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BULLETIN 39, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XIII. — Annual and average acre yields of barley in South Dakota in 
varietal tests at Brookings and Highmore, etc. — Continued. 
Eueeka. 
CI. 
No. 
Group and variety. 
Yield per acre (bushels). 
S. Dak. 
No. 
1905 
1906 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 1912 
Aver- 
age. 
Num- 
ber of 
years 
tested. 
105 
576 
575 
531 
195 
Manchuria (Minn. No. 
105) 
32.6 
6.0 

2.1 
10.2 
"iiT 
8.5 
4 
122 
Gatarni . 
23.4 
19.5 
7.8 
1 
20 
Harmrhpn 
31.5 
19.0 
3.8 
7.2 


4 
28 
White Smvrna. . . 
4 
Average 
27.7 
5.7 
13. 9 
110.8 
COTTONVTOOD. 
105 
576 
531 
Manchuria (Minn. No. 
105) 
2.0 
3.1 
3.5 j 


20 
20 
1.3 
2.4 
4 
20 
TTRnnchpn 
6.1 
4 
4.0 
3.3 


1.8 L 
i Average of varietal averages. The average of annual averages is 11.7 bushels. 
2 Destroyed bv cutworms. 
The results reported in Table XIII show that the highest average 
yields in the 8-year test at Brookings, 33.8 bushels to the acre, were 
produced by the Odessa (6-rowed) and the Kitzing (2-rowed) 
varieties. The Manchuria, another 6-rowed variety, has yielded 
better than any 2-rowed variety except the Kitzing. In general, 
it appears that the 6-rowed barleys are to be preferred in eastern 
South Dakota. The reverse is true at Highmore. as the six 2-rowed 
varieties which have been grown for eight years (1905 to 1912) 
have averaged 21.6 bushels to the acre, while the Manchuria (Minn. 
Xo. 6). a 6-rowed variety, has averaged only 18.7 bushels. The 
highest average yield for this period, 23 bushels to the acre, was pro- 
duced by the Bohemian and Hannchen varieties. Figure 9 shows 
graphically the average yields of the leading varieties at Brookings 
and Highmore. The Hannchen has given the best results at Eureka 
in the four years from 1909 to 1912. At Cottonwood only two varie- 
ties, the Hannchen and Manchuria, have been grown. Neither of 
these varieties has produced a profitable crop at this station in any 
of the four years the test has been conducted. 
If it is again assumed that the production of 16 bushels to the 
acre will pay the cost of production, all the varieties of barley at 
Brookings were grown at an average profit of 81 per cent on this 
co>t. while the Odessa variety ( S. Dak. Xo. 182, C. I. Xo. 182) 
returned an average profit of 111 per cent. At Highmore the 
average profit on all varieties for eight years has been only 5 per cent 
