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it has always been one of the best yielding oats. For the seven years 
from 1907 to 1913, it ranks third in yield. It is first of all varieties 
in yield for the five years 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, and 1913, with an 
average of 56.6 bushels. For the four years 1909, 1911, 1912, and 
1913, it is first in both actual and computed yield. This variety cf 
oats should be better known and more widely grown. It succeeds on 
a great variety of soils. The straw is fine, but very strong. The 
panicle, though small, has numerous dense, erect branches. The ker- 
nels are golden, not especially attractive in appearance, but give the 
highest average weiglt per bushel cf all varieties tested. 
Victory.—The Victory cat (C. I. No. 560) was obtained in 1908 
from the same source as the Golden Rain. Like that variety it is 
a pure line, having been developed from a single plant. It is the 
leading white oat at Svalof. It has been on trial six years at Dick- 
inson, but the crop cne year was destroyed by hail. For the five 
years in which yields have been recorded it ranks next to the Golden 
Rain, with an average yield cf 2.7 bushels less than that variety. For 
the four years 1909 and 1911 to 1913, it has equaled the actual yield 
of the Early Mountain, but falls shghtly below that variety in com- 
puted yield. The straw is perhaps stiffer than the Golden Rain, and 
it can therefore be grown on richer land without lodging. The 
panicle is rather small, but dense, with stiff branches. (Fig. 5.) The 
grain 1s white, of medium size, short and broad, and only occasion- 
ally awned. 
THE MEDIUM-LATE GROUP. 
Only one medium-late variety has been continued in the trials at 
Dickinson. This variety, Banner (C. I. No. 160), requires about a 
week longer to mature than the medium-early varieties. It is an 
old and well-known variety and is typical of the oats generally grown 
in the State. The stock used in the trial was obtained frem the 
experimental farm at Indian Head, Saskatchewan. The yields have 
been shghtly above the average of all varieties tested. While it has 
vielded shghtly more than the early varieties, it should not be recom- 
mended in preference to them, as its later maturity makes it more 
susceptible to less by hail, drought, frost, etc. 
THE EARLY GROUP. 
Karly-maturing oats have yielded well at Dickinson, especially in 
the drier years. The most promising varieties of this group are the 
Kherson (C. I. No. 459) and the Sixty-Day (C. I. No. 165).1. These 
varieties are very similar in appearance, havifg short, slender straw, 
small, open panicles (fig. 5), and small, slender, yellowish white, 
awnless grain. Both varieties were obtained frem southern Russia, 
1 Wor a full discussion of the Sixty-Day and Kherson varieties of oats, see Warburton, 
C. W., “ Sixty-Day and Kherson oats,” U. S. Dept, Agr., Farmers’ Bul, 395, 27 p., 5 figs., 
1910. 
