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oats was a red clover sod plowed in the fall after being 
irrigated, but nevertheless it was so dr}^ in the spring that 
after being sown April 6th it had to be irrigated May 17th to 
make the seed germinate. When it did come, it made an 
almost perfect stand. 
All the other varieties were sown on unfertilized land 
that had been cropped with grain the previous year. The 
oats were sown March 30th, irrigated May 25th and June 
20th, and harvested August 11th. 
Variety. 
Calgary Gray. 
White Scotch. 
Badger Queen. 
White Kussian. 
Yellow French. 
Negro Wonder. 
American Banner.... 
Bed Rust Proof. 
Race Horse. 
Great Northern. 
White Bonanza. 
Lincoln . 
Irish. 
Silesian and Excelsior 
Excelsior. 
Silesian. 
Area of Plat Yield per Plat Yield per Acre 
in Acres. in Bushels. in Bushels. 
0.10 
6.5 
65 
0.33 
12. 
36 
0.10 
5. 
50 
0.25 
15. 
60 
0.25 
16. 
64 
0.33 
18. 
54 
a. 33 
22. 
66 
0.33 
16. 
48 
0.20 
10. 
50 
0.33 
20. 
60 
0.40 
16. 
40 
0.40 
16. 
40 
0.40 
16. 
40 
1.00 
48. 
48 
4.00 
24.1 
60 
3.00 
22.5 
75 
Totals and Averages. 11.75 70.2 59.75 
BARLEY. 
While Colorado is not particularly adapted to barley 
and comparatively little of it is raised, yet the fine crops that 
are sometimes grown show what may be done with good 
conditions and good seed. 
Barley grows in Colorado with a very short straw, hut 
the heads and the grain compare well with the growths of 
any country. All the varieties grown the past season were 
in small test plats. They were sown April 2d and May 
12th; the first sowing irrigated May 23d and June 16th, and 
the last irrigated June 25th, and harvested August 1st to 12th. 
The Nepaul and Black barleys are hulless i. e., in thresh¬ 
ing, they separate from the hull like wheat. The rest of the 
kinds retain the hulls in threshing. The California barley 
deserves special notice for its drouth resisting qualities and 
its productiveness. It is the only cereal that withstood the 
severe drouth of last season at the Cheyenne Wells sub-station 
and the yield of fifty bushels to the acre that we obtained 
here was re-cleaned, fine seed weighing fifty-six pounds to 
