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BULLETIN 823, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
from Sixty-Day has ranked second to Victory for three years. In 
his opinion early oats of the Sixty-Day type are promising in southern 
Minnesota. 
Table XII. — Annual and average yields of the Kherson, Sixty-Day, and six other varieties 
of oats grown at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station (at St. Paul) during 
the 3-year period from 1906 to 1908, inclusive. 
[Data compiled from Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 115 (5).] 
Group and variety. 
Minne- 
sota No. 
Yield per acre (bushels). 
1906 
1907 
1908 
Average. 
Early yellow: 
Sixtv-Day 
261 
358 
267 
348 
311 
353 
282 
302 
76.8 
36.2 
63.7 
89.3 
88.1 
71.8 
76.8 
85.0 
62.5 
77.5 
65.6 
46,8 
36.9 
50.6 
48.1 
38.7 
44.0 
42.0 
61.1 
Kherson 
51.9 
Early white: 
Early Champion 
Midseason white: 
Mvrick Banner 
45.3 
40.7 
32.5 
49.0 
33.5 
60.5 
American Banner 
55.2 
Big Four 
51.6 
58.0 
Late white (side): 
52.4 
RESULTS AT CROOKSTON. 
The University of Minnesota Department of Agriculture has in- 
cluded the Kherson and Sixty-Day oats in the varietal experiments 
at the Northwest Experiment Station at Crookston since 1912. The 
data from these experiments have been published for the five years 
from 1912 to 1916, inclusive (34, pp. 38-40). The annual and average 
yields of the most important varieties are shown in Table XIII. 
Table XIII. — Annual and average yields of three strains of early yellow and twelve 
other varieties of oats grown at the Northwest Experiment Station, Crookston, Minn., 
during three or more years in the 5-year period from 1912 to 1916, inclusive. 
[Data compiled from Report of the Superintendent, Northwest Experiment Station, 1910-1916 (34, 
pp. 38-40). ] 
Group and variety 
Yield per acre (bushels). 
1913 
1914 
Average. 
Early yellow: 
Sixty-Day 
Do 
Kherson 
Early wUite: 
Early Champion 
Midseason yellow: 
Golden Beauty 
Midseason white: 
King Oscar 
Banner 
Improved American. 
Canadian, No. 429. . . 
Victory 
Danish Island 
Lincoln, No. 282 
Swedish Select 
Late white (side): 
Canadian Cluster — 
White Russian 
60.2 
"ia i" 
45.1 
62.0 
58.1 
81.8 
59.3 
68.0 
51.3 
34.3 
50.3 
64.1 
55.1 
60.1 
6a 5 
32.1 
39.5 
31.8 
57.0 
53.2 
56.8 
59.0 
59.5 
54.5 
73.7 
47.4 
51.3 
55.7 
43.1 
32.2 
47.7 
46.3 
47.5 
60.6 
45.0 
50.9 
44.1 
56.9 
60.1 
55.0 
47.2 
41.3 
48.4 
63.4 
47.2 
65.4 
42.9 
99.6 
89.2 
72.8 
91.7 
89.6 
85.6 
79.8 
94.2 
76.3 
35.5 
"34." 2 
27.6 
21.7 
26.1 
28.6 
22.2 
20.4 
30.2 
24.5 
23.3 
24.5 
20.0 
23.6 
53.2 
45.4 
38.7 
55.6 
57.4 
57.0 
56.6 
56.3 
55.7 
54.5 
54.0 
52.7 
51.7 
52.8 
