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BULLETIN 877, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table I. — Descriptions of 154 introductions of Australian wheats and yields of those 
grown in nursery experiments at the Sherman County Branch Station, Moro, Oreg., 
and at the Plant Introduction Station, Chico, Calif., in the years 1917, 1918, and 
1919 — Continued. 
Serial No. 
Variety. 
Description. 
Yield per acre (bushels). 
C.I. 
S.P.I. 
Sherman County 
Branch Station. 
Plant Introduc- 
tion Station. 
Class. 
Spike. 
Glumes. 
Ker- 
ne.s. 
1917 
1918 
1919 
Aver- 
age. 
1918 
1919 
Aver- 
age. 
5131 
"45142' 
45143 
45144 
45145 
45146 
45147 
45148 
45149 
45150 
45151 
45566 
46794 
46795 
46796 
Havnes Bluestem. . . 
Thew 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
D 
CS 
CS 
CS 
D 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
CS 
R 
W 
R 
R 
W 
5132 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
G W 
G W 
G W 
G W 
5133 
Cedar 
a 1.2 
646.0 
5134 
5135 
American No. 8 
Marshall's No. 3 
Indian Runner 
Warren 
25.0 
633.0 
17.8 
C21.4 
24.7 
5136 
5137 
Al 
Al 
A 
A 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
Al 
G W 
G Br 
G W 
G W 
G W 
G W 
G W 
G W 
G W 
G W 
G W 
G W 
G W 
Pu W 
G Br 
G Br 
G W 
G W 
G W 
W 
W 
w 
w 
w 
w 
w 
w 
w 
w 
w 
w 
w 
w 
R 
w 
w 
w 
w 
a 5. 4 
a 8. 5 
14.41 
5138 

20. 
5139 
5140 
King's Early 
9.5 
c36.5 
20.1 
cl4.8 
658.6 
20.0 
5978 
a. 6 
628.0 
14.2 
26.9 
a 5.0 
5979 
Comeback 
17.0 
17.8 
23.6 
12.6 
11.2 
17.3 
5980 
Firbank 
16.0 
5981 
25.4 
5982 
Marshall's No. 3 
Rvmer 
5983 
^25. 2 
636.0 
5984 
l 
5985 
5986 
Yandilla King 
a. 5 
64? 
5987 
7.4 
6135 
6219 
Federation 
6220 
6221 
6253 
a Poor stand. 
6 Adjacent to vacant or thin rows. 
RESULTS AT MORO. 
Average for 1917 and 1918. 
The Sherman County Branch Station is located in Sherman 
County, Oreg., on the rolling hills of the Columbia Basin, at an alti- 
tude of 1,800 feet. The soil is a fine silt loam, classed as Yakima 
silt loam. It is characteristic of a large portion of the Columbia 
Basin. The average annual precipitation during the 14 years from 
1905 to 1919 was only 11.58 inches. The distribution of the precipi- 
tation, however, usually is favorable for wheat production, nearly 
all the rain falling during the months from September to June. 
July and August are practically rainless. Alternate cropping and 
summer fallowing is the common practice for wheat production. 
In Table I the yields at Moro are computed from single 16-foot 
rows in 1917 and 1918 and from triplicate 32-foot rows in 1919. 
Of the Australian wheats grown at Moro, 11 varieties exceeded 20 
bushels per acre in average yield during the 3-year period from 1917 
to 1919, inclusive. All three Federation wheats (Federation, Hard 
Federation, and White Federation) are in this group, Federation, 
C. I. No. 4734, leading, with an average yield of 23.2 bushels. The 
yields of the single-rod rows in 1917 and 1918 may not be very im- 
portant. In 1919 the experiment was on very uniform ground, a good 
stand of all varieties was obtained, and it is believed that the com- 
