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the same period. The weight per bushel of the naked varieties is 60 
pounds, while that of the hulled varieties is 48 pounds, so that the 
actual difference in yield is less than would appear from these figures. 
The yield of the Nepal in pounds is about three-fourths that of the 
White Smyrna variety. 
The average dates of sowing, heading, and ripening, and the 
average height, yield, and weight per bushel of these six varieties for 
five years (1910, 1911, and 1913 to 1915) are given in Table XXII. 
These average yields are shown graphically in figure 14. 
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Fig. 14.— Diagram showing the average yields of the leading varieties of barley at the Judith Basin 
substation for five years, 1910, 1911, and 1913 to 1915, inclusive. 
Table XXII.- — 'Average dates of seeding, heading, and ripening , days from seeding to ma- 
turity, height, yield of straw and of grain, and weight per bushel of six leading varieties of 
barley at the Judith Basin substation, Moccasin, Mont., during five years, 1910, 1911, 
and 1913 to 1915, inclusive. 
Group and variety. 
C I. 
No. 
Average date- 
Seed- 
ing to 
ma- 
turity. 
Height. 
Avera 
ge yield per 
acre. 
Weight 
per 
bushel. 
Sown. 
Headed. 
Ripe. 
Grain. 
Grain. 
Straw. 
Two-rowed hulled: 
Days. 
Inches. 
Bush. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
White Smyrna, 
195 
Apr. 18 
July 6 
Aug. 4 
108 
29 
52.9 
2,540 
1,996 
48.2 
Hannchen 
531 
...do 
July 11 
Aug. 6 
110 
32 
47.9 
2,299 
2,456 
48.4 
Six-rowed hulled: 
Coast 
690 
...do 
July 6 
Aug. 5 
109 
32 
48.0 
2,304 
1,995 
46.0 
Mariout 
261 
...do 
July 5 
...do 
109 
31 
46.8 
2,246 
1,524 
46.2 
Six-rowed naked: 
Himalaya 
620 
...do.... 
July 6 
...do.... 
109 
31 
31.9 
1,914 
1,904 
61.0 
Nepal 
595 
...do 
July 8 
...do.... 
109 
32.6 
30.2 
1,812 
1,850 
61.0 
EXPERIMENTS WITH FLAX. 
Experiments with flax were not started until 1911. Flax is not 
grown to any great extent in the Judith Basin. The crop is important 
in the eastern part of the State, although there is not as much flax 
raised now as there was several years ago. It is usually grown in 
newly settled districts, as it is considered a good crop to grow on sod 
land. 
The experiments at Moccasin have included tests of both seed and 
fiber flax. Quite a number of fiber varieties were tested in 1911, but 
as they were of little value for seed production they were discarded. 
VARIETAL EXPERIMENTS IN FIELD PLATS. 
Nineteen varieties of flax have been grown in the varietal test. 
Of these, 12 belong to the European seed, 2 to the Smyrna seed, 4 to 
the European short fiber, and 2 to the European textile fiber group. 
