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BULLETIN 400, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



RESULTS AT LINCOLN, NEBR. 



The experiments reported in Table IV were conducted independ- 

 ently by the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, and the 

 results are made available here through the courtesy of its director 

 and other officers. The yields obtained from the Marquis, Turkey, 



Fig. 5.— Kernels of three varieties of hard wheat, shown in four different positions, twice natural size: 1, 

 Preston (spring common); 2, Kubanka (spring durum); 3, Kiarkof (winter). 



and Preston varieties during three years are given. The 3-year aver- 

 age yield of the Marquis is about 8 bushels less than that of the 

 Turkey, although it outyielded the Turkey in 1914. Its average yield 

 exceeds that of the Preston, a bearded spring wheat, by only 1.4 

 bushels per acre. 



