Progress Report Series:No. 11 RevisedAu'ust 1947 AGRICULTU RAL EX-P'ERIMENTSTATON of The Alabama.Polytchhnic InstituteAuburn,.Ala. 0 0 0*4M. J. Funcess, Direcor * 0 . . SMAL GRAIN VARIETY TETS IN AAIEJ1BAMA 19 THo Hc'ROGER1SD Associate. Agronomist During the 1946--47 sea:son the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station tested a number of'small. graina rrieties at 14lot in. the State,,YI of the variet-ies tested- in:1947; are presented in Tablel10The test at the Gulf Coast Substation, Fairhope,: was a -failure, Tables 3s and 4give the yields of the varieties tested during 1945;-,19417 The sources froru which seed of the various varieties viere obtiafined 'are listed on page 6' When select ing a vari etyof s Mall grain' tao grow.i a particular location the result s obtained nearesr:t that. location should be studied 0 During the past 2 yearst -Sanett wheat has produced more.than any other whea teste a prctical veryocation Inthe northern parJt of the State, Calhoun- barey hs producd more: than any, other barley tested These two rela tiJvely, new var i e t J.es shouldbe bo.planted at least on a'trial basis where barley and wheat;a re growr Recently.a-new oat disease, known as Helmnthosporium has caused con siderable damage to oats in many parts of the country Dm from this disease was less severe in Alabama du.& ring -the ,past season than-in some of the neighbor ing states, This dises e p racti.F.aIy destroyed the.oat crop in certain parts of Florida and reducedtbch as 50 per cent i.n other sections Hel-minthosporium, may attack the oat p la nt at any stg rgowth 0 , It may cause seedlings to di"e, -theleaves -on the p3 an ts thcat survive are. streaked wijth an orange to brownish color- and:.di~e. before the head i.s well filled. The disease may also at-tack the stems at the ..nodes, caus-ing them to turn dark and break over, Whexi an Jinfe'cted plant is. pulled I'pl the root s appa browin and dead, The di" sease is carried'on the- seed and' in the soiU1 *These tIests were conduct ed in cooperation with TT,,. Williamson, H 0 R, I'vnfo I C1 We Richardson,, Fo Eo: Bert-ram, J", P.,Wlsoni, S o EGissendanner, Fred Stec- wart 0 5 - F nSegrest, Jro Fred Schultz- J r,- 0 E L-.,Mayt on 9 , WNoIIIC o tn eyf, and! Otto'Brown, on the Suibstations and Experimeont.Fels. o Aaba Table 1, Yields of Smnall Grains in Varietyv Tests at 13 Location,14 ____ ver2Le Tield of a in p er a cr.e ___ Grain variety Belle Cross W'Vin- Alex- Caimp PrattL- Alice A-'U= Tallas TssMnreBe __________________ Ua yle field aridria.ill J yule yulle burn sCe e il o O.ATS Bu, Eu Bu-. E u- EuJB u B,,, Bu u 1u E EE Red Rustproofl14 6611 629; 91-5 7 5 8 7 7 , 21 56)6 39,:4 59,8 67,7 56 41 2 Victorgrain 87,0 50,:) 77.1 128 8 91)7 55,9 68,,5 27 DLL 41 4 524 19 Nortex 65~ 60 3 83 2 81:5 75,9 55,9 39-2 44,2 52 93 3- DeSoto 52)557,8 794--A 659 ,q 6.)o6)5 78o2 32.3 34,,o 56 2~ Alber 79,-3 5428 786 73,:7 66J0 58,,3 41.7 25,2 6 29 36 2 Delta Red 63o4 60.5 6S 0 0 52,:0 721-9 59,3 29,:9 3 7)1 71o4 3 7 3 Red Rustproof 43A 65o7 59,1 71o0 97,4 78o6 4831 27,:5 53.