00 BULLETIN 33, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
the Kherson by the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station and 
the Sixty-Day by the United States Department of Agriculture. The 
Kherson, as shown in Table XIII, has outyielded the Sixty-Day in 
all years except one, and for the 7-year period from 1907 to 1913 
has exceeded it in yield by over 13 per cent. 
THE LATE GROUP. 
Late varieties of oats are not well adapted to western North 
Dakota. When not damaged by hail, drought, or frost, they yield 
fairly well. Those who wish their oats to mature after the wheat 
crop is harvested may prefer to grow the later varieties. One variety, 
the White Russian (C. I. No. 551), has been continued in the trial at 
Dickinson. The original seed was obtained from the North Dakota 
Agricultural Experiment Station at Fargo. It is a tall oat, pro- 
ducing a heavy, rank growth. The panicle is large, long, and one 
sided. (Fig. 5.) The grain is white, long, but Well filled and plump. 
Unless late oats best fit the system of management on the individual 
farm, their growth should be discouraged in western North Dakota. 
MISCELLANEOUS DATA ON OATS. 
Some of the more significant data on the varieties of oats included 
in Table XIII are given in Table XIV. This table shows the com- 
parative behavior of the different varieties during the growing sea- 
son, as well as the yield of straw, weight per bushel, height, etc.. 
which are important factors to be considered in making a compari- 
son between different varieties. 
TABLE XIV.—Average miscellaneous data for nine varieties of oats grown at the 
Dickinson substation for periods of three to six years (1907 to 1913). 
[Superior index figures indicate the number of years in which the data were obtained when this number is 
less than the number cf years in which the variety was grown. ]} 
_ Growth factors (data for 1912 not | 
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Medium early: Days. ‘Dauss\ In. | Bu. | Cut. Lbs. 
656 Early Mountain.; 7 | July 10/ Aug. 13 | 117 | 34 34 | £542,000 | 54.1 | 624.6 | 34.8 
495 Golden Rain..... Ta eulys | edos es 115 | 33 37 | 4512,000 | 50.8 |° 25.4 | 37.8 
550 Mictonys- 2 as in| MOU ya == d Osea Ye UG ia 37 | 3460,000 | 53.9 | 424.6 | 37.3 
658 Big Wore. anes e Se yo eles Os see 117 33 34 | 3449 000 | 50. 7-| 423.0 | 35.6 
134 Swedish Select. - 6| July 9} Aug. 12) 116; 33 | 536 | £512,000 | 47.4 |521.1) 34.5 
Medium late: 
160 Banners. 5-- = 6 | July 14) Aug. 1%) 123 | 36 35 | 3422,000 | 49.5 te 27.5 | 34.6 
Early: | 
459 Kherson!s2-e--- = 7| July 2) Aug. 1} 104 30 29 | $545,000 | 51.9 | 19.0] 33.6 
165 Sixty-Day..-..-.- 6 | July 1) July 3% 103 | 30 27 |.4649,000 | 41.3 | > 16.3 33. 4 
Late: | 
551 White SUES = 5) | July 17 | Aug. 24 128 | 38 36 | 2443,600 | 44.6 23.5 | 36.9 
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