DISCOVERY OF MARQUIS WHEAT 247 



Let us first consider the year 1917 and limit our in- 

 quiry to the single State of Minnesota. To what extent 

 did Minnesota benefit financially in 1917 through grow- 

 ing Marquis wheat ? The answer to this question can be 

 obtained from the following data for which we are in- 

 debted to the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture: 



DATA FOR MINNESOTA 



Total crop of wheat in 1917 57,965,000 bushels." 



Average price of wheat per bushel 2 dollars.^^ 



Percentages of the Total Crop for the Chief Wheat Varieties ^* 



Let us now proceed with our calculation. Since 46 per 

 cent, of the 57,965,000 bushels of wheat produced in Min- 

 nesota in 1917 was Marquis, Marquis contributed to the 

 total wheat crop of the State 26,668,900 bushels. 



Now let us suppose that the percentages which each 



22 and 23 December Monthly Crop Report, 1917, Washington, p. 121. 

 24 and 25 August Monthly Crop Report, 1918, Washington, p. 95. 



