CEREAL EXPERIMENTS AT JUDITH BASIN SUBSTATION. 33 
LEADING VARIETIES. 
Table XXII shows that the White Smyrna (C. I. No. 195), with a 
5-year (1910 to 1911 and 1913 to 1915) average yield of 52.9 bushels, 
is the leading variety. The White Smyrna is a 2-rowed hulled 
variety that was obtained from Asia Minor. The head is of medium 
length and the kernels are large. The straw is rather short, espe- 
cially in a dry season, and the heads are often imperfectly exserted. 
The White Smyrna is being increased at Moccasin for distribution 
among the farmers. About 1,200 bushels have been sold. The re- 
sults obtained in other parts of the State agree with those at Moccasin, 
indicating that the White Smyrna is well adapted to the dry lands of 
Montana. 
The Hannchen is a 2-rowed variety, with a narrow, nodding 
head, that has given good results at Moccasin. It is a selection from 
Hanna made by the Swedish Plant Breeding Association, of Svalof, 
Sweden. This variety grows a little taller than the White Smyrna 
and is later in maturing. The 5-year average yield of the Hannchen 
is about 5 bushels less than that of the White Smyrna. 
The leading varieties among the 6-rowed hulled group are the 
Coast and the Mariout. 
The Coast variety is known also as California Feed and Bay Brew- 
ing barley. It grows taller than the Mariout. The head is not as 
compact and the beard is not always entirely removed in thrashing. 
In average yield it has equaled the Hannchen, but the White Smyrna 
has exceeded it by about 5 bushels. 
The Mariout variety has a compact spike and a rather coarse grain. 
As in the Coast barley, the beard sometimes is not entirely removed 
in thrashing. It matures about the same time as the White Smyrna. 
The average yield of the Mariout is slightly lower than that of the 
Coast variety. 
The leading naked varieties of barley at Moccasin are the Nepal 
and Himalaya. The 5-year average yield of the Himalaya, as 
shown in Table XXI, is slightly greater than that of the Nepal. In 
the 7-year averages, however (Table XXI), the Nepal exceeds the 
Himalaya by 2.3 bushels. The Nepal is a 6-rowed, naked, hooded 
variety, sometimes called the White Hull-less. The kernels are of 
medium size and amber in color. The Himalaya is a 6-rowed, 
naked, bearded barley, with bluish kernels. Because of the absence 
of beards the Nepal is commonly grown in preference to the Himalaya. 
The heads of the Nepal have a tendency to break off when ripe, and 
the variety also lodges to some extent in wet years. The broad 
leaves, coarse straw, and absence of beards make this variety a popu- 
lar one for hay production. 
The average yield of the Nepal variety at Moccasin in the five years 
is 30.2 bushels, 20 bushels less than that of the White Smyrna during 
