UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 823 
Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 
WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER May 24, 1920 
EXPERIMENTS WITH KHERSON AND 
SIXTY-DAY OATS 
By 
C. W. WARBURTON, Agronomist in Charge, and T. R. STANTON 
Assistant Agronomist in Oat Investigations 
Office of Cereal Investigations 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Scope of the Investigations 1 
Page 
Experimental Data— Continued. 
Varietal Experiments in the Western 
Half of the United States .... 36 
Results in the Northern Great 
Plains Area - . 36 
Results in the Southern Great 
Plains Area 50 
Results in the Western Basin 
and Coast Areas 52 
Results under Irrigation ... 60 
History of Kherson and Sixty-Day Oats 2 
Description of Kherson and Sixty-Day 
Oats 4 
Experimental Data 6 
Varietal Experiments in the Eastern 
Half of the United States . ... 6 
Results in the North Atlantic 
States 7 
Results in the East North-Central 
States 12 
General Conclusions 68 
Yield of Straw, Bushel Weight, and Im- 
Results in the West North-Central 
Results in the Lower Mississippi 
Valley 30 
Literature Cited ■■••••••• 70 
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