BARLEY 
9 
TESTS OF 1889. 
San Luis Valley Sub-Station. 
Small plots, 50 pounds of seed per acre, in drills six 
inches apart, sown with a hand drill. 
Name of Variety. 
Length of 
straw 
in 
inches. 
Date of 
ripening. 
Number 
of days 
ripening. 
Yield of 
grain per 
acre in 
bushels. 
Black 
22 
August 22 
114 
16.3 
Hulless 
20 
“ 22 
114 
10.2 
Nepaul 
22 
“ 22 
114 
14.9 
Melon 
23 
“ 30 
122 
21.1 
Phcenix 
21 
“ 22 
114 
14.6 
Arkansas Valley Sub-Station. 
Small plots, 26 pounds of seed per acre, in drills 18 
inches apart, sown with hand drill. 
Name of Variety. 
Number of days 
ripening. 
Yield of grain per acre 
in bushels. 
Black 
91 
16.2 
Hulless 
91 
15.7 
Melon 
91 
18.5 
Phoenix 
91 
14.8 
