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Oreg. On the dry lands Trebi has yielded well in years when there 
was a fair amount of rainfall, but it seems to be especially adapted 
to irrigated lands. On a farm near Aberdeen, Idaho, a field of 28 
acres under irrigation produced a yield of more than 90 bushels to 
the acre. Trebi appears to do best under such climatic conditions 
as are found in southern Idaho. 
Baker (C. I. No. 975), another selection from the same parent 
stock, has produced high yields at a few stations. 
COAST (C. I. NO. 690) 
Coast (C. I. No. 690) was selected for this discussion, but it includes 
the characteristics of Coast (C. I. No. 626), commonly grown in 
California. For many years it has been the most important of all 
varieties grown commercially in the western half of the United States. 
It has been known as Bay Brewing, Common, California Feed, and 
Blue. It is of North African origin. It is a 6-rowed bearded variety 
with short-haired rachilla (PL li, B). The head is lax but not so 
lax as that of Manchuria, and the straw is much shorter. The awns 
usually emerge earlier and are considerably heavier and rougher than 
those of Manchuria. The awns contain much less ash than those 
of Manchuria, which makes them less brittle. The tissues of the 
lemma are quite tender, and short pieces of awn are left on many 
kernels in threshing. Often where this occurs the lemma is torn for 
a short distance below the tip. Such kernels do not pack closely, 
and the bushel weight of Coast may be low even when the individual 
kernels are plump and heavy. Coast barley requires a semiarid 
climate and for that reason is particularly well adapted to the barley- 
growing sections of the Western States. It is the common feed grain 
of the West, and varying quantities are exported from California, 
where the production is far above the feed requirements. The better 
grades of this barley are in high favor mth European brewers. This 
variety has been widely tested at the experiment stations throughout 
the West and has yielded exceptionally well at Burns, Oreg. (dry 
land), and (under C. I. No. 626) at Davis and Chico, Calif. Varieties 
of this type have been among the better sorts at many of the western 
stations. 
COAST (CALIFORNIA NO. 4000, C. I. NO. 2821) 
Coast (California No. 4000) barley is a pedigreed variety developed 
from Common (Coast) barley at Davis, Calif., about 12 years ago. 
Its general appearance is the same as that of Coast (C. I. No. 626). 
From Davis it has been widely distributed in the California barley 
districts. California No. 4000, according to Prof. G. W. Hendry, 
University Farm, Davis, Calif., is about 10 per cent more productive 
than the ordinary commercial Coast barley. 
SANDREL (C. I. NO. 937) 
Sandrel is a white 6-rowed hulled bearded selection from a bulk 
importation from Moravia. Since it is a barley of the Coast type, 
it was probably an accidental mixture. It differs from most of the 
North African selections in that the aleurone layer is white and not 
blue. At Archer, Wyo., Aberdeen, Idaho (irrigated), and Columbia, 
Mo., Sandrel produced very high yields. 
