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also, that all of the leading varieties are of the hard winter group and 
most of them were introduced at the station since 1907. 
After ranking the varieties in the manner described most of those 
ranking below the thirtieth position were discarded from the plat 
tests. The others were sown in the fall of 1911. A few varieties 
which are popular with the farmers in the Mountain States were con- 
tinued in the plat test despite their low rank. 
Results vn 1912.—The fall of 1911 was very dry, and seeding was 
delayed considerably. After it had been finally accomplished 
extremely cold weather set in and it is believed that there was a 
ereat deal of fall killing. The winter, too, was dry and cold. As a 
result of this weather a very poor stand was obtained on the plats 
of winter grains, and the yields were low in comparison with those 
of 1911. The highest yield per acre in 1912 was 22.8 bushels for 
Bulgarian (C. I. No. 2048), and the lowest yield per acre was 5.8 
bushels for Ulta (C. I. No. 1489). 
Summary of winter wheat yields—The rank of the best yielding 
winter wheat varieties grown at Nephi from 1908 to 1912, inclusive, 
is shown in Table LX, where they are ranked according to their 
average actual yields. The check plats of 1912 were so badly winter- 
killed that their yields are not dependable for use in figuring the 
computed yields of the other varieties, so no 5-year rank on com- 
puted yields is available. , 
TaBLe [X.—Annual and average yields of 28 varieties of wheat grown at the Nephi sub- 
station for five years, 1908 to 1912, ranked according to their average actual yields. 
Yield (bushels per acre). 
Rank. | C. I. No. Variety. 
1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 | Average. 
il HAS (MRC rim eames se yee ee ee es ak 30.33 | 18.66 | 20.30 | 26.70] 19.50 23.10 
2 DOS ames Giytaae em Sonne Sea Nu 35.00 | 16.16 |115.80 | 221.45 | 22.10 22.10 
3 AAS lah ark fare ee as 5 kee ee ee 26.16 | 19.16] 17.00} 27.20) 19.80 21.86 
4 55 OBB Crimeninee ses Sat Oe) Skee art 29.16 | 14.00] 15.20 | 29.70) 19.90 \ 21.59 
MS SoM PATIL Ayal Te (at uecester se ae Fey ale 28.33 | 21.33} 14.00] 21.00] 22.30 ar 
5 ZOLSm Me UN ATLAT sais ewe Onin Wu ye 32.50 | 13.00 7.80 | 31.20) 22.80 21.46 
6 TENS | A Gloniaiey Wiaboyier es pee ra ee ae 27.66 | 15.66 | 12.20 { 29.50] 22.10 21.42 
7 HAS Dae C rma eaianccsen te Oe ae gee 25.83 | 20.33 |. 15.30 | 25.20) 19.10 Pale es 
8 i yAlee Reet Tsk Cyrene at ee ye RED SS 33.00} 15.33 | '20.50} 14.70} 22.10 PAV ATR} 
9 29 0OaleAlibertar eds S50 oe 34.33 | 14.33 | 12.80] 24.20} 19.70 21.07 
10 HOS om eRe TO [easyer es 4 apne kb yi 31.00} 10.66} 21.20] 20.50} 21.40 20. 95 
11 Le Siima | BUA PAMCSC she cS se ys 25.50 | 23.33 | 12.30 | 24.20] 18.40 20.75 
12 HAS OMIMCTIMCAN snes oo te ee 30.16 | 14.66 | 15.50} 22.20] 19.30 20. 36 
13 11563) | pAWLeIsSem bere’. - 2). o 5 ak. ee 32.66 | 13.83 | 16.30} 20.30] 17.70 20.16 
14 IS OZM BAGS Kase ys ae NOUe Ne Se eS 34.00} 13.00 | 16.70} 17.70] 17.80 19. 84 
15 1756 | Hard winter (Missouri) ......... 32.16 | 17.33 | 11.50} 19.00} 17.80 19. 56 
16 1564s |(MResterbodeneew esa eles 30.00 | 11.66} 18.00] 19.00] 18.30 19. 39 
17 Z0S4 a Ebon eariaim ss see reg 31.82 | 12.50 8.50 | 27.70] 16.90 19.38 
18 1656 | Roumanian...... RNS is ier pha 24.50} 10.00! 15.50) 24.50! 22.00 19. 30 
19 HAS Zale @rimieemis epee rd eo 30.66 | 11.16] 14.50] 22.00] 16.00 18. 86 
20 AS Oa ReWiaierciae Gores veo em NPL 28.33 | 18.00} 17.50} 24.70 5. 80 18. 85 
21 PISA Mialalkotees spay jeces 28 Gees Wee 31.50 |. 11.33} 11.70} 23.30] 15.30 18. 63 
22 iGO ia| HO OTaval Ta et pe ee A hs 22.66 | 15.66 | 10.50 | 27.40| 16.80 18. 60 
23 1783 | Hard winter (Oklahoma) ....... 29.83 | 11.50 9.00 | 25.00] 17.50 18. 57 
24 TESCO) Bie aN i a ree a eA el et 22.66 | 14.50] 13.50) 27.90) 13.80 18.47 
25 Woon AMUSO ype. Sec boos i se 34.16} 12.33 5.30 | 26.40] 13.90 18. 42 
26 532m ER edeRUssian= 5 228225. 21.83} 14.66] 14.80] 22.70) 14.70 17. 74 
27 PND. || Exo ol Oorvine gs a see soseaacoueeece 27.66 | 17.00} 10.70} 21.20} 10.10 sees 
1 Average of 23 check plats. 2 Average of 22 check plats. 
