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BULLETIN 823, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 
Table XL VI. — Annual and average yields of the Sixty-Day and four other varieties of 
oats grown at the Washington Agricultural* Experiment Station (at Pullman) in 1914 
and 1915. 
[Data compiled from Washington Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 129 (33).] 
Group and variety. 
Washing- 
ton Xo. 
Yield per acre (bushels\ 
1914 
1915 
Average. 
Earlv vellow: 
SLxtv-Dav 
661 
759 
764 
662 
741 
69.6 
87.4 
80.2 
75.4 
76.0 
84.9 
76.1 
76.3 
81.0 
77.0 
77.3 
Midseason white: 
81.8 
Banner 
Swedish Select 
78.3 
78.2 
Sparrowbill « 
76.5 
1 Not true Sparrowbill, which is a side oat; probably Danish. 
The few data presented in Table XL VI indicate that there is little 
choice between the early yellow and the midseason white varieties for 
growing in the Palouse district of eastern Washington. The average 
yields of the varieties in the two groups are about the same. 
KESULTS AT PUYALLUP. 
The average yields of the Sixty-Day and eight other varieties of 
oats grown from spring seeding at the Western Washington Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station at Puyallup (40, p. 11-12) in the 3-year 
period from 1914 to 191 6, inclusive, are shown in Table XL VII. 
Table XLVII. — Average yields of the Sixty-Day and eight other varieties of oats grown at 
the Western Washington Experiment Station (at Puyallup) during 1914. 1915, and 
1916. 
[Data compiled from Washington Agricultural Experiment Station Monthly Bulletin for April, 1917 (40, 
pp. 11-12).] 
Group and variety. ^IcrV** 
Group and variety. 
Yield per 
acre. 
Earlv vellow: 
Sixtv-Dav 
Bushels. 
51.7 
Midseason white — Continued. 
Bushels. 
54.7 
63.2 
59.8 
59.5 
56.7 
53.4 
Midseason black: 
Black 
56.5 
Ligowo selection (Minn. Xo. 281) 
Late white (side): 
Sparrowbill 
59.4 
It is realized that the data contained in Table XLVII are too 
meager to be conclusive. However, they indicate that the best 
midseason varieties probably will outyield the Sixty-Day under 
western Washington conditions. The high rainfall and compara- 
tively cool growing season of the Puget Sound district naturally 
favor the larger midseason varieties. 
Results in California."' 
The Sixty-Day oat has been included in the cooperative varietal 
experiments at the Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, Calif., since 
1 Data from unpublished annual reports of Mr. E. L. Adams, formerly assistant agronomist in charge of 
cereal experiments at the Plant Introduction Garden, to the Office of Cereal Investigations. 
