The Dickinson press., 1913-11-15
.WAllRoH On BARLEY
T1o-aoWED SORTS BesJ

TW0RoWED SORTS BesJ
A short article In the October 1stsDa-
kota Farmer on the Gaitami barleyssue-
aested my writing q little Oh bslisley
growing for the northern Great Plains
region. There are certain things ahout
the .Gaitami barley which adapts Il 10
advertising and 1t is quite possible
that attention. will 30 attracted % 1t
beyond Its merits.
Tue Dickinson station began expert
mentine with the Gaitami barley in
1907. when it wal introduced 81 the
Department Of Agriculture. "a 1907.
this barley was very dwarf and searly
but 1t has become less dwarf and not
quite 20 early. l should say in passing
that the Gaitami is black 6-rowed.
hulled barley bearing awnes and o. is
similar to the Oderbrucker. except in
color.
1t will not be necessary to Give the
yield Of the Gaitami for each year. The
yield relative to the yields Of the other
varieties has been quite uniform. For
a period Of five years. ending 191i.sthe
Gaitami yielded better than any Of the
other 6.rowed barleys-it stood at the
head Of the list. as lar as that class OF
barleys is concerned. But it yielded
less than the 2-rowed barleys, except
ing n or two varieties. For one year
only. in 1910. did the Gaitami barley
outyield all other sorts. For the4years,
1908 to 1911. the Gaitami yielded IT'S
tbushels per acre as AGAINST 34.3 bushels
for the %fiannchen, q standard 2-rowed
barley. and 20.e bushels for the Mand-
scheuri (of Manchuria) a standard6 g.
rowed variety. The results tor 1912
were spoiled by haif.
In 1918. the Gaitani behaved much
the same as in previous years. but
this instance the Mandscheuri out
yielded the Gaitami. fhe Hannchen
yielded IS bushels. the Gaitami 1879
BUSHES and the Mandscheuri 50.7 bush
els per acre.
Our experiments at Dickinson have
been satisfactorily conclusive and they
indicate that such standard 2-rowed
barleys as the Hannchen and Swan
Neck. closely followed by other proved
sorts. such as Hanna and Primus. OUT
yields all other kinds. sit
The extent of territory that the Dick
inson results will cover is unknown but
likely a great portion of western North
and South Dakota. At Eighmore. S.
D.. it has been found that the proved
barleys, as a rule, outyield the 6-rowed
sorts. The. data from Cottonwood. s.
D., do not, indicate if the Hannchen
and Swan Neck barlevs have been under
trial in comparison with the Gaitami.
At Dickinson we early appreciated
the probable high yielding character.io 81
the Hannchen- and Swan Neck .bafleygg
and so an early distribution was made
of seed. AS a result, now that time
has proved our early surmises correct.
there are several hundred bushels Of
these high yielding barleys in North
Dakota ready for distribution to the
farmers for seed for 1914 sowing.
Barley is a minor crop among farm.
ers and it is difficult 70 secure COM
parative results from one farm. Very
few men SOW more than n variety of
barley. 81
Eight pounds of Hannehen barley
was sent to A. T. Johanson of Burleigh3
county and from this he obtained IS
bushels. Two bushels were sent to s.
D. Williams Of Mclean county, and
from the 2 bushels sowr on 4 acres he
threshed 140 bushels. Mr.. Gregg Of
Stark county has. GROWN the barley for
Is or 4 years. In 1872 his crop was
hailed out July nth, but the second
Growth made so bushels per acre. A..
E. Tye of Emmons county states that
in 1913 the Hannchen barley very much
outyielded the 6-rowed barley that he
Grew. Mr.. Kitchen of Billings county
has grown the Swan Neck barley for 2
or 3 years and is very high in praise Of
its quality and yielding power. Other
co-operators have made similar reports.
Il will be worth while to compare the
,:oJd of uourchon harley in nnunda a