OAT VARIETIES FOR THE CORX BELT 
in Table 2. Nevertheless, it was believed that the white hull of the 
kernel was of sufficient importance to warrant its increase and dis- 
tribution to farmers to determine its value under farm conditions. 
The farm record of the variety fully justified this decision 
EXPEEIMENTS ON IOWA FARMS 
Yields of Albion in comparison with Kherson were obtained on 66 
Iowa farms during the five-year period from 1913 to 1917, inclusive, 
Fig. 5. — Panicles and spikelels of tJie Albion (left) and Richland (right) oat varieties 
through the cooperation of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment As- 
sociation and the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, previously 
mentioned. In Table 3 are given the summarized yields from these 
tests. 
According to the data presented in Table 3, Albion outyielded the 
original Kherson variety on Iowa farms by an average of 3.02 
bushels per acre. These yields, therefore, indicate that Albion is 
more productive than Kherson on Iowa farms, even though it has 
been inferior to Kherson in the experiments at the Iowa Agricultural 
^. Experiment Station, as shown in Table 2. The relative yielding 
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