EXPEEIMEISTTS WITH MAEQUIS WHEAT. 



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Table XXVII. — Annual and average yields of the Marquis and four other varieties of 

 ivheat grown under irrigation on the Huntley {Mont.) Experiment Farm during 1914 

 and 1915. 



[Data furnislied by the OflBce of "Western Irrigation Agriculture.] 



Group and variety. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



Group and variety. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



1913 



1914 



Average. 



1913 



1914 



Average. 



Fife: 



Marquis 



Preston: 



Pringle Cham- 



30.8 

 35.4 



63.3 

 54.9 



47.0 



Unclassified: 



Stanley 



White Australian: 



Dicklow 



Defiance 



27.1 



29.4 



47.9 



41.9 

 56.0 



37.5 

 35.6 













RESULTS AT ABERDEEN, IDAHO. 



The Marquis variety has been grown under irrigation at Aberdeen 

 during a 3-year period, 1913 to 1915, inclusive. The annual and 

 average yields are shown in Table XXVIII. The average yield of 

 the best variety in each group is shown graphically in figure 10. 



Among the six varieties tested, the Marquis ranks fifth, outyielding 

 only the Haynes. The yield of the Little Club is practically the 

 same as that of the Marquis. The three varieties in the White 

 Australian group, however, outyield the Marquis by 9, 14, and 31 

 per cent, respectively. The Defiance is commonly grown under irri- 

 gation in the Western States, while the Palouse Bluestem is the stand- 

 ard variety of spring wheat on the dry-land farms. 



Table XXVIII. — Annual and average yields of the Marquis and five other varieties of 

 ■wheat grown under irrigation on the Aberdeen Experiment Farm, Aberdeen, Idaho, 

 1913 to 1915, inclusive. 



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





C. L 



No. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



Group and variety. 



1913 



1914 



1915 



Aver- 

 age. 



Fife: 



Marquis 



3276 



3663 

 3703 

 4067 



4223 



2874 



33.3 



61. 5 

 55.6 

 42.0 



41.3 



36.0 



38.9 



38.0 

 43.5 

 38.0 



41.2 



27.4 



56.7 



56.7 

 47.7 

 62.1 



47.7 



35.1 



43 



White Australian: 



Dicklow 



52 1 



Defiance 



48 9 



Palouse Bluestem 



47 



Little Club: 



Little Club 



43 4 



Bluestem: 



Haynes 



32 8 







RESULTS NEAR FALLON, NEV. 



The varietal experiments with wheat on the Cdi^on-Truckee 

 Reclamation Project are conducted in cooperation with the Ofl&ce 

 of Western Irrigation Agriculture. In 1914 the experiments were 

 conducted on the farm of L. W. Langford, and in 1915 on the farm 



