UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
| BULLETIN No. 400 
Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 
WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief. 
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Washington, D. C. 
PROFESSIONAL PAPER. 
October 26, 191& 
EXPERIMENTS WITH MARQUIS WHEAT. 
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 
Summary of yield data . . 
4 Milling and baking quality . . 
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INTRODUCTION. 
Marquis wheat has attracted much attention in the United States 
during the past three or four years. Large quantities of seed have 
been imported from Canada and sold to farmers in this country. In a 
period of only three years the production has increased until it has be- 
come of commercial importance. 
The United States Department of Agriculture has had Marquis 
wheat under experiment at a number of experiment farms for periods 
of two or three years. These experiments have been conducted under 
varying conditions of climate and soil. The results obtained in these 
tests are shown in this bulletin. In addition, there are given some 
results obtained independently by State agricultural experiment sta- 
tions. 
The experiments at Ames, Iowa; Brookings, Highmore, Eureka, 
and Newell, S. Dak.; Dickinson and Wilhston, N. Dak.; Moccasin, 
Mont.; Nephi, Utah; Aberdeen, Idaho; and Moro and Burns, Oreg., 
are conducted in cooperation with the agricultural experiment sta- 
tions of those States, respectively. The experiments at Akron, Colo., 
are conducted in cooperation with the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture 
Note. — This bulletin is intended for agronomists, both experimenters and extension workers, and for 
technical workers in other lines who are concerned with wheat and its products. 
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