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Vol. XXX, No. I 
Table V.— Data on inheritance of basal hairs in 9 strains of Burt oat grown at 
the Akron Field Station and at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station 
in 1920 
Basal hairs in progeny 
Number of kernels with 
hairs— 
Strain number and basal hairs in 1 
parent kernels ° 
Percentage of kernels with 
hairs— 
AKRON FIELD STATION 
Kansas No. 5020: 
Abundant_ 
Few__ 
Absent___ 
Kansas No. 5211: 
Abundant-- 
Few__ 
Absent_ 
Kansas No. 5220: 
Few__ 
Absent..._ 
Kansas No. 6004: 
Few__ 
Absent_ 
Kansas No. 6052: 
Absent_ 
Kansas No. 6076: 
Abundant-- 
Few-- 
Absent_ 
Kansas No. 6090: 
Abundant_.- 
Few_ 
Absent_ 
Kansas No. 6094: 
Abundant_ 
Few.-- 
Absent__ 
All strains: 
Abundant_ 
Few_ 
Absent_ 
KANSAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT 
STATION 
Kansas No. 5020: 
Abundant_ 
Few--- 
Absent_ 
Kansas No. 5211: 
Abundant_ 
Few---- 
Absent_ 
Kansas No. 5219: 
, Abundant_ 
Few__ 
Absent__ 
Kansas No. 5220: 
Few-- 
Absent_ 
Kansas No. 6004: 
Few__ 
Absent-- 
Kansas No. 6052: 
Absent_ 
Kansas No. 6076: 
Absent--- 
Kansas No. 6090: 
Abundant.... 
Few........ 
Absent.... 
Abundant 
Abundant 
Few 
Absent 
Long 
Mid¬ 
length 
Few 
Absent 
Long 
Mid¬ 
length 
46 
52 
25 
2 
36. 
8 
41.6 
20.0 
1.6 
0 
127 
102 
21 
0 
50.8 
40.8 
8.4 
5 
245 
1,006 
1,330 
• 
2 
9.5 
38.9 
51.4 
500 
188 
47 
74 
61. 
8 
23.2 
5.8 
9.2 
77 
542 
905 
18 
5. 
0 
35.1 
58.7 
1.2 
21 
916 
2,643 
3, 806 
• 
3 
12.4 
35.8 
51.5 
0 
77 
4 
0 
0 
95.1 
4.9 
0 
0 
19 
801 
733 
0 
1.2 
51.6 
47.2 
0 
115 
33 
0 
0 
77.7 
22.3 
0 
0 
27 
253 
736 
0 
2.7 
24.9 
72.4 
0 
0 
951 
2, 409 
0 
0 
28.3 
71.7 
0 
57 
18 
1 
0 
75.0 
23.7 
1.3 
0 
0 
63 
25 
0 
0 
71.6 
28.4 
0 
5 
444 
1,438 
0 
.3 
23.5 
76.2 
0 
29 
2 
0 
0 
93.5 
6.5 
0 
0 
467 
109 
28 
0 
77.3 
18.1 
4.6 
0 
471 
1,128 
1,334 
0 
16.1 
38.4 
45.5 
0 
264 
37 
0 
0 
87.7 
12.3 
0 
0 
282 
166 
0 
0 
62.9 
37.1 
0 
0 
154 
423 
1,248 
0 
8.4 
23.2 
68.4 
546 
590 
129 
77 
40. 
7 
44.0 
9.6 
5. 7 
77 
1,610 
1,381 
92 
2. 
4 
50.9 
43.7 
2.9 
26 
1,837 
7,649 
13, 034 
' 
1 
8.2 
33.9 
57.8 
0 
70 
56 
38 
0 
42.7 
34.1 
23.2 
0 
25 
88 
13 
0 
19.9 
69.8 
10.3 
0 
34 
569 
750 
0 
2.5 
42.1 
55.4 
3 
21 
55 
0 
3. 
8 
26.6 
69.6 
0 
2 
129 
245 
31 
5 
31.7 
60.2 
7.6 
55 
122 
696 
700 
3! 
5 
7.8 
44.2 
44.5 
0 
0 
21 
0 
0 
0 
100.0 
0 
29 
41 
25 
18 
25. 
7 
36.3 
22.1 
15.9 
0 
159 
1,166 
445 
0 
9.0 
65.9 
25.1 
0 
20 
46 
9 
0 
26.7 
61.3 
12.0 
0 
12 
280 
512 
0 
1.5 
34.8 
63.7 
0 
0 
5 
20 
0 
0 
20.0 
80.0 
0 
0 
360 
552 
0 
0 
39.5 
. 60.5 
0 
0 
302 
1,119 
0 
0 
21.3 
78.7 
0 
0 
409 
586 
0 
0 
41.1 
58.9 
0 
4 
25 
1 
0 
13.3 
83.3 
3.4 
0 
84 
198 
29 
0 
27.0 
63.7 
9.3 
0 
43 
342 
635 
0 
4.2 
33.5 
62.3 
• No differentiation was made between the long and midlength subclasses of basal hairs in describing 
the kernels sown in 1920. 
