CEREAL EXPERIMENTS AT DICKINSON, N. DAK. 2a 
Saunders from a cross made in 1888 between the Ladoga and Red 
Fife. The stock of this variety, as well as that of the Red Fife, Pres- 
ton, and Pringle Champlain, was obtained from the experimental 
farm at Brandon, Manitoba. 
Preston.—The Preston wheat (C. I. No. 3328) has yielded as well 
as the Bearded Fife during the two years tested. It is very similar 
to the Huron. This wheat also was originated by Dr. Saunders from 
a cross between Ladoga and White Fife. It was first mentioned in 
the report of the Canadian Experimental Farms for 1893, since which 
time it has become a standard variety in Canada. 
THE BLUESTEM GROUP. 
Two varieties of the bluestem group, Crossbred (N. Dak. No. 318) 
and Haynes (Minn. No. 169), have been included in the trials at 
Dickinson. These varieties are quite similar in appearance, both 
being beardless, with white, hairy chaff and dark-red kernels. 
Taynes Bluestem.—The strain of Haynes Bluestem wheat known 
as Minnesota No. 169 (C. I. No. 3020) was originated by the Minne- 
sota Agricultural Experiment Station. It is a selection made in 1893 
from Haynes Bluestem (Minn. No. 51). Two lots of seed of this 
variety were used in the trials at Dickinson, the first lot having been 
lost by hail. The variety is late in maturing, and for this reason it 
is not well adapted to the conditions at Dickinson. In only one 
year out of six has it outyielded the standard fife and durum 
varieties. It has, however, superior bread-making qualities. 
Crossbred Bluestem.—The strain of bluestem wheat known as 
Crossbred Bluestem (N. Dak. No. 318, C. I. Nos. 38314 and 3695) was 
originated by Prof. W. M. Hays, of the North Dakota Agricultural 
Experiment Station, in 1893, from an incross between two plants of 
Glyndon 753, a bluestem wheat grown by the Minnesota Agricultural 
Experiment Station and represented by its Nos. 116, 157, and 478. 
It is shorter than the Haynes Bluestem and exceeds it shghtly in 
yield, but can not be distinguished by its appearance from other blue- 
stem wheats. It is more commonly grown in eastern North Dakota 
and is well adapted to that part of the State. 
As seen in Table VIII, the yield of the bluestem wheats is low, and 
their growth in western North Dakota should be discouraged rather 
than encouraged. : 
MISCELLANEOUS DATA. 
In making comparisons of different varieties of spring wheat, other 
- data than the grain yields are important. Table IX shows the com- 
parative behavior during the growing season of the varieties included 
in Table VIII. 
