UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



1 BULLETIN No. 400 i 



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Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief. 



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Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER. 



October 26, 1916 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MARQUIS WHEAT. 



By Carleton R. Ball, Agronomist in Charge, and J. Allen Clark, Scientific 

 Assistant, Western Wheat Investigations, Office of Cereal Investigations. 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction 



History of Marquis wheat 



Origin 



Experiments in western Canada 



Introduction into the United States . 

 Description of Marquis wheat 



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Varietal experiments 



Source of the seed 



Geographic area covered. 



3 Results obtained 



4 Summary of yield data . . 

 4 Milling and baking quality . . 



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INTRODUCTION. 



Marquis wheat has attracted much attention in the United States 

 during the past three or four years. Large quantities of seed have 

 been imported from Canada and sold to farmers in this country. In a 

 period of only three years the production has increased until it has be- 

 come of commercial importance. 



The United States Department of Agriculture has had Marquis 

 wheat under experiment at a number of experiment farms for periods 

 of two or three years. These experiments have been conducted under 

 varying conditions of cHmate and soil. The results obtained in these 

 tests are shown in this bulletin. In addition, there are given some 

 results obtained independently by State agricultural experiment sta- 

 tions. 



The experiments at Ames, Iowa; Brookings, Highmore, Eureka, 

 and Newell, S. Dak.; Dickinson and Wilhston, N. Dak.; Moccasin, 

 Mont.; Nephi, Utah; Aberdeen, Idaho; and Moro and Burns, Oreg., 

 are conducted in cooperation with the agricultural experiment sta- 

 tions of those States, respectively. The experiments at Akron, Colo., 

 are conducted in cooperation with the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture 



Note. — This bulletin is intended for agronomists, both experimenters and extension workers, and for 

 technical workers in other lines who are concerned with wheat and its products, 

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