-5 5l1o 43 36 6 Stanton 46o7 44o8 75),,6 l02o6 86o2 40o4 56,6 38o~6 42o5 39 30 4 Nortex 107 71o6 55o4 94o5 34o7 80o7 49o4 45u4 3328 46o8 5 5~ 0 Florilee 66o7 37o5 69a6 903 84o5 39o1 040O 44o2 45o6 44 1350 Camellia51o6 4428 66o5 32o6 62o2 59(:0 4C,-o5 34o0 3O 6 364 Letoria 5503 50o4 75o6, 53--2 .82o6 34o5 6 5, o0 1002 2lo6 3~ 4l l~ Florida 167 75o2 .38l 62o7i 7504 54)0 65o3 37~ 8,5 6o06 3~ ll 1 Fulri.66ol 51o5 55o9 50o7 71o3 55o1 491 32o6- 35,5 12 357 5 Traveler One 621l 4305 72o6 29,6 7328 35o6 629g 21.8 22o4 307 18 1l Fulghum 63o4 52o2 4909 77o6 52o0 42o9 22o3 9A4 45ol 4~ 26 1~ Taylor Fulgrain 69o3 47o5 5404 l6o3 56o2 49o6 19o4 13o6 34o5 4~ 3 > BARLEY Calhoun * 47c;0 32o8 8328 o1 * 4q1e 0 2 2 Sunrise * 42o0 40o3 772 * 27o7 * 2,01 1000 66 20 l9] Tenn. No. 6 * ')36,2 323 27o8 * 18o7 * 4o4 5ol 10 14 04 WhMEAT Sanett______ __ 26o6 34o7 30o2 48 :3 40 35u7 372):, 22o5I 34,5 2.2 17 7 Hardired 15o5 31)0 25 -4 3,7 7 241 962,52,r-6,,35 l89 40 Sanford 16,7 19 8 3l4 4) 32D25 2315 1)4 25 11 15] Alabama. Bluestem 18o2 9o8 16.5 32o4 2;,,. 2 18,1 17 o95 06 242 765 Austin 21o3 9ol Scl 29o0 b9 43 l0o3 142 23 7,72:,23A e ad- 1947 ,and Av), 57:-9 60,.4 4.53 J 577 41 4 54z5 5 9 53.36 471 1 5 3,3 4.8~ 152o5 38o2J 51-2 34o750 o 5.3 o3~ 50o6 54061 46o3 53o2. 440O 42o4i 43 o3 4o9 42o" 2906 .3901 L4o9 383o0 L6o3 34o4 L7,1 24o2 L8.~ ag22o9 6o9 14o4 24o7 2931 -30. 3 2328 0~o6 21l 5,7 15o2 0o3i 1328 *j Destroyed by birds. Table 2", Yields of Small Grain Varieties, Northern Alabama, 3 Year. Averagre, 194b-19470 Grain variety Victorgradl- Red Rustproof 14 Florilee Florida 1617 Nort ex_________ lied Rustproof 43A, Stanton-________ Alber Delta Red_________ xiulghum.- FPulgrain Calhoun. Marnoba rb - _., Hardired.. Belle Mine l.Cros sVill e I2j ."lin -d -Bushels 8308 84.2 8305 68 o4* 590o4* 58 .2* 7101* 7604 53)9* 6 6,-6* 31 0 413 ol* 3105 24o? 1805 1202 *Two--year average, **Not planted -at Wiinf ield in 1945. v'.*Destroyed by hail at Alexandria Bushels 50o4 660o4 5803 44o9 65a5 60,03 6009 660o6* 61o6 5601 55,10 5100 480o1* 4000 4000 350o2* 23o9 22.4 1 1 3 r uj3ihels 6900 5004 46o8 6003 56 c,2 5107 5601 3605 4402 32o6 30o1 20 06* 2706 2307 2 4 09 1703 93o0 66.7 84ol 78o2 52o5 63o 7 49o7 66o8 33*8 in 1946~ Table3 Yields of Small Grain Varieties, Central Alabama, 3-Year Average,. 