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variety yields a little more than the Fife varieties, but not quite as 

 much as the durums. 



Table XVII gives the annual and average yields of the leading 

 variety in each of the groups for 1913, 1914, and 1915. From this 

 table it ■will be seen that the Fretes leads, with the Pelissier second 

 and the Marquis third. The Marquis has been grown at Moccasia 

 for only three years. During that time it has been among the highest 

 yielders and is also of high milling quahty. A view of plats of the 

 Marquis and Beloturka varieties, the latter a durum wheat, is shown 

 in figure 7. 



Fig. 7. — End view of plats of the Marquis and Beloturka wheats, the latter a durum variety. (From 

 a photograph lent by the Office of Exhibits, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



Table XVII. — Annual and average yields of the leading variety in each group of spring 

 wheat grown at the Judith Basin substation, Moccasin, Mont., during three years, 

 1913 to 1915, inclusive. 





C.I. 



No. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



Group and variety. 



C.L 

 No. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



Group and variety. 



1913 



1914 



1915 



Aver- 

 age. 



1913 



1914 



1915 



Aver- 

 age. 



Durvun group: 

 Pelissier 



Fife group: 



Marquis 



1584 

 3641 



32.0 

 33.5 



26.5 

 23.7 



42.2 

 42.3 



33.6 

 33.2 



Preston group: 

 Fretes 



Miscellaneous: 

 Galgalos 



1596 

 2398 



35.2 

 30.7 



25.7 

 24.5 



42.5 

 40.5 



34.5 

 31.9 



Varietal Experiments in Nursery Rows. 



The nursery work with spring wheat has been conducted along the 

 same general lines as that with winter wheat. The work was started 



