. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 26 BULLETIISr 402, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. plat of a pure-line selection of Sixty-Day oats is shown in figure 7. The Burt oat (C. I. No. 293) has been grown only four years. In these years it has averaged bushels, as compared with bushels from the Kherson variety for the same period. In the fall of 1907 a plat of Boswell Winter oats was sown. While the winter survival was low, the plat yielded at the rate of bushels per acre. Seed of this variety has been sown five other years, and each time the
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 26 BULLETIISr 402, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. plat of a pure-line selection of Sixty-Day oats is shown in figure 7. The Burt oat (C. I. No. 293) has been grown only four years. In these years it has averaged bushels, as compared with bushels from the Kherson variety for the same period. In the fall of 1907 a plat of Boswell Winter oats was sown. While the winter survival was low, the plat yielded at the rate of bushels per acre. Seed of this variety has been sown five other years, and each time the plants have entirely Fig. 7.—Plat of a pure-line selection of Sixty-Day oats at the Akron Field Station, with the farm build- ings in the background, in 1910. Table XVIII shows the average dates of heading and maturity, height, weight per bushel, and yield of five varieties of oats repre- senting all three of the spring groups. The White Tartarian was not grown in 1909, 1910, and 1911. The average yields are shown graphically in figure 8. Table XVIII.—Average dates of heading and maturity, height, yield of grain and straw, and weight per bushel of five varieties of oats grown at the Akron Field Station, Akron, Colo., 1908 to 1915, inclusive. Group and variety. No. Dates of— Height. Yield per acre. Weight Heading. Maturity. Grain. Straw. bushel. Early: Kherson 459 165 619 134 300 June 26 June 27 July 6 July 8 July 11 July 20 July 19 Aug. 1 Jul^ 31 Aug. 9 Inches. 27 27 31 32 34 Bushels. Pounds. 1,394 1,418 2,014 2,119 2,538 Pounds. Sixty-Day Midseason: Colorado No. 37 Swedish Select Late: White Tartarian i 1 Not grown in 1909,1910, and 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. [Washing
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