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BULLETIN 823, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table X. — Annual and average yields of four early yellow and six other varieties of oats 
grown at the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station (at Urbana) in one or more of 
the 11 years, 1905 and 1907 to 1916, inclusive. 
[Data compiled from Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 195 (7).] 
Yield per acre (bushels). 
1905 
56.9 
1907 
67.1 
1908 
48.8 
1909 
46.6 
1910 
75.6 
1911 
49.1 
1912 
72.4 
1913 
28.4 
32.3 
1914 
1915 
83.6 
66.9 
70.4 
1916 
59.2 
65.4 
67.5 
76.4 
57.8 
71.4 
70.5 
68.5 
64.2 
52.9 
Average. 
Group and variety. 
1905 
and 
1907 
to 
1916 
58.1 
1913 
to 
1916 
1915 
and 
1916 
Early yellow: 
Sixty-Day 
Kherson 
51.0 
41.3 
55.6 
51.5 
71.4 
66.2 
Richland (Iowa No. 105). 
69.0 
Albion (Iowa No. 103, 
white) 
Early white: 
Earlv Champion 
24.3 
24.3 
32.8 
14.1 
20.8 
4L6 
50.4 
54.2 
54. 5 
53.2 
66.6 
62.3 
65.9 
61.6 
67.5 
60.3 
52.5 
50.5 
47.6 
52.1 
55.9 
49.7 
51.4 
62.2 
Midseason white: 
Siberian 
68.2 
56.7 
33.7 
34.7 
31.7 
25.3 
43.6 
46.6 
58.6 
56.2 
60.5 
48.5 
58.3 
72.8 
63.7 
70.8 
79.8 
66.9 
American Banner 
Swedish Select 
68.2 
65.1 
Late white (side): 
Silver Plume 
65.9 
Late black (side): 
30.9 
16.9 
43.7 
56.6 
RESULTS AT FAIRFIELD. 
The annual and average yields of one representative each of the 
early yellow, early white, midseason white, and early red groups, 
respectively, grown by the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station 
at Fairfield in 1909 and 1915, are given in Table XI, together with 
the yield of the Richland in 1915. 
Table XL — Annual and average yields j)f the Sixty-Day, Richland, and three other 
varieties of oats grown by the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station (at Fairfield) 
in the years 1909 and 1915. 
[Data compiled from Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 195 (7).] 
Group and variety. 
Yield per acre 
(bushels). 
Group and variety. 
Yield per acre 
(bushels). 
1909 
1915 
Aver- 
age. 
1909 
1915 
Aver- 
age. 
Early vellow: 
Sixtv-Day 
50.1 
48.9 
24.5 
30.6 
27.3 
37.3 
38.1 
Early red: 
Red Rustproof ( Texas R ed) 
Midseason white: 
60.1 
35.4 
34.1 
34.5 
47.1 
Richland (Iowa No. 105) . 
Early white: 
35.0 
The few data given in Table XI show that the early red variety 
Red Rustproof (Texas Red), out-yielded all others in the 2-year test 
at Fairfield, where it exceeded the Sixty-Day by about 10 bushels 
in average yield. 
