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ESSAYS ON WHEAT 



that had Velvet Chaff, Bluestem, and Fife been grown 

 in Montana in 1917 instead of Marquis, the yield of spring 

 wheat would have been lessened by about 1,500,000 bush- 

 els. Taking this into consideration, we may assume that 

 the increase in the growing of Marquis in Montana since 

 1914 caused an increase in the 1917 crop of, let us say, at 

 least 1,100,000 bushels. 



Let us now summarize the estimated wealth gained in 

 the four chief spring-wheat States, in 1917, through the 

 increased cultivation of Marquis since 1914. 



Gains in Wealth hy Growing Marquis in the Four Chief 

 Spring-wheat States 



We thus perceive that, through increasing the amount 

 of Marquis grown, from about 4 per cent, in 1914 to about 

 44 per cent, in 1917, the gain of wealth in the four chief 

 spring- wheat States in 1917 was upwards of 10,000,000 

 bushels of wheat valued at 20,000,000 dollars. The great 

 campaign which was carried on by American millers and 

 seedsmen in the years 1913 and 1914 for the rapid intro- 

 duction of Marquis into the spring-wheat region of the 

 United States, has therefore soon borne financial fruit; 

 but it has had a consequence of still greater importance : it 

 resulted in making at least 10,000,000 more bushels of 

 American wheat available for the Allies in the Great War 



