SPRING CEREALS AT MORO, OREG. 
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The results of the test of oat varieties that have been grown for 
two or more years are presented in Table XV 7 with the annual yield 
in bushels per acre produced by each. 
Table XV. — Annual yields of 20 varieties and strains of spring oats grown infield plats 
at the Moro substation during two or more years in the 5-year period, 1911 to 1915, 
inclusive. 
C.I. No. 
Period of maturity. 
Yield per 
acre (bushels) 
Variety. 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
160 
549 
444 
519 
459 
680 
681 
635 
165 
789 
165-1 
165-1-1 
165 
522-1 
134 
134-1 
523 
636 
795 
357-1 
Midseason 
17.1 
35.1 
17.1 
38.4 
35.1 
38.4 
36.3 
42.5 
46.4 
do 
33.8 
45.2 
33.1 
54.2 
43.3 
do 
48.9 
do 
49.0 
Early 
28.9 
39.6 
17.3 
44.3 
35.6 
40.0 
37.1 
43.6 
31.2 
36.5 
53.7 
47.8 
66.5 
45.6 
47.2 
46.2 
40.7 
40.6 
29.4 
30.0 
44.1 
52.6 
35.1 
37.0 
52.3 
33.7 
65.6 
61.9 
55.3 
do 
Early 
30.8 
18.7 
11.2 
58.3 
57.8 
Sixty-Day 4 P4 
do 
do 
. .do 
57.2 
Do 
57.1 
.. ..do 
27.8 
35.6 
37.2 
37.9 
35.0 
63.0 
do 
13.5 
37.0 
47.0 
do 
do 
52.0 
13.7 
14.3 
28.1 
38.4 
45.0 
51.4 
.. .do 
49.2 
a Selection from the branch experiment station, Union, Oreg. 
b An unnamed variety grown locally; similar to Siberian. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BEST VARIETIES. 
Table XVI shows the 3-year and 5-year average yields of 1 1 of the 
more important varieties and gives certain other data regarding 
these varieties. This table shows that the 5-year average yield of 
the Kherson is highest, though there is little difference in the 5-year 
average yield of the Kherson and that of the Sixty-Day and Siberian. 
In the 3-year average, the Sixty-Day and a selection from Sixty-Day 
s how the highest yields. 
Table XVI. — Agronomic data and 3-year and 5-year average yields for the 11 most im- 
portant varieties and selections of spring oats tested at the Moro substation during three 
or more years in the 5-year period, 1911 to 1915, inclusive. 
Variety. 
C.I. 
No. 
Date 
headed. 
Date ripe. 
Height. 
Bushel 
weight. 
Average yield per 
acre. 
3 years. 
5 years. 
Sixty-Day selection 
165-1-1 
459 
165 
635 
522-1 
444 
795 
134-1 
681 
549 
134 
June 16 
June 18 
...do.... 
June 27 
...do.... 
June 26 
June 29 
June 26 
July 1 
June 28 
June 26 
July 9 
July 13 
July 12 
July 20 
July 18 
...do 
July 20 
July 18 
July 21 
...do .... 
July 20 
Inches. 
28 
26 
26 
34 
33 
33 
32 
33 
32 
28 
32 
Pounds. 
30.7 
30.0 
30.7 
34.0 
33.0 
36.5 
28.4 
32.4 
33.3 
28.6 
32:7 
Bushels. 
54.9 
50.1 
52.6 
49.7 
48.3 
46.8 
44.6 
43.5 
42.3 
39.9 
41.6 
Bushels. 
Kherson 
43.8 
43.3 
43.1 
Sixty-Day 
Siberian 
Storm King selection. 
Canadian 
39.2 
Local variety 
Swedish Select selection 
Shadeland Climax . 
Black American 
38.0 
35.1 
Swedish Select 
