CEREALS AT THE AKRON FIELD STATION 47 
yielded well in some seasons of exceptional rainfall but not especially 
well in less favorable years. Horsford and Manchuria are apparently 
too late for best results at Akron. 
The yields of the naked varieties, Nepal, Baku, and Himalaya, 
have been less than those of the hulled varieties. Baku has yielded 
nearly as well as several of the hulled varieties in some seasons, 
though not so well as the best hulled sorts. Nepal is not early 
enough to be of value, and Himalaya has been grown for too short 
a time to determine its worth. 
The highest acre yield on fallow during the 6-year period from 
1917 to 1922, inclusive, 22 bushels, was produced by Smyrna (C. I. 
No. 2642) (Table 27). White Smyrna (C. I. No. 195) and Coast, 
a six-rowed barley, produced slightly lower yields. On cornland the 
yields have averaged considerably lower, the highest, 16.1 bushels, 
being produced by White Smyrna (C. I. No. 195.) The average 
yields of Smyrna (C. I. No. 2642) and Coast, however, were less than 
a half bushel lower than that of C. I. No. 195. 
TaBLE 27.—Yields of eight barley varieties grown on fallow and on cornland at 
the Akron Field Station, 1917-1922, inclusive 
Acre yield (bushels) 
Group and variety | rae Fallow | Cornland 
> M 
| | { 
| | | | | 
| __|1917|1918|1919/1920 1921 1922) AYE" |1917/1918 1919|1920|1921 1922] Aer 
| a Nees Shee 
| | 
2-rowed hulled: | | | | } | 
Blackhull._-_________- | 78/21. 2/14. 7|18. 4|15.014.831.8} 19. 3/18. 6] 7.3) 7.414.017. 722.4 14.6 
Orbs so - heions 351/16. 2| 6.8/14. 5/38.813.817.3| 17.913.5| 8.3 4.9/36.2/16. 0111.5) 15.1 
Smyrna Ok boric 2642/20. 1/18, 513. 0129.3 18.632.3| 22.014.0| 8.9 7.526. 7|17.820.1| 15.8 
White Smyrna ____ | 195/23. 9|15. 3/15. 4/23.218.6.27.8)  20.7/15.2) 9.1 6.6/29. 1/16. 8119.5) 16.1 
2-rowed naked: | | | | | 
1S aa Cat eee i 709)11. 8| 7. 512. 3/19.315.114.8| 13.5) 6.5| 4.2) 4.8/18.6|15.1| 8.9] 9.7 
6-rowed hulled: | | | | 
Consett or | 69018. 6| 8.7) 9.3/32.321.929.9] 20.1116. 9) 7.5110. 9/23. 7/19. 7/15.6) 15.7 
Horstord! 2002214175 3 | 877 11.8] 4.7| 8.5/18.716.420.3}  13.4/10.2) 5.8) 4. 7|15.3)17.212.5| 11.0 
6-rowed naked: | I aal gan | 
Cpa eee $95 9.1] 3.1) 9.716.717.0156] 11.9 5.3, 2.9 4.7228 9.610.4 9.3 
1 Yields computed at 48 pounds per bushel. 
The average agronomic data recorded on the eight varieties of 
barley grown on fallow and on cornland (Table 28) show that the 
Horsford, Nepal, and Orel varieties head and ripen later than the 
Coast, Blackhull, Baku, and White Smyrna. The White Smyrna 
strains are shorter than the other varieties, but exceed some of them 
in total yield of straw. The varieties headed and matured at about 
the same time on fallow as on cornland but averaged 2 to 3 inches 
taller. The bushel weight of most varieties was nearly the same in 
the crops grown on the two soil treatments; but the naked varieties 
showed a much heavier bushel weight on fallow, and the reverse was 
true of Coast. Yields of grain and of straw averaged considerably 
higher on fallow. 
