SHEEIDAN . FIELD STATION, 1917 TO 1923 
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rows 35 inches apart, and the variety added in 1922 was grown by 
that method as well as in the drilled plats. The peas were harvested 
when mature. The results are given in Table 25. 
"Table 25. — Annual and average yields of field peas at the Sheridan Field Station 
for the seven years from 1917 to 192S, inclusive 
Seeding method and variety 
Yields per acre (bushels) 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
Average 
Drilled: 
Kaiser 
5.2 
2.5 
3.3 
2.6 
6.8 
3.8 
7.5 
10.2 




5.7 
5.6 
6.2 
5.8 




13.2 
10.7 
11.4 
11.2 
17.2 
7.6 
13.3 
7.4 
4.7 
7.4 
7.3 
9.1 
5.1 
2.7 
5.5 
Golden Vine ...... ... 
3.9 
Paragon 
5.1 
Carleton 
5.3 
Bangalia.. 
Double rows: 
Carleton . 
5.5 

Bangalia 
Kaiser had slightly the highest average yield for the 7-year period, 
5.5 bushels per acre, but this was only 0.2 bushel more than the yield 
of Carleton and 0.4 bushel more than that of Paragon. Bangalia in 
close drills outyi elded all other varieties by a considerable margin in 
1922 and 1923, the two years it was grown. This is an early variety. 
Carleton was grown in rows and in close drills for four years and 
Bangalia for two years. The rows did not yield as heavily as the 
close drills. 
In 1921, 1922, and 1923 a mixture of field peas and oats was grown 
for hay. The yield of the mixture was low in comparison with that 
•of other crops, the average for three years being only 1,773 pounds 
per acre. 
The yield of straw from the field peas in the variety test was de- 
termined each year except 1920. The 6-year average yield per acre, 
including one year of total failure, was Kaiser, 1,008 pounds; Paragon, 
945 pounds; Carleton, 895 pounds; and Golden Vine, 793 pounds. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES 
Work with potato varieties was begun in 1918. A number of 
varieties were planted that year, but in 1919 the crop was a total 
failure, and the seed of all varieties was lost. Seed of four of the 
varieties was again procured in 1920. Two of 'these were discon- 
tinued in 1922, but one of those discontinued was planted again in 
1923. The yields of the four varieties are shown in Table 26. 
Of the two varieties grown every year. Triumph averaged 64.8 bushels 
per acre for the 6-year period, or 8.1 bushels more than Early Ohio. 
This trial generally was conducted on as light land as was available 
at the station. With miscellaneous plantings on heavy soil Early 
Ohio generally outyielded Triumph. On the heavier land not as 
many potatoes were formed with the Early Ohio as with the Triumph, 
but their growth was better. 
Another experiment was conducted with potatoes in which the 
seed was planted three distances apart in the row, 18, 24, and 30 
inches. Triumph seed was used the first two years and Early Ohio 
the other four years. The yields are shown in Table 26. The 
