WHEATS AND FLOURS OF AROOSTOOK COUNTY 



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kernel. How soon this change takes place, whether in one or 

 two seasons, or whether more gradually is not clear. 



FIRST FXPFRIMEXT. 



As a preliminary study, three experiments in growing wheat 

 in Aroostook county from western seed were made in 1900. 

 While three trials in one season are not sufficient to give con- 

 clusive results, they were undertaken with the hope that they 

 might prove to be instructive as indications of what might be 

 expected from more extended trials. The description of the seed 

 and details of the experiment follow. 



6309. Lamona wheat, obtained from the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. This wheat was grown in Lincoln county, Wash- 

 ington, and it is said to be the best drouth-resistant variety ever 

 grown there, yielding from 20 to 30 bushels per acre of fine 

 plump kernels. A portion of this wheat was reserved for 

 analysis, and the remainder forwarded to the Hon. T. H. Phair 

 of Presque Isle, to be used as seed. Samples were obtained from 

 the crop thus grown (6515). 



Fig. 52. FIFE WHEAT, SHOWING CHANGES IN SIZE AND SHAPE OF KERNETi 



BY CHANGE OF CLIMATE. 



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G514. Parent, Minnesota grown. 6434. Progeny, Maine grown. 



6314. Wellman's Fife. This wheat was obtained from 

 Professor W\ ]\I. Hays of the ^Minnesota Experiment Station. 

 It was grown at Perham, ^linn., from seed introduced 20 years 

 previously from the Saskatchawan Valley. It is thought to have 

 come originally from northern Russia. From this seed crops 

 were grown at several points in Aroostook county. Sample 

 6434 was grown at Washburn by Alex Duncan. 



