98 BULLETIN 1074, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF 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 giabrous, 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; 
erease 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 ©. 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. 5 
Dawson differs from Goldcoin chiefly in having white straw, an oblong spike, 
and no collar arcund the brush. Spikes, glumes, and kernels of Dawson wheat 
are Shown in Piate XXIII, A. 
riginated in 1881 by Robert Dawson, of Paris, Ontario, Canada 
(177, 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. | 
