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95. Score Card. — Hays has proposed a score card for com- 

 paring the performance of spring varieties of wheat, as follows : * 

 Percentage score card for comparing varieties of wheat : 

 (i) Yield per acre 45 



(2) Grade of grain (market estimation) . , 20 



(3) Rust resistance 10 



(4) Quality of gluten 10 



(5) Amount of gluten 5 



(6) Coefficient of rise of gluten . . . 10 



100 

 A graphic presentation of this score card is proposed, as 

 shown in paragraph 94. 



96. Market Classification. — The markets of the country 

 recognize four types of wheat, which are grown in somewhat 

 distinct areas of the country, although no sharp line can be 

 drawn between these localities. They are as follows : 



1. Soft winter, in eastern United States; climate mild, even 

 and moist; spike either bearded or beardless, but principally 

 the latter ; color of grain varies from white to light red ; per cent 

 of gluten medium. 



2. Hard winter, south of Minnesota and the Dakotas be- 

 tween the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains ; extremes 

 of temperature and moisture with dry, hot summers; usually 

 bearded ; grain red, wdth per cent of gluten high. 



3. Hard spring, in Minnesota, the Dakotas and northern 

 Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska f climate too severe for winter 

 varieties, otherwise like hard winter district ; bearded or beard- 

 less ; color of grain red and usually lacking in plumpness ; per 

 cent of gluten high. 



4. White, in Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain States ; long 

 season of growth ; bearded or beardless ; grain white, large and 

 plump ; per cent of gluten low. 



1 Minn. Bui. 62 (1899), P- 432' 



9 Central and western Canada also furnishes a large quantity of this type. 



