CEREAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE BELLE FOURCHE FARM. 835 
6-rowed variety, produced the highest yield, 8.1 bushels. The yields 
obtained from the 6-rowed naked and the 2-rowed hulled varieties 
were not sufficient to pay for the cost of harvesting. All the varieties 
were a total failure in 1911. 
TaBLeE XIX.—Annual and average yields of 12 varieties of barley on the Belle Fourche 
Experiment Farm, 1908 to 1913, inclusive. 
Yield per acre (bushels). 
Group and variety. cx Average. 
1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 
: 6 years, | 5 years, | 2 years, 
1908-1913.| 1909-1913.| 1912-1913. 
Six-rowed hulled: 
Gartammipeers ape sae BO) RE eels a aaa oaeaee 18.3 Gio" BGR HEE ewe eers Ges L352 
Manchuria (Minn. No. 
1S) oie a ee Ry tl eeeieel lan el eee eee Ti Bal eC SCs | eee pee eget weer eae 
Manchuria (Minn. No.6)} 638 |.._--- 19.8} 5.2 0) 4) Be a EO eases ene 8.2 8.0 
Mian Chita seen ae 643 | 26.0] 17.3 | 4.3 OB ai 76528 ee aces are po oe ae St, | nie 
Od essaernee eer ac a. Sse Sina ey) ee ee Dea 8.1 0 9.8 (al Ses Ome 9.7 9.2 
- Six-rowed naked: 
Nepal ay nite Hull-less).| 262 | 16.3) 9.6] 2.5 CO) See HE cS, ee Nema Ra al cas 
Rie ee male Pye = hel |e T1220" 5-950) 17 0/10.7! 8.9 7.0 6.1 9:8 
Two- eee hulled: 
@hevalierwiie=s == G0) Neaoses Dra 0) 0) 0 Oe Biss so cesooue 5.8 3.4 
Vegi aise ets Sapeee 24 | 29.0 |223.8 |@1.0 0 0 | 10.7 10.7 Goll 5.3 
ID) OR teers ce 203 | 27.9 | 21.4 1.4 0 (OE her aie esl Aes Se uve, Sal Conemn NG nee tliat Se sD 
Eanmnchenties sass en GO ooo e 19), 252 3a 0 OWS peace Sones 7.0 6.3 
Widortie Shoohyyicar), (Owe ae) 1. GIS NGas Seales eoal|seccaslenasen IO eee BC Br ee Sona a 12%, 6) 
a Average af 2 plats. 
In 1912 ten of the twelve varieties which were included in the test 
were grown in fiftieth-acre plats replicated five times. The other 
two varieties were grown in single plats, as there was not sufficient 
seed for the replications. The soil in which the test was conducted 
had in previous seasons appeared to be very uniform, but the growth 
and yield of the barley varieties in 1912 showed great variation. 
This was perhaps due to the drifting of the snow on the plats during 
the previous winter, as the rainfall was extremely low in 1912 and 
shght differences in moisture content were likely to cause considerable 
variations in yield. Many of the plats produced no grain and others 
matured seed only along the borders. The only variety of which all 
plats were harvested was the Gatami, an early black 6-rowed variety, 
which was grown for the first time at Newell in 1912. The yield of 
this variety was 18.3 bushels to the acre. 
In 1913 the barley varieties were grown on land upon which a 
small crop of spring wheat was produced the previous year. The 
soil was in excellent condition at the time of seeding, and germination 
and growth were prompt and vigorous. The rainfall during June 
and July was slight, so that all the varieties were injured by drought. 
A hailstorm which occurred just as the earlier varieties were heading 
severely injured the Gatami and did some damage to the Manchuria 
and Odessa varieties. The highest yields in 1913 were produced by 
