ErPERlMEiSTTS WITH MAEQUIS WHEAT. 



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Concerning the Marquis wheat, Prof. T. A. Kiesselbach, agrono- 

 mist at the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, says : 



It has been our observation that the quality of the Marquis grain is usually some- 

 what inferior to the grain of the other varieties. The seed is usually more shrunken. 



Table IV. — Annual and average yields of the Marquis and tivo other varieties of wheat 

 grown at the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, Lincoln, Nehr., 1913 to 1915, 

 inclusive. 



[Data presented by courtesy of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station.] 



Group and variety. 



Yield per acre (bushels'). 



1913 1914 



1915 Average. 



Fife: 



Marquis 



Crimean (winter): 



Turkey 



Preston: 



Preston i 



32.6 

 48.3 

 31.6 



33.7 

 2S.8 

 29.3 



16.0 

 28.7 

 16.8 



27.4 

 35.3 

 26.0 



1 Average yields of two varieties grown as "Scotch Fife" and "Swedish," both of which proved to be 

 the Preston variety. 



RESULTS AT BROOKINGS, S. DAK. 



Cooperative varietal experiments with Marquis wheat have been 

 conducted during three years at the South Dakota Agricultural 

 Experiment Station at Brookings. The annual and average yields 

 of the Marquis and eight other varieties, representing five different 

 groups of wheat, are given in Table V. 



Table V. — Annual and average yields of the Marquis and eight other varieties of ivheat 

 grown at the Brookings (S. Dak.) station, 1913 to 1915, inclusive. 



[Data obtained in cooperation with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.] 



Group and variety. 



C. I. No. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



1913 



1914 



1915 



Average. 



Fife: 



Marquis 



Glyndon 



Crimean (winter): 



Turkey 



3641 



2873 



3055 



1440 

 4072 



3081 

 3328 



3083 

 30S2 



29.3 

 19.2 



34. 2' 



28. 3 



25.8 



27.6 

 22.3 



26.7 

 22.7 



15.8 

 9.2 



30.8 



15.0 

 11.2 



12.7 

 5.8 



8.3 

 5.7 



26.7 

 7.5 



43.3 



17.0 

 22.5 



18.3 

 21.6 



12.1 

 11.6 



23.9 

 12.0 



36.1 



Kubanka (durum): 



Kubanka 



20.1 



Arnautka... 



19.8 



Preston: 



Preston... . ... 



19.5 



Preston 



16.6 



Bluestem: 



Dakota '. 



Marvel 



15.7 

 13.3 



It will be noted that the Turkey, a hard red winter wheat, outyields 

 all spring wheats by more than 12 bushels to the acre. Among the 

 spring wheats, however, the Marquis outyields all other varieties, 

 including five common wheats and two durum wheats. The durum 

 varieties outyield all spring common wheats except the Marquis, The 



