CEREAL EXPERIMENTS IN MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. 
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selectioDs of each have been grown at Arlington Farm each year 
except of the Red Rustproof, of which only one selection has been 
grown during the entire four years. At College Park only one 
strain of each variety except the Winter Turf has been grown con- 
tinuously. Of the latter, three strains have been included. The 
average dates of heading and maturity, height, yields of grain and 
of straw, and weight per bushel of the more important varieties and 
selections at the Maryland station and at Arlington Farm are shown 
in Table XI. 
Table XI. — Miscellaneous data for varieties of winter oats grown at the Maryland Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station (College Parle) and at Arlington Farm, Va., for the years 
stated. 
Group and variety. 
C.I. 
No. 
Num- 
ber of 
years 
grown. 
Average date — 
Headed. Ripe 
Aver- 
age 
height. 
Average yield per 
acre. 
Grain. 
Straw. 
Average 
weight 
per 
bushel. 
College Park (6 Varie- 
ties), 1908 to 1914, IN- 
CLUSIVE. 
Winter Turf: 
Winter Turf 
Winter Turf selection.. 
Winter Turf 
180 
274-1 
203 
Average for group. 
Bicknell: 
Bicknell 
Culberson: 
Culberson 
Red Rustproof: 
Red Rustproof 
Arlington Farm (11 Va- 
rieties and Selec- 
tions), 1911 to 1914, In- 
clusive. 
Red Rustproof: 
Red Rustproof selection 
Winter Turf: 
Winter Turf 
Do 
Winter Turf selection . 
Winter Turf 
Bicknell: 
Bicknell selection 
Do 
Bicknell 
Culberson: 
Culberson selection 
Culberson 
Culberson selection 
Summary of averages for 
Arlington Farm : 
Red Rustproof 
4 Winter Turf 
3 Bicknell 
3 Culberson 
206 
273 
518 
518-3 
427 
435 
274-20 
431 
206-3 
206-7 
206 
273-19 
273 
651 
iMav 27 
i June 2 
1 June 1 
May 31 
May 19 
May 22 
May 21 
May 23 
June 1 
May 30 
May 31 
..do.... 
May 22 
May 24 
May 22 
May 28 
May 27 
May 24 
May 20 
May 31 
May 23 
May 26 
June 28 
..do 1 .... 
..do'-.... 
..do. 1 ... 
iJune 18 
* June 20 
iJune 23 
June 12 
June 26 
June 24 
...do.... 
June 25 
June 11 
June 13 
...do 
June 15 
...do 
June 12 
...do.... 
June 25 
June 12 
June 14 
Inches. 
41 
41 
39 
40.3 
33 
38.3 
34.0 
34.0 
Bushels. 
51.30 
48.37 
43.39 
47.69 
49.88 
46.30 
34.91 
43.59 
40.56 
39! 70 
39.51 
39.15 
39.16 
37.74 
33.39 
41.08 
37.14 
29.14 
43.59 
39.73 
36.76 
35.79 
Pounds. 
2 2, 480 
2 2,640 
3 2, 300 
2,470 
2,150 
2 2, 380 
i 1,820 
2,000 
2,610 
2,680 
2,340 
2,680 
2,250 
1,970 
2,150 
2,330 
2, 330 
1,970 
2,000 
2,580 
2,120 
2,210 
Pounds . 
3 30.4 
3 30.6 
3 33.0 
31.3 
4 32. 3 
3 30.0 
1 2^.7 
27.3 
32.5 
33.6 
29.5 
31.9 
34.5 
34.6 
35.1 
32.0 
33.0 
30.7 
27.3 
31.9 
34.7 
31.9 
1 Data for 3 years only. 2 Datafor 6 years only. 3 Data for 5 years only. * Data for 4 years only. 
The data on the average date of ripening at Arlington Farm (Table 
XI) show that the Bicknell and Red Rustproof ripen about 2 weeks 
earlier and the Culberson from 10 days to 2 weeks earlier than the 
Winter Turf. The data for College Park show less difference among 
