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ESSAYS ON WHEAT 



variety of wheat contributed to the crop of Minnesota in 

 1917 was the same as it was in 1914, i. e., at the time when 

 Marquis had only just made its advent in the State, and 

 let us distribute the 26,663,900 bushels which Marquis 

 produced in 1917 among all these varieties in accordance 

 with these 1914 percentages. Then of the 26,663,900 

 bushels : 



Marquis taking 3 per cent. 



Velvet Chaff. . .taking 30 per cent. 



Bluestem taking 52 per cent. 



Durum taking 2 per cent 



Fife taking 7 per cent. 



. taking 2 per cent. 



will 

 will 

 will 

 will 

 will 

 will 

 will 



receive 799,917 bushels 



receive 7,999,170 bushels 

 receive 13,865,228 bushels 



receive 533,278 bushels 



receive 1,866,473 bushels 



receive 533,278 bushels 



receive 1,066,556 bushels 



Fife taking 7 per cent. 



Winter Wheat . . taking 2 per cent. 

 Other Wheat. . .taking 4 per cent. 



Total 26,663,900 bushels 



These masses of wheat, however, were produced by Mar- 

 quis wheat-plants which had a yield in 1917 of 17.2 bushels 

 per acre. Had equivalent masses of wheat been produced 

 by Bluestem, Fife, etc., these masses would have been 

 smaller, because these varieties in 1917 yielded less than 



