48 BULLETIN 1287, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
TABLE 28.—Average agronomic data recorded on eight varieties of barley grown on 
fallow and on cornland at the Akron Field Station, 1917-1922, inclusive 
Dates of— | | Acre yield 
Gr nd variet C.1. | tei Bushel 
cuplandivanety, No. | | Height weight 
| Heading | Maturity Grain Straw 
GROWN ON FALLOW | 
2-rowed hulled: Inches | Pounds | Bushels | Pounds 
Blackness: les ee ee ' $78 | June 15) July 12 25 45 19.3 1, 338 
Ores er ee ee es oe ee eas 351 | June 27 | July 21 25 45 | 17.9 1, 534 
LVN ese ee eee eae 2642 | June 23) July 14 BY || 7 43 | 22.0 1, 388 
\iiov Sheonpeayye | ee te ee 195 | June 24 |_..do___-- 22 44 20.7 1, 321 
2-rowed naked: 
Baki sss a ee Be 709 | June 23 |-_-do--..- 23 54 | 13.5 1, 587 
6-rowed hulled: 
Coasts eo eS ae cee 690 | June 22| July 15 27 34 20. 1 1, 422 
IT OTS! On sees ee eee 877 | June 25) July 17 29 37 13.4 1, 147 
6-rowed naked: 
Nepal ae we ue Pant see ie ea 595 | June 26 | July 19 | 25 57 11.9 | 1, 422 
GROWN ON CORNLAND | 
2-rowed hulled: 
Blackhulleso8. see oh eee 878 | June 18 | July 12 22 44 14.6 1, 012 
Orel asa ke Soc Sa ae Oe 351 | June 28/ July 21 23 45 15.1 1, 145 
SIMVEN Ase ee eee 2642 | June 24 | July 14 20 43 15.8 908 
WihiteySmiyrn aes sea ee IANS). | Abba 253. eo) 20 43 16.0 997 
2-rowed naked: 
1BYF Yap ela ae ae ee ee eee eS 709 | June 24 |..-do__-_.- 20 50 9.7 972 
6-rowed hulled: 
Goast= or ee es. Si Sa a 690 | June 23 | July 15 24 37 | 15.7 851 
Or stond esses ee ee eee 877 | June 25; July 17 26 38 | 10.9 828 
6-rowed naked: | 
INepaliisae sor Se roe 595 | June 27 | July 19 22 54 9.3 968 
1 Yields computed at 48 pounds per bushel. 
NURSERY EXPERIMENTS 
The nursery experiments with barley have consisted of tests of 
varieties and of _pure-line selections. Several hundred selections 
have been grown in the nursery. A few promising strains have been 
isolated and have been grown in plats, and a number of other good 
selections have been increased in the nursery until sufficient seed is 
now available for sowing in plats. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH MINOR CROPS 
The crops of minor importance which have been included in experi- 
ments at Akron are rye, emmer, spelt, proso, flax, buckwheat, and 
grain sorghum. ‘The experiments with these crops, with the excep- 
tion of proso and grain sorghum, have not been extensive. The work 
with grain sorghum at present exceeds that with all the other crops 
named in this paragraph. 
WINTER RYE 
Winter rye is considered much more valuable in this district than 
spring rye, emmer, or spelt. Winter rye was first grown at the 
station 1 1914. Giant Winter (C. I. No. 30) was the only variety 
erown until 1920, when Rosen rye was introduced. Good yields of 
rye were obtained in 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1922. Foir yields 
were obtained in 1920 and 1921 anda poor yield in 1918. The yields 
of rye on fallow and on cornland are compared with the yields of 
other cereals in Table 33, and also eaaieslle in Figure 29. 
