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BULLEIIX 498, U. S. DEPABTVTEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Kherson and Sixty-Day. — The Kherson and Sixty-Day are very 
similar varieties of oats which came originally from southern Russia. 
The Kherson was introduced about 20 years ago from the Kherson 
Fig. 13.— Heads of oats grown at the Moro substation: A, Swedish Select, B, Kherson. 
Government, and the Sixty-Day about 15 years ago from the Podolia 
Government. These oats are both early in maturing, ripening at 
Moro about the second week in Julv= The straw is slender and 
