CEREAL EXPERIMENTS AT THE WILLISTON SUBSTATION. o 1 
an unnamed variety of the Manchuria group grown locally near Willis- 
ton. Since 1910, as noted in Table XVI, the yields reported are for 
a pure-line selection from the original stock of Williston No. 170. The 
average yields of two lots of Manchuria (Minn. No. 6, C. I. No. 638, 
and Minn. No. 105, C. I. No. 643) for the seven years are 37.1 and 36.4 
bushels, respectively. 
The Bernard (C. I. No. 881) is another local variety similar to Man- 
churia. The average yield of this variety for the seven years is con- 
siderably lower than that of the others here reported. 
TaBLeE XVI.—Annual and average yields, growth data, and weight per bushel of sia 
standard varieties of barley grown at the Williston substation, 1908 to 1914, wnclusive. 
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Yield per acre (bushels). turity a 
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Group, Cereal Investiga- 3 ae 
tions number, and vari- l fies iS 3 , 5, 
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Six-rowed: Days.|Days.| In.| Lbs. 
882, Williston No. 1701-.|18. 2.53.7) 6. 7/12. 3/65. 5/51. 3/71. 3/39.9| July 5 | July 26 88 21; 34) 45.4 
638, Manchuria (Minn. 
INOMG) eset oe 15. 7|57.0) 8.1] 6. 6/74. 0/44. 8/53. 2/37.1] July 6 |...do.... 88 20) 32) 44.9 
643, Manchuria (Minn. 
ING@IUOD) asgs Sees ose see 14, 2)49. 4| 6. 7/11. 0/71. 5/37. 1/65. 1/36. 4)...do....]...do.... 88 20| 32] 46.6 
S8l, Bernards -5-2---2- 17.1|52.1) 5.7) 9.8)/62. 9/40. 0/53. 9/34. 5)...do....| July. 25 87 19} 33] 46.6 
INVETAS OS isan ae ee 16. 3/53. 1) 6.8] 9. 9/68. 5/43. 3/60. 8/37. 0 
Two-rowed: 
203 weaning ease see 10. 0/56. 0} 3. 9/10. 6/65. 8/19. 6/66. 7/33. 2) July 10 | July 27 90 17| 27) 47.7 
SOU SUCCESS See ia eee 11.3/46.0) 1.2) 8. 5/68. 3/26. 9/48. 5/30.1| July 15 | Aug. 2 96 18} 26) 47.2 
VAGV OLA CB ayn see ol 10. 7/51. 0} 2.6) 9. 6/67. 1/23. 3/57. 6/31.6 | | 
1 Jn 1910 and succeeding years the yields reported are those obtained from a pure-line selection from the 
original Williston No. 170, a variety of the Manchuria group. 
The average date of maturity of the 6-rowed varieties, as shown in 
Table XVI, is July 26, which is one day earlier than that of Hanna 
and seven days earlier than that of Success, the two 2-rowed varieties. 
The average height of the 6-rowed varieties, 32 to 34 inches, is several 
inches more than that of the 2-rowed varieties, an important matter 
in dry-land farming, where barley and other grain is sometimes too 
short to harvest with the binder. In weight per bushel the 2-rowed 
varieties have exceeded the 6-rowed, the average weight of the former 
being 47.2 to 47.7 pounds, while the four 6-rowed varieties vary from 
44.9 to 46.6 pounds. 
TWO-ROWED VARIETIES. 
The two 2-rowed varieties, Hanna (C. I. No. 203) and Success (C. I. 
No. 891), as already stated, show a lower average yield for the seven 
years than any of the four 6-rowed varieties included in Table XVI. 
The average yield for Hanna is 33.2 bushels and for Success 30.1 
bushels. The Hanna has yielded more than the Williston No. 170 in 
