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than to the lighter soils. On the Ashland Experiment Farm, 
Pedigree No. 4 (Early Gothland) has been found to be a very 
satisfactory variety of oats to grow. In 1920 this variety out- 
yielded all other varieties, and in spite of a favorable season to 
favor rank growth, showed very little lodging. So far, early 
Gothland seems especially well adapted to upper Wisconsin, al¬ 
though one other new strain, No. 1214, has outyielded Pedigree 
No. 4 by eight bushels an acre on a six-year average. The Ash¬ 
land Station is on heavy, red clay soil, which is practically the 
same as the soil in the Fox River Valley. 
Wheat is grown to some extent in this region, and could be 
grown much more extensively with profit. At the Ashland Ex¬ 
periment Station on the red clay land the variety of wheat 
known as Baska, No. 408, has yielded as high as 51 bushels an 
acre, or an average of 31 bushels for a seven-year period. The 
variety No. 11837 yielded 34.2 bushels an acre for seven-year 
period, and variety No. 11825 yielded 32.4 bushels an acre for 
the same period. These are all winter wheats, and it has been 
demonstrated that winter wheats give larger yields and are 
more profitable to raise than spring wheats. Of the spring grain 
which have been tried, Marquis seems to give the best results. 
The well drained red clay lands seem to be better adapted to 
wheat growing in northern Wisconsin than the other type of 
soils. In considering these results it should be kept in mind of 
course that the climatic conditions at Ashland are somewhat 
different than in Outamagie county, although similar soils 
are to be found in both regions. 
Peas are grown to a greater or less extent in this region, 
and their production could be materially extended with profit. 
The varieties which have given the best results at the Ashland 
Experiment Station on the red clay are the Scotch, which has 
yielded 22.9 bushels an acre over a period of ten years, and the 
Green which yielded 22.6 bushels an acre over the same period. 
Peas pay better and give a larger profit per acre than any of 
the small grains. 
The growing of rye can be made profitable, and this crop is 
especially well adapted to soils of a somewhat sandy nature; 
in fact, it does better on the sandy soils than any of the other 
small grains. Wisconsin Rye, Pedigree No. 2, has given very 
good satisfaction as grown at the Spooner Experiment Station, 
as well as in other sections of the state. Winter rye should be 
