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by 1.4, Fife by 2.2, and Bluestem by 2.5 bushels per acre. 



In South Dakota, Marquis has outyielded Velvet Chaff 

 by 1.9, Fife by 3.7, and Bluestem by 3.6 bushels per acre. 



In Montana, where we have data for one year only, Mar- 

 quis has outyielded Velvet Chaff by 1.8, Fife also by 1.8, 

 and Bluestem by 2.8 bushels per acre. 



So far as Durum is concerned, Marquis has outyielded 

 this variety in Minnesota by 1.6, and in Montana by 0.3 

 bushels per acre; but Durum has outyielded Marquis in 

 Is^'orth Dakota by 0.4, and in South Dakota by 0.2 bushels 

 per acre. 



Winter wheat, on the relatively few acres where it has 

 been grown successfully, has outyielded Marquis in each 

 of the four States: in Minnesota by 4.2, in North Dakota 

 by 1.7, in South Dakota by 4, and in Montana by 3.2 

 bushels per acre. 



From the point of view of the three older spring varie- 

 ties of Common Wheat, we can make the following state- 

 ments : 



Bluestem was outyielded by Marquis: in Minnesota by 

 3.9, in North Dakota by 2.5, in South Dakota by 3.6, and 

 in Montana by 2.8 bushels per acre. In other words. Mar- 

 quis outyielded Bluestem, on the average throughout the 

 spring-wheat region, by from 2.5 to 3.9, or more exactly 

 by 3.3 bushels per acre. 



Fife was outyielded by Marquis: in Minnesota by 2.9, 

 in North Dakota by 2,2, in South Dakota by 3.7, and in 

 Montana by 1.8 bushels per acre. In other words Marquis 

 outyielded Fife, on the average throughout the spring- 

 wheat region, by from 1.8 to 3.7, or more exactly by 2.7 

 bushels per acre. 



Velvet Chaff was outyielded by Marquis : in Minnesota 

 by 2, in North Dakota by 1.4, in South Dakota by 1.9, and 

 in Montana by 1.8 bushels per acre. In other words, Mar- 



