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average yields from the two dates of seeding varied from 18.7 to 25.5 
bushels to the acre. 
The same varieties were grown in 1909 as in 1908. The growth in 
the fall of 1908 was small. There was some damage from the blow- 
ing of the soil the following spring, for the most part at one end of 
all the plats. For this reason only a part of each plat was harvested 
and the yield determined therefrom. The yields were considerably 
higher than in 1908, ranging from.31.5 to 44.5 bushels. -A view of 
the winter-wheat plats after harvest in 1909 is shown in figure 5. 
In the fall of 1909 the number of varieties was increased to 14 by 
including 7 which had made a particularly favorable showing in 
nursery plats the previous season. These latter were grown on 
fiftieth-acre plats, while the other varieties were grown on tenth-acre 
plats. The preparation of the soil and the date and rate of seeding 
Fic. 5.—Winter-wheat plats on the Belle Fourche Experiment Farm after harvest in 1909. 
were the same for all plats, however, so that the yields are compa- 
rable. One of the strains of Turkey, C. I. No. 3055, did not germi- 
nate, but all the other varieties germinated well and made a little 
growth before winter. The following spring there was some damage 
from the blowing of the soil, but the winter survival was fairly good, 
and quite favorable yields were obtained. 
In 1911 and 1912, as previously stated, failures were recorded from 
all of the varieties of winter wheat. In the fall of 1912 eleven varie- 
ties were sown under favorable conditions. Three fiftieth-acre plats 
of each variety were sown instead of a single tenth-acre plat, as in pre- 
vious years. The growth during the fall was particularly good, and — 
as the winter was mild there was practically no winterkilling. The 
rainfall during the growing season was sufficient for crop growth, 
so that yields ranging from 35 to 39.4 bushels to the acre were 