1945-1947 Average yi~eld of grain per acre Grain varieties LaFay- Cam~p lce- Au- Tuske-~ __________________e tte-"*I Hill* vll ville burn Bu. 3w, Bu,) Buw. Bu,, Bu. OATS Victo rgrain 82c,4 93o4 60,2 6527 60,,0 50o6 Florilee 89,,6 ~ 3 34672o47 Red Rustproof 14 73o6 74c;5 59o0 47,)8 66o4 61ll Red Rustproof 43A 81,,6 73,5 66A 44u9 6o ,6-9 51o2 Nortex 68o6 78o5 59,jO 53u4 6627 49)6 Stanton 81v6 77v2 49,6 46c,8* 6127 563 Delta lied 75,8 71)o 6o,,8 4605 59.02 54AS C anielli0a 63'..9 67 ,1 64.i,3 55o9 52,,6* 62o0 Fulgrain 95C,4 75,8S 40o3 45c,6 61,.)9 41,:2, Alber 68v5 66o8* 42 ,4*0 56,0* 587* Fulghum 78A 64,,0 5Ou8 272j 48;.2 53o6 Florida 167 Z 62,3 60,)6 41,j2 37,5 50;4 BARLEY Sunris 56;-.2 27o9 - Marnobarb 450* 27 .24"1 35,1* 37,0*,# 15,8* Calhoun - Ga) 32,3* 25,3 8,9* WHEAT Sanett 37o5 2927* 39,8* 33o2 16,,5* c=2 Table4 Yields of Small Grain Varieties, Southern Al1abamal, 3-Year .Aiverage 3 1945-1947 Avera-ge yeld of grain per acre ______ Grain Vriety H1-eadland J onroeville Breiton o Average O.ATS Delta Red Camellia Ried Ru'stproof 14 Ful grain Nor tex Stanton Victorgrain Flo rile e Red Rustproof 43A Fulghurn Alber Florida 167 BTRLEY Calhoun Mvarnobarb WVHEAT Sanett Sanford Hardired Alabama Bituestem Bu, 45 , 6 51u~5 44,9 56, 3 39,:) 42o9 49,15 42,9 21, 8 592j* 39-)5 27 )3* 13 3- * 23,0* 14, 2 16 2 BU 47,6 40,:9 46,2 32,0 40o9 414l 35.:9 33 .9 390 373 14 3* 174In 1233 12, 5 c6 Bu 35 0o v27o2 28,8 e-e)4, 2 20 1,6 29 , 3 28 )8 3l0 6 J, * 4 4* 12 4* 9"-) 6 c)6 901 Bu 4,3; 3 42.5 41,.4 38o35 38 00 37,.6 36 -15 32,7,5 31o8 29,,3 *Two-year ave-rage 0 , Seed of the small grain varieties tested in 1947 were obtained from the following sources, Oats Alber----------------- Reutergs Seed Company, New Orleans, Louisiana Camellia------------ euter vs Seed Company, New Orleans, Louisiana Delta Red------------ Delta Experiment Station Stoneville Miss DeSoto------------- Rice Branch Experiment Station, Stuttgart, Ark Florida 167----- Florida Experiment Station, 9 Gainesville, Fla Florilee-----N-------- North Florida Experiment Stationg Quincy 9 Flao Fulghum------- Marett Farm and Seed Company, estminister S C Taylor FulgrainI----- R W Taylor, Buffalo, Ala Fulgrain-------------- Coker Pedigreed Seed Co, Hartsville, S, Co Le.tornia T, W, Wood and Sons, Richmond, Virginia Nortx-- R. E Lambert and Sons 9 Darlington 9 Ala 0 Nortex 107,--- Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co , Stoneville, Miss, Red Rustproof No ,14-- Georgia Coastal Plain ExperLment Station 9 Tifton 9 Ga 0 Red Rustproof 43A----- Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, Ala, Stanton - Coker Pedigreed Seed Co., Hartsville, S, C 0 Traveller -Rice Branch Experiment Station, Stuttgart, Ark 0 Victorgrain------ ---- Coker Pedigreed Seed Co., Hartsville, S, C, Barley Calhoun--' Sunrise---- -- Tennessee No 6- Wheat Alabama Bluestem =--- Austin-------- Hardired- Sanett--- Sanford-----c----a Marrett Farm and Seed Co, Westminister S Marrett Farm and Seed Co. ,)estminister, S, Co Cumberland Mountain Potato Company, Knoxville 9 Tenn 0 Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, Ala Texas Substation No, 6. Denton Texas Coker Pedigreed Seed Company 'lartsville, So Co arrett Farm and Seed Company, Westminister, S. Co Hastings 9 Seed Company, Atlanta 9 Gao