TESTS OF BAELEY VARIETIES IN AMERICA 
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LIND, WASH. 
The yields of barley at the Adams Branch Experiment Station at Lind, Wash., 
were obtained in cooperation with the Washington Agricultural Experiment 
Station until the end of 1920 and through the courtesy of that station in 1921. 
These yields for the 5-year period from 1917 to 1921, inclusive, are shown in 
Table 71. Only two varieties, Coast (C. I. No. 1249) and White Smyrna (C. 
I. No. 910), were grown for the entire period. Coast was only slightly superior, 
with no significant difference, as its average yield was 13.8 bushels, as compared 
to 13.3 bushels for White Smyrna. The 2-rowed varieties, Hannchen (C. I. 
No. 531) and White Smyrna, are usually successful sorts in the same general 
localities, but Hannchen was surpassed by the other four varieties grown at this 
station from 1917 to 1919, inclusive. The two hooded barleys Eureka (C. I. 
No. 1250) and Excelsior (C. I. No. 1248) produced the lowest yields in 1917 and 
were discarded after that year. Meloy (C. I. No. 1176) and Himalaya (C. I. 
No. 620) were grown for the four years from 1918 to 1921, inclusive. Meloy 
was exceeded only by Coast in those years. This is a hooded hulled variety 
that has yielded well in recent years at a number of the western stations. Trebi 
(C. I. No. 936), which was grown in 1918 and 1919, was exceeded by both Coast 
and Meloy. Horsford (C. I. No. 1775) yielded 20.1 bushels in 1919, the highest 
that vear, but was superior only to Himalaya the two following years. 
The three winter barleys. Winter Club (C. I. No. 592), Hybrid (C. I. No. 
3168), and Wisconsin Winter (C. I. No. 519), grown in 1918 and 1919, were very 
low in productivity. At Pullman both Winter Club and Wisconsin Winter 
were superior in yield, but it is evident that in this section of W^ashington the 
winters are too severe for the successful cultivation of these varieties. 
Of the barleys tested at Lind three varieties of entirely different types did 
almost equally well. Coast, the 6-rowed bearded sort, is the one commonly 
grown in this section. White Smyrna, a 2-rowed bearded variety, has produced 
high yields at a number of western stations, but it has not gained a wide com- 
mercial reputation, because of its short straw and general appearance which 
are very much against it. Meloy, a 6-rowed hooded hull-less variety, has been 
only recently tested, but from its behavior at the various stations where it is 
grown it is likely that it will prove valuable in this section. 
Table 71. — Annual acre yields of varieties of barley grown at the Adams Branch 
Experiment Station, Lind, Wash., in part or all of the five years from 1917 to 
1921, inclusive 
[Data obtained in cooperation with or through the courtesy of the Washington Agricultural Experiment 
Station] 
Variety 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yields (bushels) 
Years 
grown 
Aver- 
age 
yield 
(bus.) 
Percent- 
age of 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
weighted 
mean 
Club Mariout 
932 
1249 
1247 
531 
910 
1250 
1248 
936 
1176 
620 
592 
3168 
519 
1775 
13.9 
15.0 
13.3 
12.5 
16.2 
8.2 
8.0 
7.0 
6.4 
6.4 
6.0 
7.4 
13.1 
18.6 
16.7 
15.6 
15.0 
3 
5 
3 
3 
5 
1 
1 
2 
4 
4 
2 
1 
2 
3 
11.3 
13.8 
12.1 
11.4 
13.3 
8.2 
8.0 
11.8 
13.0 
10.1 
6.5 
1.3 
6.4 
14.8 
104.6 
Coast 
12.1 
16.9 
121.1 
Blue 
112.0 
Hannchen 
105.6 
White SmjTna.. — . . .. 
11.2 
16.7 
116.7 
Eureka 
66.1 
Excelsior 
: 
64.5 
Trebi 
6.5 
5.8 
6.4 
2.8 
1.3 
2.2 
17.1 
17.9 
13.4 
10.2 
114.6 
Meloy .. ... 
11.2 
9.2 
17.0 
11.5 
117.1 
Himalaya 
91.0 
Winter Club (fall sown) 
Hybrid (fall sown) 
63.1 
24.5 
10.6 
20.1 
62.1 
Horsford 
10.8 
13.4 
104.2 
MORO, OREG. 
Varietal experiments with barley were conducted at the Sherman County 
Branch Station, Mord, Oreg., in cooperation with the Oregon Agricultural Exper- 
iment Station from 1910 to 1921, inclusive. The annual yields are reported in 
Table 72. Of the five groups compared, the Coast was far superior to the Hanna, 
which ranked second. The Tennessee Winter group was third, Manchuria 
fourth, and Hull-less fifth. No yields were recorded for the Tennessee Winter 
varieties in 1913. It is probable that they winterkilled that year. If so, this 
would lower the place of rank of the group. 
