28 BULLETIN 33, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Early Mountain—The Early Mountain oat (C. I. No. 754) was 
obtained by the Dickinscn substation from Oscar H. Will & Co.. 
Bismarck, N. Dak.’ It has been under trial at Dickinson for seven 
years, during which time it has nearly always been one of the leading 
oats in yield. Several pure-line selections were made from this 
variety by Mr. L. R. Waldron in 1908. one of which, Early Moun- 
tain No. 2 (C. I. No. 656), proved superior and was substituted for 
the original stock in the varietal trials. It has given the highest aver- 
age yield of all varieties under trial for the 7-year period 1907 to 
1913; the third highest yield of all varieties tested in the five years 
1908, 1909, and 1911 to 1913; and the second highest actual and com- 
Fic. 5.—Heads of four varieties of oats grown at the Dickinson substation: From 
left to right—(1) Early Mountain No. 2, (2) Victory, (5) Kherson, and (4) White 
Russian. 
puted yields for the 4-year period 1909 and 1911 to 1913. It is con- 
sidered one of the best yielding oats for western North Dakota. It 
has a broad-spreading open panicle (fig. 5). The spikelets, which 
are usually 2-grained, are small and short. The fairly large white 
erain is awnless or only occasionally awned. 
Golden Rain ——The Golden Rain oat (C. I. No. 493) is one of a 
number of varieties obtained from the Swedish Plant-Breeding Asso- 
ciation, Svalof, Sweden, by the United States Department of Agri- 
culture in March, 1907. It has been under trial at Dickinson for 
seven years. With the exception of the first year after introduction 
1The Early Mountain oat was ‘imported a few years ago from the Castle Farm, 
Oberroslau, Unterroslau, Bavaria, and grown by Mr. John Yegen, near Bismarck, N. Dak. 
Will & Go.. Oscar H.* Annual Seed Catalog, 1914, p. 58. 
