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tention of other farmers who also became anxious to 

 give the new wheat a trial. To meet this demand, several 

 car-loads of additional seed were imported by various 

 seed firms in North Dakota in 1912. When Marquis be- 

 gan to arrive at the big flour mills of Minneapolis, the 

 millers immediately recognized its fine milling and baking 

 qualities; and they became enthusiastic advocates of its 

 introduction into the ^Northwestern States. For example, 

 the Eussell, Miller Milling Company of Minneapolis, in 

 the fall of 1913, made arrangements with the Angus 

 McKay Farm Seed Company of Indian Head for the 

 importation of nearly 100,000 bushels of Marquis from 

 the Indian Head and Eegina regions; and they supplied 

 this seed to the farmers of INorth Dakota, Minnesota, etc., 

 at cost. In order to make certain that this large amount 

 of seed should be of first-class quality, the Eussell, Miller 

 Milling Company communicated with Professor H. L. 

 BoUey, the Seed Commissioner for North Dakota, and re- 

 quested him to inspect the fields from which the seed was 

 to come. Professor BoUey, who had long been convinced 

 of the importance of bringing into the United States seed- 

 wheat of high quality and who had perceived the good 

 qualities of Marquis when grown on his experimental plots 

 at Fargo, gladly undertook the mission; and the 100,000 

 bushels of Marquis duly arrived at its destination in ex- 

 cellent condition.^^ A further 37,000 bushels were im- 



12 The above facts were obtained by personal inquiry from Pro- 

 fessor H. L. BoUey at Fargo, and from Mr. H. S. Helm of the 

 Russell, Miller Milling Co., at Minneapolis. Mr. D. G. Mackay, of 

 the Angus Mackay Farm Seed Co., gave the following additional 

 information. The first two bushels exported by the Angus Mackay 

 Farm Seed Co. were sent to the Northrup, King Co., of Minneapolis 

 in 1910. This Company sent the two bushels to a farmer who 

 lived near Grand Forks, N. D., in the Red River Valley; and the 

 farmer contracted to increase it in amount for the Company. By 

 the autumn of 1912, the crop had already become large and it was 

 shipped as a car lot to the Russell, Miller Milling Co., at Minneapolis. 



