DISCOVERY OF MARQUIS WHEAT 245 



Let us now tiim to the present year, 1918. On Sep- 

 tember 1, the spring- wheat crop was forecasted at 342,- 

 855,000 bushels of which about 257,000,000 bushels were 

 forecasted for Minnesota, the two Dakotas and Montana.-^^ 

 These four States were also estimated to produce 15,050,- 

 000 bushels of winter wheat ^^ making with the spring 

 wheat a grand total of 272,000,000 bushels. It has been 

 estimated, however, that at least 65 per cent, of the total 

 wheat crop of these four States consists of Marquis.^^ 

 The amount of Marquis produced in the four chief spring- 

 wheat States, therefore, is about 177,000,000 bushels. 

 At the average fixed price of $2.00 a bushel, the crop value 

 of this mass of wheat amounts to $354,000,000. But, 

 this year, spring wheat has been grown in other States to 

 the extent of 86,000,000 bushels; and of this wheat a very 

 large proportion has been Marquis, probably one-half. 

 Making allowance for this, it appears safe to say that the 

 crop value of Marquis for the United States as a whole, 

 in 1918, is upwards of $370,000,000. 



One further calculation only remains to be made, 

 namely, the crop value of Marquis in the whole spring- 

 wheat region of iSTorth America for the years 1917 and 

 1918. To make this calculation, all we need to do is to 

 add the totals already obtained for Canada and the United 

 States. The following Table contains these totals and 

 their summations : 



i October Monthly Crop Report, Washington, 1918. 



20 August Monthly Crop Report, Washington, 1918. 



21 Estimate sent to the writer by Mr. Carleton R. Ball, of the 

 Office of Cereal Investigation, Washington. 



