HARD RED WINTER WHEATS IN DRY AREAS 19 
TABLE 8.—Yields of 14 varieties and strains of hard red winter wheat grown at the 
Belle Fourche Experiment Farm, Newell, S. Dak., during the 10-year period from 
1908 to 1917, inclusive, compared with those of Kharkof in comparable years 
[Data obtained in cooperation with the Office of Western Irrigation Agriculture Investigations and from 
1912 to 1917 in cooperation with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station] 
| Yield per acre (bushels) | 
| Per- 
ei : a Average cent- 
ass an rT age 
variety No. Years Dif- Odds of 
1908/1909/1910|1911)1912/1913]1914]1915]1916|1917| com-| y7,._ |Khar-| fer- Khar- 
pared] '. kof, | ence kof 
nhiead same 
years 
Alberta Red_-__|2979]___-|___- 16.7] 0} 0/35. O}.___|64..2/11. 6|_-- 6| 21.3] 23.2! —1.9116.5:1) 91.8 
Alfonrete yy. a6 1438): ogger | rats. __..|-2..|53. 7/11 1) 6. 5 3| 23.8} 27.6] —3.8| 4.2:1) 86.2 
Beloglina__._-_- 1647|._+]___- 19.2} 0} 0/37. 2/29. 9/63, 8/11. 7/10. 3 8} 21.5) 21.6) —.1] .3:1) 99.5 
16. KIVA 2239} _|____ 19.2} 0} 0/39. 429. 3/59. 4] 7. 8|____ 7} 22.2) 24.0) —1.8/12.2:1) 92.5 
Crimean___-_--- 1435)18, 7/31. 5|19. 7|.._.|.--- Neal. Boles Doe 3] 23.3) 29.5] —6.2/28.6:1) 79.0 
1 0/1 pap = ahaa 1437/25. 3/36. 0/20.3] 0} 0/36.4)____|.._}-___}-___ 6| 19.7] 21.2} —1.5/20.6:1| 92.9 
Kharkof_______- 1442|25. 4/40. 3|22.7] 0} — 0/38, 6/28. 7/63. 8]14.2| 4.7] 10) 23, 8]... _JLL eee L}e_u fered ere 
x5 eet 1583/22, 539. 0/23.6] 0] 0/38. 8/29. 1/62. 6/13. 2} 4.7) 10) +23. 4) 23.8] — .4/ 9.321) 98.3 
DOA DH ROOT HOME AVL RITES. 117, 928, 661. 3| 9. 8|_.__- 4| 29.4) 36.3) —6.9] 7.4:1] 81.0 
Bhp Ise 13-2. 7. = 1561|_.22|2--- 19.4, 0| 0/36. 8/31. 6/66. 3/12. 3| 6.4 8}. 21.6] 21.6] 0 | 1.0:1} 100 
Pitkey e. 1558/24. 1/41.0]17.8] 0} 0/38. 1)___-/65. 0/10. 3) 5.1 9} 22.4) 23.3] — .9] 7.3:1] 96.1 
pUL_gerey 1571|25. 5/39. 0/20. 3] 0} 0/38. 7|29, 6/65. 0/12. 3} 6.0} 10}. 23.6} 23.8} — .2} 21:1) 99.2 
Dye ek 20431» |S? 15.0] 0| . 0/39. 3|____]60. 1) 9. 1)__..- 6] 20.6} 23.2} —2.6|15.4:1) 88.8 
Del i O15 3055/22. 3/44. 5/1 0 0} 0)35. 0/29. 6/64. 1] 9.6) 7.9) 10} 21.3) 23.8) —2.5 ae 89.5 
, 1 
1 Did not emerge. 
RESULTS AT HIGHMORE, S. DAK. 
The Highmore substation of the South Dakota Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station is located near Highmore, 8. Dak., on a glacial clay- 
loam soil at an altitude of 1,890 feet. The average annual rainfall 
has been 16.75 inches during 26 years. Cereal experiments were 
conducted by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in 
cooperation with the Office of Cereal Investigations from 1902 until 
1919, when cooperation was discontinued. The testing of winter 
wheats was started in the fall of 1914, and the yields obtained are 
shown in Table 9. 
TaBLE 9.—Yields of 11 varieties and strains of winter wheat grown at the Highmore 
substation, Highmore, S. Dak., during the 5-year period from 1915 to 1919, inclu- 
sive, compared with those of Kharkof in comparable years 
[Data obtained in cooperation with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station] 
| Yield per acre (bushels) 
Per- 
Le | Average Dif- pate 
Class and variety Nias =) | fer- | Odds’.\age of 
é ence Khar- 
1915 | 1916 | 19171] 1918 | 1919 |Years| y._ |Khar- kof 
‘ kof, 
riety | same 
named | years 
Hard red winter: | 
BRC eke OF 646) |e 2 es ck a 27.1 |?27.8 2) 27.5 | 20.9 |+6.6 } 39.0:1 | 131.6 
WGharkof ty.) 42 oF a3 1442 5.5 | 39.2 0} 20.0 | 21.7 5 TU se fs Ue ae a eens 
1D 0g pe Sa eS 1583 | 11.0 | 45.8 0} 2OL0}) DUI 5 19.7 | 17.3 |4+2.4 9.9:1 | 113.9 
A Sins gh ely Ce 4207 | 11.9 | 37.5 0 | 22.5 | 24.4 5 19.3 | 17.3 |+2.0 8.1:1 | 111.6 
"MHGISSS So Lecta oe . 1561 9.1 | 30.0 0 |} 23.3 | 23.1 5 171i) 173 |= a2 paar 98.8 
Wuarkey te. 25 or" 1558 | 25. 5 | 303 0 | 16.2 | 22.9 5] 15.6] 17.3 |-1L7 6.2:1 | 90.2 
18 (A be ee Bee 3055 Go lion Oo 0 | 24.0} 21.0 5 17.0 | 17.3 |j— .3 -9:1 98.3 
19) oe pas ee 3689 | 14.6 | 38.3 OQ | 17.5 |) 23.5 5} 18.8] 17.3 |41.5 3.0:1 | 108.7 
Jt ee 2943 4.6 | 30.8 0} 14.1 | 21.9 5 14.3 | 17.3 |—3.0] 11.3:1 82.7 
Soft red winter: 
Buffum No. 17_-_---- 3330 | 11.0 | 13.3 O 1-27.53) G7 5 | 11.7} 17.3 |—5.6 3.6:1 | 67.6 
IVEDESSRAMNG yas = 1] 147 [Skeets esse ee. 13.3 | 19.5 2 16.4 | 20.9 |—4.5 5. 8:1 78. 5 
1 Winterkilled. 2 Average of two plats. 
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