98 BULLETIN" 1074, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



constitutes 25 per cent of the wheat grown in the vicinity. Wilson and Wilson 

 Special are names used for the variety in Marion County, Ind., and Lycoming 

 County, Pa. 



KOFOD. 



Description. — Plant usually winter habit, sometimes intermediate or spring, 

 midseason, midtall ; stem white, slender, weak ; spike awnless, fusiform, mid- 

 dense, nodding; glumes glabrous, yellowish, brown streaked, midlong, mid- 

 wide ; shoulders midwide, usually oblique to square but sometimes more vari- 

 able; beaks usually wide, obtuse, 1 mm. long; apical awns few, 2 to 15 mm. 

 long; kernels white, midlong, soft, ovate, acute; germ small to midsized; 

 crease midwide, middeep ; cheeks angular ; brush midsized, midlong. 



The characters of Kofod wheat are rather variable and unstable. The kernel 

 is extremely soft. 



History. — An interesting but probably mythical story regarding the origin 

 of Kofod wheat was published in the Deseret Farmer in 1906 (29). Accord- 

 ing to the story, Amasa Potter, of Payson, Utah, in the year 1870 was exploring 

 ancient mounds in Utah County, near Payson, in one of which he found two 

 skeletons and, among other things, a small quantity of wheat. Most of the 

 grain had decayed, but a few apparently sound kernels remained. These he 

 sowed, and increased and distributed the resulting yield. The published corre- 

 spondence further shows that he let Orwell Simons, of Payson, Utah, have 

 some of the seed, and he in turn let Peter Winward, of the same place, have 

 some. A John C. Whitbeck obtained some of the seed from Peter Winward 

 in 1875 and took it to Levan, Utah. Hans C. Kofod, of Levan, later obtained 

 seed of this wheat from Mr. Whitbeck and thus got the start of what is now 

 known as Kofod wheat. The fact that wheat usually loses its viability after 

 10 or 15 years makes this story of its ancient origin extremely improbable. 



Distribution. — Grown in Iron, Juab, Millard, and Sanpete Counties, Utah. 



Synonym. — Koffoid. This is the name under which this wheat has been 

 grown and referred to in previous publications by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture and by the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station until 1919. 

 The name was changed to Kofod upon learning the correct spelling of Mr. 

 Kofod's name. 



DAWSON (DAWSON GOLDEN CHAFF). 



Description. — Plant winter habit, midseason, midtall; stem white, strong; 

 spike awnless, linear-oblong, middense, inclined; glumes glabrous, light brown, 

 midlong, wide ; shoulders wide, oblique to square ; beaks midwide, obtuse, 0.5 

 mm. long ; apical awns few, 3 to 20 mm. long ; kernels white, short to midlong, 

 soft, ovate to oval; germ midsized to large; crease midwide to wide, middeep; 

 cheeks usually angular ; brush midsized, midlong. 



Dawson differs from Goldcoin chiefly in having white straw, an oblong spike, 

 and no collar around the brush. Spikes, glumes, and kernels of Dawson wheat 

 are shown in Plate XXIII, A. 



History. — Originated in 1881 by Robert Dawson, of Paris, Ontario, Canada 

 {111, p. 8). It was selected " in a field of Seneca or Clawson, in which he found 

 one plant quite distinct and much superior to the rest of the crop. Mr. Dawson 

 sowed the grain from this plant and has continued to grow this wheat since. It 

 was practically unknown over Ontario until tested at the experimental station 

 along with many old and new varieties and the comparative results published. 

 It has ranked first in yield from the beginning" (178, p. 11). 



Distribution. — Grown in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, 

 Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and 

 Wisconsin. Figure 37 shows the distribution of this variety. 



