. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 16 BULLETIlSr 398, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. The yields produced were the highest ever recorded at the station. Figure 6 shows the winter-wheat varieties grown in rephcated fiftieth- acre plats in 1915. In the fall of 1912 and of each succeeding year the seven leading varieties of winter wheat were seeded on acre plats. This change was made in order to test these varieties on a large scale under actual field conditions and to have seed of the best varieties available for distribution. Table XI gives the annual a
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 16 BULLETIlSr 398, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. The yields produced were the highest ever recorded at the station. Figure 6 shows the winter-wheat varieties grown in rephcated fiftieth- acre plats in 1915. In the fall of 1912 and of each succeeding year the seven leading varieties of winter wheat were seeded on acre plats. This change was made in order to test these varieties on a large scale under actual field conditions and to have seed of the best varieties available for distribution. Table XI gives the annual and average yields of these seven varieties on acre plats in the three years, 1913, 1914, and 1915. The land where these varieties were grown was not always in the best of tilth. The plan was to give the land only such cultiva-. Fig. 6.—Replicated plats of winter-wlieat varieties at the Judith Basin substation, 1915. (Froma photograph lent by the Office of Exhibits, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) tion as it would receive under average farm conditions. The yields from the acre plats were not as high as the yields of the same varieties grown in the smaller plats. Table XI.—Annual and average yield of seven varieties of winter wTieat grotvn in acre plats at the Judith Basin substation, Moccasin, Mont., in the three years from 1913 to 1915, inclusive. No. Yield per acre (bushels). Variety. No. Yield per acre (bushels). Variety. 1913 1914 1915 Aver- age. 1913 1914 1915 Aver- age. Alberta Red 2979 1435 1437 1559 Kharkof 1442 1583 1558 Do Do Turkey Do. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : Th
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