EXPERIMENTS WITH MAKQUIS WHEAT. 



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Varietal experiments with Marquis wheat have been conducted on 

 nonirrigated land at five experiment stations west of the Rocky 

 Mountains. These stations include Nephi, Utah, Aberdeen, Idaho, 

 and Burns, Oreg., where the experiments have included the Marquis 

 variety during two years; Moro, Oreg., where the experiments have 

 continued during three years; and Davis, Cal., where the variety 

 has been grown but a single year. The locations of these stations 



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Fig. 7. — Diagram showing the average yields of the Marquis and the leading variety ia each of several 

 different groups of wheat at five dry-land stations west of the Rocky Mountains during one, two, or three 

 of the years 1913 to 1915, inclusive. 



and the average yield of the Marquis and also of the leading variety 

 in each of several groups of wheat are shown in figure 7. The same 

 data and those on still other varieties wlU be found in Tables XXI 

 to XXV, inclusive. In figures 8 and 9 are shown heads and kernels 

 of varieties representmg the White Austrahan, Baart, and Little Club 

 groups of soft white wheat, all of which are commercially importtot 

 wheats in this section. 



