SPRING CEREALS AT MORO, OREG. 
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but is hardly equal to the Hannchen and White Smyrna in this respect. 
This variety has been rather widely distributed under the name 
Swanneck, which is a translation of the Swedish name. 
COMPARATIVE VALUE OF WHEAT, OATS, AND BARLEY. 
Table XX gives comparative figures on the acre yields of three 
spring crops, wheat, barley, and oats, and the pound values and acre 
values of these crops. The price per pound is based on the average 
price of these cereals in Oregon on December 1 in the 10 years, 1905 
to 1914, inclusive, as given by the Bureau of Crop Estimates. 1 The 
' average yields in this table are those obtained in plat tests at the 
Moro substation during 1913, 1914, and 1915. The average yields 
and the acre values for the leading variety of each crop in the five 
years, 1911 to 1915, inclusive, are also given. 
Table XX. — Average acre yields of all spring wheat, oat, and barley varieties grown at 
the Moro substation in 1913, 1914, and 1915, and of the best variety of each for the 5-year 
period, 1911 to 1915, inclusive, with average values based on the average farm price of 
these cereals in the 10-year period, 1905 to 1914, inclusive. 
Crop. 
Spring barley 
Spring oats. . . 
Spring wheat 
Price 
per 
pound. 
Cents. 
1.23 
1.38 
1.35 
Average for all varie- 
ties, 1913 to 1915. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Pounds. 
1,572 
1,485 
1,296 
Value 
per 
acre. 
$19. 33 
20.49 
17.50 
Best variety, 1911 to 1915. 
Name. 
Mariout 
Kherson 
Early Baart... 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Pounds. 
1,646 
1,402 
1,362 
Value 
per 
acre. 
$20. 35 
19.35 
18.39 
Table XX shows that oats lead in value per acre of the three cereals 
for the three years, 1913 to 1915, barley being second and wheat 
third. 
There is little difference in acre value between the crops when only 
the highest yielding variety of each crop is considered. Both oats 
and barley, however, have given higher yields in pounds per acre 
than spring wheat, and the value per acre based on the 10-year aver- 
age farm price of these highest yielding varieties is highest for the 
barley, with oats $1 and wheat $1.96 per acre less. 
SPRING EMMER. 
Spring emmer has had a thorough trial at the substation. It is 
apparently less drought resistant than wheat, oats, and barley. The 
acre yields have been considerably less than those of most varieties of 
other spring grains. Spring emmer (frequently advertised as spelt 
by seed companies) is apparently not so well adapted to Columbia 
Basin conditions as either oats or barley. 
i Statistics of principal crops. IT. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook, 1915, p. 423, 435, 441. 1916. 
