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were made with a farmer who had j?rown this variety exclusively for 

 about 25 years to supply this wheat for seed purposes. 



RED CLAUSON. 



Season medium to early, hardiness and vigor medium; straw coarse and 

 upright, of medium height and strength; head bald, scpiare and compact, 

 often club-shaped or thicker toward the toj), curving moderately down- 

 ward when ripe; chaff very dark, easily separating from the grain; grain 

 large, dull red, rather soft. 



This is now probably the leading variety grown in the State, being 

 exceeded, if at all, in area only by the old White Clauson. Its superiority 

 over White Clauson in many cases appears to be due mainly to its shorter, 

 stiffer straw, making it less liable to lodge, and to its somewhat earlier 

 maturity. Reports as to its yield are nearly always favorable and it 

 appears to be especially able to give good returns in dry seasons. The 

 berry is large and fine but there have been some complaints from millers 

 oh account of its softness. In hardiness and vigor this variety is not quite 

 equal to the White Clauson. 



The Red Clauson originated in 1881 on the grounds of A. N. Jones, 

 Leroy (now at Newark), N. Y., and is said to have been x>roduced by 

 artificially fertilizing the White Clauson with pollen of the Golden Cross. 

 It was not generally introduced until 1888. The Red Clauson possesses 

 many of the characteristics of the White Clauson but is unquestionably 

 a distinct variety. 



Dawson's golden chaff. 



Plant very hardy, straw stiff, heads bald, close and uniform, bending 

 moderately downward in ripening, chaff adhering rather closely to the 

 grain, kernel plump, white, of medium size. 



This variety originated in 1885, one stool, containing five stalks, being 

 found at harvest time in that year on a bare exposed hill in a field of 

 White Clauson, where the surrounding wheat had been winterkilled. 

 The farm on which it originated is located about two miles west of Gait, 

 Ontario, and was owned at the time by Mr. Robt. Dawson, who dis- 

 covered, propagated, and introduced this variety which bears his name. 

 The present address of Mr. Dawson is Paris, Ontario. 



The Golden Chaff appears to have been first introduced into Michigan 

 by Mr. John Sturgis, of Sturgis, St. Joseph county, who purchased of Mr. 

 Dawson four bushels in the fall of 1808, Its general introduction however 

 resulted from the purchase and distribution of ninety bushels by the 

 State experiment station the following season. The station was led to 

 introduce this variety for trial chiefly because of its success in the 

 province of Ontario where the climate is similar to that of the southern 

 peninsula of Michigan. For two years it had stood at the head of the 

 varieties tested in the cooperative experiments conducted by the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, located at Guelph, and for three years it had stood, 

 first among the 53 varieties of wheat grown for trial on the experimental 

 grounds connected with that college. Over a large part of Ontario it had 

 become the leading market variety, being in especial demand to mix in 

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