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1923, logren was the hi^rhest yielder, Joanette being second and 
lowar third. This result demonstrates the vakie of lowar and 
logren for growing in the Corn Belt. 
YIELDS OF ALBION, RICHLAND, AND lOWAR OATS OUTSIDE OF 
IOWA 
The adaptation and yielding power of these new varieties in 
States near Iowa is of interest. Conditions within a rather distinct 
area extending from western Ohio through Indiana, Illinois, and 
including practically all of Iowa are quite similar, this being the 
central portion of the Corn Belt, and it was believed that these new 
varieties might find a place elsewhere in this area. 
The Office of Cereal Investigations in 1916 distributed Albion and 
Richland to the various field stations in the Great Plains, the west- 
ern Great Basin, and the coast areas where cooperatiA'e experiments 
with oats were being conducted. loAvar and logren likewise have 
been distributed in later years. In addition, the various State agri- 
cultural experiment stations placed these improved sorts in their 
varietal experiments. As a result considerable data are now avail- 
able, particularly for Albion and Richland, which show their per- 
formance in comparison with older standard varieties. 
Through the courtesy of the agronomy departments of the State 
agricultural experiment stations it is possible to present a rather 
complete resume of the average yields of these improved varieties 
in comparison with the yields of parent and of other standard vari- 
eties in surrounding Corn Belt and other States. 
The State stations which furnished data are the following : Ohio, 
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, North 
Dakota, Xebraska, and Kansas. Data also have been summarized 
from the annual reports of the following stations and substations 
at which the Office of Cereal Investigations is now or was formerly 
cooperating: Brookings, Highmore, and Newell, S. Dak.; Dickin- 
son and Williston, N. Dak. ; Moccasin, Mont. ; Che^^enne and Sheri- 
dan, Wyo. ; Akron, Colo. ; Aberdeen, Idaho ; Nephi, Utah ; and Moro, 
Oreg. 
A summary of data obtained at 22 experiment stations in the 
Corn Belt, Great Plains, western Great Basin, and coast areas of the 
United States on the average yield of Albion, Richland, and lowar, 
the parent varieties Kherson and Sixty-Day, and nine other standard 
varieties of oats is presented in Table 19. In a few instances it has 
been necessary to substitute the yields of identical or similar vari- 
eties, such cases being indicated. 
