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in large quantities at Minneapolis, Buffalo, and at other 

 places, so that it is probable that this year one-half the 

 spring wheat in the six States under discussion has con- 

 sisted of this varietj.^^ 



Marquis was first grown in the Pacific Northwest in 

 considerable quantities during the season 1914. The in- 

 crease was sold for seed, and by 1916 Marquis began to 

 be shipped away. Some of it found its way to the mark- 

 ets of the Central States; and this led Professor C. H. 

 Bailey to make a careful investigation of its qualities. 

 He visited the so-called Inland Empire and found that the 

 greater part of the Marquis wheat was being raised : in the 

 Palouse district near Pullman (Washington) and Mos- 

 cow (Idaho), in the Xez Perce district, particularly 

 around Genesee and Lewiston (Idaho), and on the Camas 

 Prairie between Eeubens and Grangeville (Idaho). Pro- 

 fessor Bailey collected samples of the wheat in all these 

 districts, tested them in his laboratory at the University 

 of Minnesota, and came to the conclusion that the soft red 

 and white wheats of the Inland Empire districts, such as 

 Jones Winter Fife, Little Club, Red Bussian, and Forty- 

 fold, are generally inferior in baking qualities to Marquis 

 and Turkey wheat gTOwn in the same localities.^^ 



To what extent, in the end. Marquis will establish itself 

 in the Pacific Northwest, is as yet uncertain. It appears 

 to be particularly well adapted to the higher altitudes of 

 the Camas Prairie, since it matures there sufficiently early 

 to escape the frost of late summer.^''' Moreover, as we 

 have seen, Pacific Northwest Marquis has come off with 



25 From information sent in a letter by Mr. C. R. Ball, of the 

 OflBce of Cereal Investigations, Washington. 



26 C. H. Bailey, The Quality of Western-grown Spring Wheat, 

 Journal of the American Society of Agronomy, Vol. 9, 1917, pp. 

 155-161. 



27 C. H. Bailey, loc. cit., p. 156. 



