excelsior- 
91 8 
Blue 
30.8 
23.5 
39.1 
23.7 
30.0 
24.1 
25.0 
26.2 
24.5 
16.7 
24.1 
60.1 
55.4 
55.1 
56.0 
46.0 
61.8 
88.2 
88.8 
93.7 
72. 2 
61.0 
70.6 
65.4 
61.0 
70.2 
91.2 
72.4 
73.1 
53.5 
48. 9 
•38.3 
63.3 
48.3 
53.5 
65.6 
65.0 
75.8 
104 7 
Winter Club 
Horsford 
95.1 
90 8 
Club Mariout. 
98. 1 
White Smyrna 
Winter barlevs: 
Maryland Winter.. 
Winter Club 
Wisconsin Winter.. 
Do 
84.5 
50.6 
68.9 
49.9 
76.3 
59.4 
63.4 
40.8 
24.6 
40.4 
38.6 
47.1 
36.8 
99.6 
110.5 
105.6 
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