UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 400 
Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 
WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
PROFESSIONAL PAPER 
October 26, 1916 
EXPERIMENTS WITH MARQUIS WHEAT 
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By 
CARLETON R. BALL, Agronomist in Charge, and J. ALLEN CLARK, 
Scientific Assistant, Western Wheat Investigations, 
Office of Cereal Investigations 
CONTENTS 
Introduction 
History of Marquis Wheat 
Origin 
Experiments in Western Canada . . 
Introduction into the United States . 
Description of Marquis Wheat . . . . 
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Varietal Experiments 
Source of the Seed 
Geographic Area Covered . . . 
Results Obtained ....... 8 
Summary of Yield Data 38 
Milling and Baking Quality 40 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1916 
