HARD RED WINTER WHEATS IN DRY AREAS 29 
RESULTS AT MORO, OREG. 
The Sherman County Branch Station is located at Moro, Oreg., 
on silt-loam soil at an altitude of about 1,800 feet in the western 
part of the Columbia Basin of Oregon. The average precipitation in 
18 years was 11.46 inches. The station is operated cooperatively 
by the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station and the Office of 
Cereal Investigations. The yields of winter wheat obtained at 
Moro are shown in Table 16. The varieties have been grown on 
fallow and in tenth-acre or twentieth-acre plats. Single plats were 
grown from 1912 to 1915, duplicate plats in 1916, and triplicate plats 
from 1917 to 1922, inclusive. 
The average yield of the standard Kharkof was 30.3 bushels per 
acre. From 1919 to 1922, inclusive, the standard yields used were 
those of the Kharkof selecfion (C. I. No. 1442-12). Of the hard 
red winter varieties only Blackhull has outyielded Kharkof by an 
average of more than 1 bushel per acre; Turkey (C. I. No. 1571), 
Argentine, and Nebraska No. 60 are the only other hard wheats 
that have exceeded Kharkof. None of the yields is significantly 
higher. ‘Triplet, a soft red winter wheat, and Hybrid 128, a white 
club wheat, have noticeably outyielded Kharkof and the latter 
by a significant quantity. | 
RESULTS AT LIND, WASH. 
The Adams Branch Experiment Station at Lind, Wash., is located 
on light soil basaltic in origin which has been more or less modified 
by wind. The altitude is 1,630 feet, and the average annual pre- 
cipitation has been only 7.56 inches during the 4-year period from 
1918 to 1921. During these years the station was operated cooper- 
atively by the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station and the 
Office of Cereal Investigations. The yields obtained at Lind are 
shown in Table 17. 
TasBLE 17.—Yields of 18 varieties and strains of winter wheat grown at the Adams 
Branch Experiment Station, Lind, Wash., during the 4-year period from 1918 to 
1921, inclusive, compared with those of Kharkof tn comparable years 
[Data obtained in cooperation with the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station] 
Yield per acre (bushels) 
Average 5 - 
Class and variety oy : Years} - | gxhar-| Dif Odds | age of 
1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | com- | Vari- kof fer- Khar- 
pared| e Sania ence kof 
named years 
Hard red winter: 
TOMS 6 5 3 1438 6.0 | 11.2 7.4 6. 8 4 7.9 9.5 |—1.6 | 51. 141 83. 2 
Beloglina-2- = 2 -. 2. 2239 | 6.1)13.2)] 8&8] 8&4 4 9.1 95;— .4] 3. 5:1 95.8 
Wanner es pee 5146 6.5] 15.5} 9.6 9.4 4 10. 3 9.5)/+.8); 66:1 108. 4 
Weharkofe a0 9) ao 1442} 7.031 13.9 1) 79) 8.9 Ah GOs 04 ees |e st. ee eee 
Montana No. 36_______- §349 |. 92 a]_+e ee 9.8] 10.2 2 10. 0 8.4 1+1.6 | 15. 4:1 119.0 
“*Station Red’? —___-_-- 646¥ *} 3 sole bs 10. 6 8.9 Pe 9.8 8.4 |+1.4] 3.0:1 116. 7 
Turkey (Washington 
No. ye ae at Ea Ie 6175 7.6 | 14.7 41 J 11.8 4 10.3 9.5 |+ .8 4,3:1 108. 4 
Soft red winter: 
Jones Rife 4-40 oes 6177 7.0 15:6))2 4 7 7.9 4 8.8 O5f— .7) 42. 7:1 92.6 
_ Jones Fife (Super) ------ 6544, | 33 14; 3:17 5. é le 6.5 3! 88] 10.2}—1.4] 66:1 86.3 
Jones Fife (Crail Fife) __| 6182 |_____- 16. 8 42 tos 2 10. 5 10.9 |— .4 2c 96. 3 
Nebraska No. 28._------ 54d bac a tr 451 Oo: ese. 2 56.4] 10.9 |—5.5 | 17.6:1 49, 5 
Ruddyes 22S 2 ee 6465 2 =. 13.0 Dy yale ch tee 2 9.2 10.9 }—1.7] 6.1:1 84. 4 
**Station Fife’’____._.-. G468 j2 3 Ah es 7.4] 5.6 2 6.5 8 4/-1.9] 40:1 77.4 
Wilets Sts 2S 8 6.8 | 1451 54] 69 4 8.2 9.5 |—-13)141:1 86. 3 
White: 
Goldcoin (Fortyfold) ___| 6176 5.2 } 13. 4 3.9 4.7 4 6.8 9.5 |—2.7 | 36.3:1 71. 6 
15 i7 ay Cc a b>, rr 4512 6.8 | 13.5 6. 5 8.7 4 8.9 9.5 |— .6] 17. 5:1 93. 
eho 0 0 5 ee eae 4513 6.5 | 12.1 3.9 9.1 + 7.9 9.5 |—1.6 | 10. 5:1 83. 2 
Gell Ss 3.8 3 7.4 9.7 |—2.3 |} 148:1 76. 3 
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