CEREALS ON THE BELLE FOURCHE EXPERIMENT FARM. 
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The Hannchen variety, 
which was grown during 
four of the eight years from 
1912 to 1919, is slightly 
earlier than the Chevalier 
II, and it probably will 
yield nearly as well. The 
Chevalier II is a selected 
strain of the Chevalier, de- 
veloped at the Svalof Ex- 
periment Station in Swe- 
den. A field of Chevalier 
being irrigated is shown in 
figure 20. 
The Trebi is the latest and 
also the highest yielding of 
the 6-rowed varieties grown. 
This variety is also well 
adapted to the irrigated sec- 
tions of Idaho. The Coast 
variety yielded an average 
of 43 bushels per acre. This 
variety has strong persist- 
ent awns, which make it 
harder to thrash and less 
desirable for feeding than 
the other varieties. The 
grain has a bluish appear- 
ance. The different strains 
of Manchuria do not seem to 
be well adapted to the irri- 
gated land at Newell, as the 
yields are less than from the 
other varieties. The Man- 
churia barley is the one most 
commonly grown throughout 
the Dakotas and Minnesota. 
The Himalaya (or Guy 
Mayle) is a blue hull-less 
variety, having awned 
spikes. When the amount 
of hull on the hulled varie- 
ties is considered the Hima- 
laya has yielded about as 
well as any of the 6-rowed 
Fig. 
-Heads of two 
Chevalier ; 
barley 
