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Table XXXIX. — Yields of the oat varieties grown on irrigated land on the 
Belle Fourche Experiment Farm, 1912 to 1917, inclusive. 
C.I. 
No. 
Yields per acre (bushels). 
Group and variety. 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
Aver- 
age 
1912 
to 
1919 
1915 
to 
1919. 
Early: 
Sixty-Day 
165 
459 
729 
787 
134 
444 
781 
782 
778 
780 
25.0 
30.4 
47.1 
32.5 
34.0 
28.8 
51.5 
75.0 
47.2 
42.6 
47.3 
Kherson 
Albion (Iowa No. 103) 
1 
20.2 
18.1 
39.6 
25.9 
36.1 
41.6 
37.4 
35.3 
Richland (Iowa No . 105) 
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Midseason: 
35.2 
31.2 
33.0 
39.3 
41.6 
42.4 
46.5 
44.7 
50.7 
52.3 
51.8 
54.6 
65.8 
52.8 
61.1 
57.8 
57.0 
77.9 
85.2 
74.2 
79.2 
73.7 
72.7 
52.1 
50.5 
47.2 
48.1 
54.1 
54.4 
56.8 
61.0 
58.2 
Pete Edwards a 
50.7 
56.3 
32.8 
New White Danish 
34.8 
24.7 
42.1 
Late: 
Mammoth Cluster 
779 
551 
300 
43.7 
48.6 
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White Russian 
41.4 
46.8 
33.7 
56.2 
75.3 
63.0 
51.7 
57.9 
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Fig. 18. — Diagram showing the average yields, in bushels per acre, of five varieties of 
oats on irrigated land at the Belle Fourche Experiment Farm for the 5-year period 
from 1915 to 1919, inclusive. 
Table XL. — Average agronomic data of oat varieties grown on irrigated land 
on the Belle Fourche Experiment Farm, 1912 to 1917, inclusive, and in 1919. 
Group and variety. 
C.I. 
No. 
Date of— 
Height. 
Weight 
per 
bushel. 
Yields per acre. 
Heading. 
Maturity. 
Grain. 
Straw. 
Early yellow: 
Sixty-Dav 
165 
444 
134 
551 
July 4 
July 13 
July 14 
July 19 
July 26 
Aug. 2 
Aug. 5 
Aug. 13 
Inches. 
26 
33 
31 
33 
Pounds. 
32.7 
36.3 
34.9 
33.7 
Bushels. 
38.0 
42.7 
42.8 
48.3 
Pounds. 
1,035 
Midseason white: 
1,498 
1,408 
Late side: 
1,793 
Table XL shows the average dates of heading and maturity, height, 
weight per bushel, and yields of grain and straw of the four oat 
