CEREALS AT THE AKRON FIELD STATION 4] 
Table 21 shows that good yields of oats were obtained from the 
early varieties in 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1915, and 1920. 
Fair yields were produced in 1913, 
1921, and 1922 and poor yields or 
failures resulted in the other years. 
In 1909, 1911, 1918, and 1920 the 
midseason and late varieties were 
somewhat favored by late rains 
and produced higher yields than 
the early varieties. 
In most years when the rainfall 
was low the early varieties out- 
yielded the later ones. The Kher- 
son (C. J. No. 459) has produced 
the highest average acre yield, 
33.2 bushels, during the 15-year 
period. This is the only early 
oat grown throughout the entire 
period. The average date of ma- 
turity is July 17, the average height 
28 inches, average bushel weight 
31 pounds, and average acre yield 
of straw 1,295 pounds. A panicle 
and spikelets of Kherson oats are 
shown in Figure 18. 
Two midseason varieties grown 
in all years, Swedish Select and 
Colorado No. 37, yielded about 
4 bushels less. They headed and 
matured 10 to 12 days later than 
Kherson and averaged 3 inches 
taller. The bushel weight was 33 
pounds, as compared with 31 
pounds for Kherson. The yield of 
straw was considerably greater 
than that of Kherson, being 1,578 
pounds to the acre for Colorado 
No. 37 and 1,616 pounds for 
Swedish Select. The greater 
height and higher yield of straw 
produced by these varieties about 
equalize the 4-bushel advantage 
in yield of grain in favor of Kher- 
son. The average yields of the 
three varieties grown during the 
15-year period are shown graphic- 
ally in Figure 19. 
Colburt (C. I. No. 2019), a se- 
lection from Burt, has produced 
ae yields during the 11 years it 
as been grown in plats. It ranks 
next to Kherson in yield during 
Fic. 18.—Panicle and spikelets of the Kherson 
oat, the leading variety at the Akron Field 
Station 
this period. This selection is unlike most Burt strains, in that the 
kernels are brown or black in color and the strain breeds compar- 
