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pats was a red clover sod plowed in the fall after bein'' 
nngated, but nevertheless it was so diy in the sprint that 
alter 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. 
4 -A °^ er var ieties were sown on unfertilized land 
tnat 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 Russian. 
Yellow French. .. 
Negro Wonder. 
American Banner.. 
Bed Rust Proof.... 
Race Horse. 
Area of Plat 
in Acres. 
0.10 
0.33 
0.10 
0.25 
0.25 
0.33 
0.33 
0.33 
0 90 
Yield per Plat 
in Bushels. 
6.5 
12. 
5. 
15. 
16. 
18. 
22. 
16. 
1 A 
Yield per Acre 
in Bushels. 
65 
36 
50 
60 
64 
54 
66 
48 
50 
60 
40 
40 
40 
48 
60 
Great Northern. 
White Bonanza .... 
Lincoln . 
• • V . La\J 
0.33 
0.40 
0 40 
1U. 
20. 
16. 
1 A 
Irish . 
• • U . 
0 40 
It). 
1 A 
Silesian and Excelsior. . 
Excelsior .... 
•• U.TU 
1.00 
4 no 
lb . 
48. 
24.1 
OO K 
Silesian . 
3 no 
Totals and Averages . 
• u . UU 
75 
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. 6 
,, Barle y grows in Colorado with a very short straw, but 
the heads and the grain compare well with the growths of 
f° y a ®° a u i? t r y -, A11 the varieties grown the past season were 
io+um J eS l pats ' .•’■hoy were sown April 2d and May 
+ho i + ? hjst sowmg 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 
e \ e ; io droU u of last season at the Cheyenne Wells sub-station 
bolM- , J C i° f bu shels to the acre that we obtained 
heie was le-cleaned, fine seed weighing fifty-six pounds to 
