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BULLETIN 823, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
RESULTS AT DICKrS'SOX.a 
The Kherson and Sixty-Day oats have been included in the cooper- 
ative experiments at Dickinson since they were begun in 1907. 
Two selections from Kherson. Albion (Iowa Xo. 103) and Richland 
(Iowa Xo. 105), were added to the experiments in 1916. The 
annual and average yields of these and of ten other varieties of oats 
grown at Dickinson for two or more years in the 11-year period from 
1907 to 1917, inclusive, are presented in Table XXVIII. 
Table XXVIII. — Annual and average yields of the Kherson, Si.vty-Day, and ten other 
varieties of oats grown at the Dickinson (X. Dal:.) substation during tv:o or more years 
in the 11-year period from 1907 to 1917, inclusive. 
[Data obtained in cooperation with the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.] 
Group and variety. 
C.I. 
Xo. 
1 ield per acre (bushels) 
1907 190S 1909 1910 
Early yellow: 
Kherson. 
Sixty-Day 
Albion | Iowa N o. 103. white). 
Richland (Iowa Xo. 105). . . . 
Midseason yellow: 
Golden Rain 
Golden B eauty 
Midseason white: 
Banner 
Swedish Select 
Victory 
Big Four 
Silvermin^ 
Early Mountain Xo. 2 
Siberian 
Late white (side): 
White Russian 
459 75. 3 48. 1 81. 3 46. 2 
165 58 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 1916 
Avoraro. 
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1Q1" 
iy1 ' 190719111916 
to i to ;.nd 
1917 19171917 
2 .... 45. 0' 22. S 
50.9 45.026.5 92. 
42.2 42.2 23.0104. 
787 
I 
493 35. 2 52. S 82. 2 35. 6 
169........ 
I I I 
160 46. 
134 46, 
560.. 
658.. 
8!41.6'89.4' CO 
, 9 . . . . SI. 3 3S. 1 
42. 5 88. 3 
35. 3 84. 7 
....64.1 
656 
741 
i 
551 62. 8 28. 1 64. 3 
-. 
14.4 
5 66. 
74. 
.■65. 
.73. 
62.8 70. 
76. 
6.2 65. 
5.6 2 52. 
8.9 
7.9 
8.1 
11.3 
14.3 
48. 
3 61. 
4, 70. 
2i 65. 
8 66. 
9 20. 
3 25. 
117. 
916. 
618. 
6 29. 
917. 
3 24. 
. 16. 
0) 53. 
0129. 
2121. 
I 
7117. 
8101. 
6123. 
3 109. 
3117. 
8105. 
121. 
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3 66. 
2 71. 
8-54. 
5 75. 
9 79. 
8 75. 
3 78. 
3 74. 
r 
8 74. 
812. 
3 12. 
5 14. 
615. 
818. 
20. 
317. 
21. 
2 22. 
719. 
3 21. 
7 18. 
2 19. 
010. 
5 51. 
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1 .. 
144. 
. 45. 
4 39. 7 
8 43.2 
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6 42.4 
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7 36. 
8 48. 3 
7 50.7 
5 47. 5 
2 50.1 
5 46.7 
.49.1 
239. 542. 3 
1 Destroyed by hail. 
- Average of four check plats. 
3 Average of five check plats. 
-- Average of six check plats. 
Only four varieties have been grown continuously since 1907. 
Of these, Golden Rain, a midseason yellow variety, has yielded" 
best, with Kherson a close second. The materially lower yields of 
the other two varieties, Banner and TVhite Russian, are due to the 
fact that hail destroyed the Banner in one year and the TThite Rus- 
sian in two years, after the earlier varieties were harvested. The 
Sixty-Day has averaged 2 bushels less than the Kherson in the years 
both have been grown, but since 1910 it has averaged about 1 bushel 
more. Several varieties have been grown continuously in the 7- 
year period from 1911 to 1917, inclusive. In this period the Victory 
has outyielded all others, with Golden Rain ranking a very close 
second. Both these varieties are pure-line selections developed in 
a Data from U. S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin 33 (11).. and from annual reports of Mr. Ralph W. 
Smith, scientific assistant in charge of cereal experiments at the Dickinson (X. Dak.) substation, to 
the Office of Cereal Investigations. 
