4 BULLETIN 400, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



Table I. — Annual and average yields of Marquis and Red Fife wheat, grown at four of 

 the Canadian experimental farms during varying periods within the years 1907 to 1914, 



inclusive. 



Station and variety. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



Average. 



Indian Head, Saskatche- 

 wan: 



32.0 

 12.0 



46.3 

 35.0 



49.2 



41.5 



29.2 

 33.8 



37.5 

 24.8 



43.3 

 40.2 



31.0 

 29.0 



48.0 

 43.0 



42.7 

 40.7 



11.0 

 15.0 



50.4 

 26.4 



46.6 

 42.6 



70.0 

 60.0 



77.4 

 64.0 



36.6 

 36.0 



28.5 

 31.1 



43.3 

 27.3 



56.7 

 39.3 



50.5 

 45.0 



30.0 

 24.7 



54.0 

 36.0 



54.0 

 46.7 



36.5 

 22.6 



45.3 

 43.1 



50.3 



Red Fife 



36.4 



Brandon, Manitoba: 



43.6 



Red Fife 





38.4 



Letlibridge, Alberta: 





25.9 



Red Fife 





26.7 



Rosthem, Saskatchewan: 





53.1 



Early Red Fife 











41.7 















A study of Table I shows that the Marquis outyielded the Red Fife 

 at three of these stations by 5 to 14 bushels per acre. At Lethbridge 

 the Red Fife outyields Marquis by four-fifths of a bushel per acre. 

 The Elarkof, a hard red winter wheat, also outyields the Marquis at 

 Lethbridge. 



The overyield of the Marquis at Indian Head is 38.2 per cent; at 

 Rosthern, 27.3 per cent; and at Brandon, 13.5 per cent. 



INTRODUCTION INTO THE UNITED STATES. 



Attention was first attracted to Marquis wheat in the United 

 States through its having won premiums at several expositions. In 

 consequence of this pubhcity a demand for the seed arose. A con- 

 siderable quantity of seed was brought into this country for sowing 

 in 1913. Much larger quantities were imported for sowing in 1914. 

 One firm in North Dakota claims to have handled 140,000 bushels in 

 the latter year. 



The importations of these two years, with the seed home grown in 



1913, were sufficient to sow about half a milHon acres in 1914. The 

 three States, Minnesota and the Dakotas, produced 6,360,000 bushels in 



1914. The total crop of 1914 was probably about 7,000,000 bushels. 

 This gave a large supply of home-grown seed, and very little has been 

 imported since. 



Most of the imported seed was sold in Minnesota, North Dakota, 

 and Montana. Smaller quantities were sold in Iowa, Nebraska, 

 South Dakota, and Washington. In this way the Marquis variety 

 became widely distributed in a very short time. 



DESCRIPTION OF MARQUIS WHEAT. 



In all important characters Marquis wheat closely resembles the 

 wheats of the Fife group, so commonly grown in the northern Great 

 Plains States. It is therefore included in the Fife group. It will be 



