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No. 105). At Highmore it has yielded practically the same as Min- 
nesota No. 105 for six years. In protein content, weight of grain, 
etc., it appears to be about the same as Minnesota No. 105, as shown 
by Table XV. 
It was introduced from the same region in Russia from which the 
Sixty-Day oat was obtained. Like that variety, Odessa barley owes 
its superiority to its earliness, which enables it to avoid severe con- 
ditions occurring late in the season. For those growers in the eastern 
district of South Dakota who desire an extra-early variety of barley 
the Odessa can be recommended. 
Pig. 
11. — Selected heads of the Hannchen barley (C. I. No. 531), the best variety for 
central South Dakota. 
TWO-ROWED VARIETIES. 
Hannchen.— The Hannchen (S. Dak. No. 20, C. I. No. 531) is a 
pedigreed 2-rowed barley, originated by selection from Hanna at 
the Swedish Seed-Breeding Institute at Svalof, Sweden. It was 
introduced into the United States . by the Department of Agricul- 
ture. The long, slender heads nod at maturity. The beards have a 
tendency to drop off as the crop ripens, so that the crop is some- 
what less objectionable to handle than the 6-rowed varieties. A 
number of selected heads of this variety are shown in figure 11. 
Hannchen barley has been on trial at Brookings and Highmore for 
several years. As shown in Table XIII, it has been the highest 
yielding variety at Highmore and Eureka. At Highmore it has 
