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It will be noted from Table I tbat Early Baart gave the hiohest 

 yield of grain. White Australian, Little Club and ]\Iarquis were not 

 far behind. Early Baart is quite generally grown throughout the Salt 

 River Valley, and meets the demands of the millers generally. With 

 this taken into consideration its yielding capacity would recommend it 

 highly as a standard variety for this section. Marquis is a consider- 

 ably better milling wheat than Early Baart, but so long as the local 

 market will not pay higher prices for it than it does for the softer 

 wheats, and the local production is not equal to the local demand, Early 

 Baart can be profitably grown as the standard variety. 



The hard winter and durum wheats did not show up as well as the 

 varieties mentioned above, and it is doubtful if it would be advisable 

 to encourage their production at this time. 



Two plats of Marcjuis, planted November 15 and December 20, 

 respectively, gave a difiference of 228 pounds per acre in favor of the 

 later planting. This can be explained by the better seed bed conditions 

 at the later planting date. The November planting was irrigated by 



