TABLE 40A.   PERCENT ESTABLISHMENT RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS   1/
                                                                         AT MEAD, NE   2/
                                                                        1996-2000 DATA

                                                        NAME            AUGUST     SEPTEMBER     MEAN

                                                        BAM-1000         40.0        70.0        55.0
                                                        TEXOKA           43.3        63.3        53.3
                                                        91-118           36.7        56.7        46.7
                                                        STAMPEDE         36.7        56.7        46.7
                                                        CODY             33.3        56.7        45.0
                                                        378              43.3        43.3        43.3
                                                        LEGACY (86-61)   36.7        43.3        40.0
                                                        UCR-95           36.7        43.3        40.0
                                                        BONNIE BRAE      33.3        33.3        33.3
                                                        TATANKA          26.7        40.0        33.3
                                                        609              33.3        30.0        31.7
                                                        86-120           33.3        30.0        31.7
                                                        BISON            23.3        33.3        28.3
                                                        MIDGET           30.0        26.7        28.3

                                                        LSD VALUE        14.6        20.1        15.7
                                                        C.V. (%)         19.5        25.6        21.3



                           1/  TO DETERMINE STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, SUBTRACT ONE ENTRY'S MEAN FROM ANOTHER ENTRY'S MEAN.
                               STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES OCCUR WHEN THIS VALUE IS LARGER THAN THE CORRESPONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05).

                           2/  C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.