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Of the spring varieties tested, Featherston (C. I. No. 911) was the best. 
Manchuria (C. I. No. 3167) and Luth (C. I. No. 908) were second and third, 
respectively. These three belong to the Manchuria group. Hanna (C. I. No. 
319) was the only 2-rowed variety that compared at all favorably with the 6- 
rowed sorts. The barleys of the Manchuria type are undoubtedly the best 
adapted spring varieties for this section. Although fairly high yields were 
obtained from some of these barlej^s, they were usually much diseased and had 
a great tendency to lodge. The use of spring barley is not generally advocated 
in this State. It is rather difficult to draw any definite conclusions from the 
table of yields as to the winter types best adapted to this section because of lack 
of information regarding the identity of the winter selections. In recent years, 
however, Union Winter has proved a superior sort. As Union Winter and 
Tennessee Winter are the most frost resistant of the winter varieties, they are 
likely to be the most successful in this humid region where heavy winterkilling 
is likely to occur every three or four years. 
CLEMSON, S. C. 
The annual yields of barley grown in 1912, 1914, and 1920 at Clemson, S. C. 
(Table 83), were furnished through the courtesy of the South Carolina Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station. Barley is a crop of little or no importance in South 
Carolina. All of the varieties tested were winter barleys and were fall sown. 
Tennessee Winter (C. I. No. 257) is the only variety tested for more than one 
year. Of the eight varieties grown in 1912 Tennessee Winter was outstanding, 
with a yield of 40.3 bushels. Alaska (C. I. No. 534) was second. There is 
little information about this variety, as it has not been generally distributed to 
the various stations. Both Han River (C. I. No. 206) and Greece (C. I. No. 221) 
produced yields of 32 bushels. The other varieties grown this year did not 
seem promising, yielding less than 30 bushels per acre. ^ In 1914 four varieties 
were grown, but since only Tennessee Winter can be identified it is the only 
one included in the table. It yielded 21.1 bushels, which did not compare 
favorably with its yield in 1912. Two varieties, Virginia Hooded (C. I. No. 648) 
and Arlington Awnless (C. I. No. 702), were grown in 1920. Virginia Hooded 
produced a yield of 9. 1 bushels, but Arlington Awnless failed entirely. 
While the varieties in this experiment were not tested for a sufficient period to 
show their relative value, the results in 1914 and in 1920 were not promising. In 
1912, on the other hand, they were quite good. It is the belief of the State 
officials that barley may be grown with success, but owing to the competition 
with other crops it is unlikely to be seeded in any considerable acreage. 
Table 83. — Annual yields of varieties of barley grown at the South Carolina Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station {at Clemson) in 1912, 1914, and 1920 
[Data furnished through the courtesy of the South Carohna Agricultural Experiment Station] 
C.I. 
No. 
Acre yields (bushels) 
Variety 
1912 
1914 
1920 
Han River -_ . . - 
206 
221 
414 
257 
488 
519 
534 
554 
648 
702 
32.0 
32.0 
27.9 
40.3 
29.9 
25.5 
38.2 
28.9 
Greece 
Bestehorn Giant 
21.1 
Winter Club 
Wisconsin Winter - __- - 
Alaska -- - 
Texas Winter 
9.1 
Arlington Awnless 

ATHENS. GA. 
The yields of barley varieties shown in Table 84 were obtained in cooperation 
with the Georgia State College of Agriculture. These varieties were grown during 
the years 1914 to 1921, inclusive. Unfortunately the barns were burned in 1921, 
destroying the entire crop for that year. The college farm at Athens is one of 
the few points in the South where barleys of the humid-winter type have been 
tested in sufficient numbers and for an adequate period of years to make definite 
