HARD RED WINTER WHEATS IN DRY AREAS yo 
RESULTS AT BURNS, OREG. 
The Harney Branch Experiment Station is located near the town 
of Burns in an ancient lake bed now known as the Harney Valley. 
The soil varies from a silt loam to a very fine sandy loam. The 
altitude of the station is 4,100 feet, which is about that of the valley 
floor and lower than that of the plateau of south-central Oregon. 
The average annual precipitation during six years has been 7.49 
inches. During the period of these experiments the station was 
conducted cooperatively by the Oregon Agricultural Experiment 
Station and the Office of Cereal Investigations. The varieties were 
grown in single plats on fallow. The yields are shown in Table 15. 
Yields of hard red winter varieties were obtained at Burns during 
only four seasons. Winter wheats sown during the three seasons 
following 1916 were practically complete failures. The 4-year average 
yield of Kharkof was 16.2 bushels per acre. All of the hard red 
winter varieties grown during three or four seasons except Alton, 
Pesterboden, and Weissenberg have higher comparative yields than 
Kharkof. Four strains of Turkey, C. I. Nos. 1558, 2223, and 2998, 
and a local strain designated as I. S. G. appear to be significantly 
better than Kharkof during the limited period of the experiments. 
Owing to the nonuniform soil at Burns these yield differences prob- 
ably are not very reliable. , 
TaBLe 15.—Yields of 17 varieties and strains of winter wheat grown at the Harney 
County Branch Station, Burns, Oreg., during the 4-year period from 1918 to 1916, 
inclusive, compared with those of Kharkof in comparable years 
é [Data obtained in cooperation with the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station] 
Yield per acre (bushels) 
| | Per- 
ast Average cent- 
Class and variet oa ees age 
y No. Years Dif- oe 0 
1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 |com-| y,_ |Khar-| fer- Khar- 
pared| .. kof, | ence kof 
riety | same 
named|~* 
years 
Hard red winter: 
Alberta ‘Red:-:.°*22-.2- 2OTO) 2250 falda lees [eon et — 3 21.2 | 20.6 |+ 0.6 PN ERD | 102. 9 
Alton__ Loe ies he T438. | 18.9 4 16072120. 0) [et | 3 20.2 | 20.6 |— .4 T3221 98.1 
ATEeninNe Set + 42% 3 1569 | 26.0} 9.3 | 28.9] 4.4 4/ 17.2] 16.2 |+ 1.0 3.0:1 106. 2 
Belogiinaz_-'22_1-1 6 fe 1543 |-24.0 4 12.3 | 27.0} 1.5 4] 16.2] 16.2 0 1/015) 100 
BU eariAn sees ee QS G ee apse oes SoTOn eek 2) 1811] 15.0 /+ 3.1 Paved wos hl 1k A) Ff 
Kapk 6f Sc) 2a See 1442 | 22.7 | 12.0 | 27.1 2.9 4 GS Dale we fe be 
Pesterboden_.-----.----- 1564 1516.24, 13-01 2isOxlo_ =: = 3 | 18.6} 20.6 |— 2.0 2465 90. 3 
Senhigneee ss ee. es NO ZGE ee ees tn 30. 3 A 2 15.4 ]15.0 ;+ .4 1 BYP 102. 7 
REO yet oe eS ek ae 2 1558 | 26.0] 19.3} 30.7| 40 4} 20.0] 16.2/4+ 3.8] 32.4:1] 123.5 
1D (Oe canes Sak ap Seta PANT OR GS GE AG (2B MEO 4) 18.9116.2\/+2.7) 24.6:1] 116.7 
Qe sare slaty ts it~ 2998 | 24.2) 14.0 | 28.1 4,2 4 17.6 | 16.2 |+ 1.4 | 321. 6:1 108. 6 
Mirkewm (loon slocal) 22) Se bree 15.3 | 29.4 4.0 3 16.2 | 14.0 |+ 2.2 25. 8:1 115. 7 
shurkey (i; 1) “lecal)2 2. | 3. 2: SBP Gt) AEG | APA) ee 3 | 23.2] 20.6 |+ 2.6 2522101) TAG 
Weissenberg_._-.-.-__-- HOGSar 19S 5 Gr Gn ip2usO) see 3 18.5 | 20.6 |— 2.1 2. 4:1 89.8 
Soft red wiuter: 
eg is aia Sera oie Onl Os Onmotua eee e ee 3] 20.8 | 20.6 \+ .2 = 624) |) 108 
ite: 
Ir a a ee ae ees 2 2997 | 11.2 Oud LS | Se a 3 7.6 | 20.6 |—13.0 19. 4: 936.9 
, (Prohibition. +552 2. ANGST ON OR tae. Oy pe ade 3 8.1 | 20.6 |—12.5 | 22.8:1 39. 3 
