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ican. On the other hand, the Sixty-Da}^ has outyielded the late 
white (side) oat White Tartar by a little more than 3 bushels per 
acre annually in the nine }~ears that both varieties were grown. 
In the most recent publication on oats issued by the Ohio station, 
the ten leading varieties with an 11-year average yield of 65 bushels 
or more are listed. Their rank, with yields for 1913 and 1914 added, 
was as follows: (1) Siberian, (2) Improved American, (3) Big Four, 
(4) Silvermine, (5) Green Mountain, (6) American Banner, (7) Sixty- 
Day, (8) Lincoln, (9) Czar of Russia, and (10) Joanette. 
The two selections of Sixty-Day listed in Table VI have outyielded 
the parent variety by several bushels each. The higher yielding of 
the two selections has averaged 72.3 bushels, as compared with 73.5 
bushels for the Siberian selection. The one other midseason white 
selection listed, that from Great American, has fallen below both 
the Sixty-Day selections in average yield. The behavior of these 
selections indicates that certain pure lines of the Sixty-Day are among 
the best for growing in Ohio under conditions similar to those at 
Wooster. 
Results in Indiana. 
In Table VII the average yields of the Kherson, the Sixty-Day, 
and eight other varieties for the 4-year period from 1905 to 1908, 
inclusive, are presented. Annual yields have not been reported by 
the- Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station (50). 
Table VII. — Average yields of the Kherson, the Sixty-Day, and eight other varieties of 
oats grown, at the Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station (at La Fayette) during 
the 4-year period from 1905 to 1908, inclusive. 
[Data compiled from Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station Newspaper Bulletin 147 (50).] 
Group and variety. 
Earlv vellow: 
Sixty-Day 
Khefson 
Earlv red: 
Red Rustproof (Texas Red) 
Midseason white: 
Great Dakota 
Yield per 
acre. 
Bushels. 
47.2 
42.4 
48.7 
54.0 
Group and variety. 
Midseason white — Continued. 
Goldmine 
Czar of Russia 
Big Four 
Improved American 
Green Mountain 
Lincoln 
Yield per 
acre. 
Bushels. 
50.8 
50.5 
50.0 
49.5 
49.3 
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The results obtained at the Indiana station with early oats have 
been disappointing. The data in Table VII indicate that the Kher- 
son and the Sixty-Day varieties were not high yielders at La Fayette, 
having been outyielded considerably by the best of the midseason 
white varieties. Of 34 varieties included in the varietal tests during 
the 4-year period from 1905 to 1908, 10 of which are listed in Table 
VII, the Sixty-Day ranked sixteenth and the Kherson twenty-ninth 
in average yield per acre. The one representative of the Red Rust- 
proof group, Texas Red, as shown in Table VII, outyielded the Sixty- 
Day variety by 1.5 bushels in the 4-year period. 
