WHEAT, OATS, AND BARLEY IN SOUTH DAKOTA. 



15 



The Red Fife has given the highest average yield of any of the va- 

 rieties of common wheat at all the stations, with an 8-year aver- 

 age acre yield of 16.1 bushels at Brookings and 12.5 bushels at High- 

 more. It is a little inferior to the Marvel Bluestem in milling value, 

 containing 1.3 per cent more bran, 2.9 per cent more shorts, 1 per cent 

 less low-grade flour and 1.9 per cent less straight flour (Table VI). 

 This lower milling value affects the market price, so that this and 

 the related varieties usually sell for about 3 cents per bushel less than 

 bluestem wheat. However, it has recently been officially admitted to 



Fig. 3. — Selected heads- of the Red Fife wheat (C. I. No. 3081) used in the wheat- 

 breeding nursery at Highmore, S. Dak. 



grade with " northern " (hard spring) wheat on the Minneapolis and 

 Chicago markets and this difference in price will doubtless disap- 

 pear. 



THE BLUESTEM GEOUP. 



The varieties of the bluestem group of common wheat are beard- 

 less, with white, hairy chaff. The kernels are dark red, with wide, 

 outcurving sutures. Among the varieties of this group are the 

 Haynes Bluestem (Minn. Nos. 51 and 169), Pedigreed Bluestem 

 (S. Dak. No. 140), Okanogan Bluestem (S. Dak. No. 145), Marvel 

 Bluestem (S. Dak. No. 195, C. I. No. 3082), and Select Bluestem 



