CEEEAL EXPERIMENTS ON THE CHEYENNE EXPERIMENT FARM. 21 



The yields of the leading varieties of each group are shown graphically 

 in figure 8. 



MISCELLANEOUS MINNESOTA VARIETIES. 



Eleven lots of Fife, Bluestem, and Preston wheats were obtained 

 from the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station late in the 

 spring of 1913. They were sown in fiftieth-acre plats on breaking. 

 The stands were good, except that of McKendry (C. I. No. 4147). 

 These wheats were shattered about 15 per cent by hail on August 16. 

 All were late in maturing and the yields were low. 



In 1914 these wheats were sown on fallow land in plats of varymg 

 size. Good stands were obtained. Yields were better in 1914 than 

 in 1913. 



In 1915 the wheats were sown in single twentieth-acre plats on 

 double-disked corn ground. The stands obtained were good. While 



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Fig. 8. — Diagram showing the average yields of the leading varieties in each group of spring wheat 

 on the Cheyenne Experiment Farm, 1913 to 1915, inclusive. 



the varieties were damaged by rust, the yields obtained were fairly 

 good, as is shown in Table XII, but the quality was poor. The 

 average yields of these wheats in the three years, 1913 to 1915, 

 inclusive, are much lower than those obtained from most of the 

 varieties in the regular varietal test (Table X). 



LKADINC; VARIKTIEH. 



The leading durum wheats have jdelded from 2 to 3 bushels per 

 acre more than tlie leading common wheats. Yields from the lead- 

 ing varieties of tFio Preston, Fife;, and misccUanoous groups liavc 

 been practically the same. The Bluestem varieties have been con- 

 sistently the lowest in yield. 



