10 BULLETIN 357, U. S. DEPAETMEoSTT OF AGEICULTUKE. 



Eegarding the yield of Alaska wheat, this statement is made by 

 French and Jones.^ 



The yields this season, 1908, have not been phenomenal in any way. In some 

 cases the wheat was quite badly mixed with other varieties, such as Canadian 

 Hybrid and Little Club. An estimate of the yield, verified in some cases by 

 the thrashing-machine record, is from 20 to 40 bushels per acre. This is about 

 the same yield as obtained from ordinary winter wheat this season. That it 

 will exceed these yields when gro"wn under field conditions remains to be 

 proven. 



Alaska wheat has been frequently tested in rows and small plats 

 in several States in different sections of the country by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the respective 

 State experiment stations. The results of some of these tests are 

 here reported. 



At Akron, Colo., when sown in 20-foot rows in the spring of 1909, 

 two tests of Alaska wheat gave yields at the rate of 14 and 11 bushels 

 per acre, respectively. There were 82 rows in the nursery of this 

 year, exclusive of checkrows, consisting of many different varieties 

 and strains. Of these. 69 jaelded at rates in excess of 14 bushels per 

 acre, the best of the Alaska }delds. 



In 1912 Alaska wheat was again tested at Akron in 20-foot rows 

 and yielded 5.5 and 11.5 ounces per row, respectively, in two tests. 

 There were in this j^ear 114 rows in the nursery, exclusive of check 

 rows, consisting of many varieties and strains. Of these, 28 yielded 

 more than 11.5 ounces per row. the best yield of the Alaska wheat. 



In 1913, at Akron, Alaska wheat was tested in nine rows, each 

 about a rod in length. It varied in yield from 2 to 9 ounces per 

 row, with an average of 5.8 ounces. There were no less than 60 

 rows of several varieties, out of more than 600 rows grown, that 

 yielded more than 9 ounces, the best yield of the Alaska, and a 

 great many more that yielded better than the average. In 1914, 

 Alaska wheat again gave about an average yield in row tests at 

 Akron. 



A^Tien sown in short rows at Williston, X. Dak., in the spring of 

 1909, Alaska wheat was one of the poorest yielding varieties among 

 the many durum and common kinds tested. It was so poor that it 

 was not continued. 



When sown in a 60-foot row at Belle Fourche, S. Dak., in the 

 spring of 1912, Alaska wheat yielded about the amount of seed sown 

 and was not continued. 



"UTien sown in rows a rod long at Cheyenne, AYyo., in the spring of 

 1913j Alaska wheat yielded a little more than the seed sown, or at 

 the rate of about 1-J bushels per acre. A common spring variety 



1 French, H. T., and Jones, J. S. Alaska wheat investigation. Idaho Agr. Exp. Sta 

 Bui. 65. p. 6. 1908. 



