28 BULLETIN- 1343, U. S. DEPARTMEKT OF AGEICULTXJRE 
Keference to Table 19 shows that in general the selections Albion, 
Richland, and lowar slightly outyielded the parent varieties, Kher- 
son and Sixty-Day.*^ As a consequence, where earl}^ varieties of this 
type are most satisfactory, these improved strains are preferable to 
the parent varieties. In addition to their slightly higher yielding 
power these selected strains are decidedly more uniform and usually 
produce grain of better quality, the white kernels of the Albion and 
lowar being also particularly desirable. 
The data also show rather definitely the range of adaptability of 
Albion, Richland, and lowar both by their average yields and 
by the average yields of the parent varieties, Kherson and Sixty- 
Day. At Wooster, Ohio, the original Sixty-Day outyields both 
Albion and Richland, the difference between Richland and the 
parent variety being so slight, however, that it can not be considered 
as significant. At this station Lincoln, a midseason white oat, has 
produced on the average 1.9 bushels per acre more than the Sixty- 
Neither Albion nor Richland compares favorably in yield witli 
such midseason varieties as Swedish Select, Lincoln, and Minota at 
La Fayette, Ind. At this station Burt, an early red oat, also has 
decidedly outyielded these improved Kherson strains. L^nf ortunately, 
the parent varieties, Kherson and Sixty-Day, were not grown at 
La Fayette during the period covered by these data. 
Albion and Richland have shown in Illinois a rather consistent 
superiority to the parent variety, Sixty-Day, as well as to the best 
midseason oats, such as Silvermine, Swedish Select, and Lincoln. 
These two varieties apparently are well adapted for growing in 
central and northern Illinois. 
Albion and lowar can not compete in Michigan in yield with such 
midseason varieties as Wolverine and Worth}^ 
At Madison, Wis., States Pride (Wisconsin Pedigree No. 7), a 
tall yellow selection of Kherson, has outyielded Albion and Rich- 
land by about 6.5 bushels per acre during the five years from 1917 
to 1921, inclusive. Both the Iowa selections have decidedly out- 
yielded the Lincoln variety, a midseason white oat. 
At St. Paul, Minn., Albion has been inferior in yield to Victory, 
one of the best midseason varieties for that State. Albion can be 
recommended in Minnesota only where an early A^ariety is desirable 
as a nurse crop or because of some other similar reason. 
At Columbia, Mo., both the Burt and Fulghum, early red varieties, 
have decidedly outyielded both Albion and Richland as well as the 
parent varieties, Kherson and Sixty-Day. 
In North Dakota, at both Dickinson and Williston, there has been 
essentially no difference in yield between the Iowa selections and the 
parent varieties. In this State the midseason varieties, Silvermine, 
Lincoln, Swedish Select, Victory, etc., outyield the early varieties 
and are preferable. 
Albion and Richland have been slightly inferior in yield to the 
parents, Kherson and Sixty-Day, at Brookings, Highmore, and 
Newell, S. Dak. These early oats as a group are much superior in 
For a history of tlio introduction of Kheroon and Sixty-Day oats into the United 
States see Department Bulletin 823, Experiments with Khorsou and Sixty-Day Oats, by 
C. W. Warburton and T. K. Stanton. Botanically the Kherson and Sixty-Day are identical 
varieties. White-lierneled strains have boeu selected from both. 
