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BULLETIN 1309, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
15. — Yields of varieties of fall-so ivn oats grown at the Arlington Experiment 
Farm in one or more of the 13 years, 1911-1923, inclusive 
C.I. 
No. 
Annual and average acre yields 
bushels) 
Group and variety 
1911 1912 1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
19201921 
1922 
1923 
Av- 
erage, 
1916 
to 
1923 
Winter Turf: 
Winter Turf .. 
431 
29. 4 25. 3 40. 
61.9 
64.4 
67.2 
64.1 
69.0 
66.6 
75.4 
57.7 
51.6 
40.2 
55.3 
59. 1 
48.8 
53.8 
45.4 
39.1 
68.3 
70.0 
21. 4 73. 5 
21. 6 62. 8 
57.0 
57.4 
54.2 
Winter Turf selection 
Winter Turf 
274-20 26. 3 20. 7 46. 6 
42736. 3 18. 7,40. 
435 34. 1 24. 7135. 9 
Do- 
Winter Turf selection 
Do.. 
435-4 
541-1 
274-1-22 
195-1 
195-10 
409-5 
273 
273-19 
651 
273-1-14 
273-1-10 
273-1520 
748 
206 
206-3 
206-7 
206-10 
206-155 
206-151 
518-3 
236-1 
439-10 
356-17 
1815 
699 
708 
839 
831 
838 
966 
701 
63.6 
63.3 
54.7 
55.6 
67.9 
65.0 
57.2 
53.5 
60.6 
53.4 
49.9 
76.5 
82.9 
21. 86. 9 
8. 9 98. 7 
62. 4 61. 3 
59. 6,63. 4 
62.5 
61.9- 
Do 
____|_.._ 
Do 
Do 
54.4 
50.4 
57.0 
56.0 
81.9 
71.6 
Do 
Culberson: 
Culberson — 
Culberson selection. 
— — ----- 
40. 9 19. 5 33. 5 
49. 4 24. 5 31. 9 
42.8 4.719.7 
54.6 
58.5 
49.3 
51.0 
48.4 
44.1 
38.9 
27.5 
57.6 
55.4 
19.7 
67.3 
53.2 
64.5 
53.7 
Do 
Do 
29.0 
34.7 
25.1 
39.7 
50.3 
36.0 
53." 8 
51.3 
55.0 
57.8 
53.6 
45. 5 
73.8 
66.2 
64." 6 
18. 8 58. 1 
17. 66. 
61.3 
69 5 
51.1 
Do- 
Do 
Dwarf Culberson 
Bicknell: 
Bicknell 
33.1 4.7 36.6 
38. 8 10. 4 49. 8 
40. 10. 8 46. 6 
40.0 2.8 — 
59.1 
57.6 
53.5 
53.0 
30.5 
15.3 
27.5 
39.6 
11.0! 
16. 3 45. 1 
68."9 52."l 
"47." 5- 
Bicknell selection 
Do 
_ J 
Do 
30.5 
48.2 
Do-_- 
72.5 
66.3 
55.2 
15. 70. 4 
64.2 
69. 8; 70. 3 
Do 
63. l| 5.9 43.4 
61.9 
38.6 
23.5 
30.5 
27.8 
39.2 
45.4 
16.1 
18.8 
64.8 
51.5 
Red Rustproof: 
Red Rustproof selection 
Do 
55.3 



Do 
-. . 
Turkish Rustproof . 
45.1 
66.1 
68 6 

Red Rustproof 
30. 9 62. 9 
Fulghum: 
Fulghum 
.... 
59.5 
37.1 
29.6 
27.8 
41.1 
53.~9 
70."6 
Do 
— 
6.6 43.4 68.7 
47.4^ 
Kanota 
70 3 
Miscellaneous: 
Aurora 
81.3 
29.4 
38.6 
26.3 
53.1 
66.0 
11.8 67.6 56.0:66.1 
48.2 
Hatchett 
13. 6 59. 59. 9 65. 4 
Ferguson Navarro... 
64. 2 35. 6 
Ruakura 
32.8 
36 3 
The Winter Turf group is outstanding in yielding ability on the basis- 
of the averages shown. In the 8-year period, 1916-1923, inclusive, two 
pure-line selections from commercial stocks of this variety, C. I. No. 
435-4 and C. I. No. 54 1-4, 7 produced average yields of 62.5 and 61.9 
bushels, respectively, surpassing unselected Winter Turf (C. I. No. 
431), the next highest yielder, by 8.3 and 7.7 bushels, respectively. 
The bushel weight of these two selections is low (Table 16) as com- 
pared with C. I. No. 431. but the increased yield more than offsets the 
lower bushel weight. Plats of Winter Turf and Hatchett (C. I. No. 
838) oats are shown in Figure 8. 
The Winter Turf oat is a late, slow-growing, narrow-leaved variety 
with a rosette habit of fall growth and is inclined to tiller freely. 8 
At heading it normally shoves a tall and heavy growth of stems and 
leaves, and in wet seasons lodging is common. The kernel is plump, 
grayish white, and often distinctly striated or striped. 
7 These selections were made by C W. Warburton in 190S. 
8 For a more complete description of fall-sown oat varieties at Arlington Experiment Farm, seeU. S_ 
Dept. Agr. Bui. 336. 
