18 BULLETIN 33, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
to be superior to the original strain. The yields obtained from this 
pure line are substituted for those of the original strain in Table 
VIII, and the average yield is therefore greater than that of the 
original stock shown in Tables VI and VII. Both C. I. No. 1440 
and C. I. No. 4063 have good milling qualities, but the volume of 
the loaf is comparatively small. (See Pl. I.) 
Arnautka—The variety Arnautka (C. I. No. 1494) is typical 
of the durum wheat: most commonly grown in North Dakota and 
South Dakota. It is better adapted to the eastern portion of these 
States. Arnautka is shghtly taller than Kubanka, with longer, more 
slender heads (fig. 4) and longer grain. It originally came from 
Russia, where it 1s grown in the more humid territory bordering on 
Fie. 4.—Heads of eight varieties of wheat grown at the Dickinson substation: Durum 
group—(1) Kubanka No. 8 and (2) Arnautka GP1; bearded fife group—(5) Bearded 
Vife; fife group—(+) Ghirka, (5) Rysting, and (6) Marquis; and bluestem group— 
(7) Crossbred and (8) Haynes. 
the Sea of Azof. The stock grown at Dickinson was obtained by 
the United States Department cf Agriculture from Mr. T. N. Oium, 
Lisbon, N. Dak., in 1900. It has often been called Goose wheat or 
Wild Goose. The Arnautka wheat has yielded well in our trials, 
but is exceeded in yield by the Kubanka. A pure-line selection 
from Arnautka, Arnautka 6P1 (C. I. No. 4064), made at the Akron 
(Calo.) Experiment Farm has yielded better than the original va- 
riety,and has been substituted for it.in cur trials. In milling quality 
the Arnautka is inferior to the Kubanka. 
THE FIFE GROUP. 
Among the varieties of the fife group which have been tested at 
Dickinson the Ghirka Spring and the Rysting have given the best 
