BULLETIN 400, U. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGBICTJLTUBE. 
Table I. — Annual arvd average yields of Marquis and Red Fife wheat, grown at four of 
the Canadian experimental farms during varying periods within the years 1907 to 1914, 
inclusive. 
Station and variety. 
Yield per acre (bushels) 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1.-14 
Average. 
Indian Head, Saskatche- 
wan: 
32.0 
12.0 
46.3 
35.0 
49.2 
41.5 
29.2 
33.8 
37.5 
24. > 
43.3 
40.2 
31.0 
29.0 
48.0 
43.0 
42.7 
40.7 
11.0 
15.0 
50.4 
26.4 
46.6 
42.6 
70.0 
60.0 
77.4 
64,0 
36.6 
36.0 
28.5 
31.1 
43.3 
27.3 
56. 7 
39.3 
50.5 
45.0 
30.0 
24.7 
54.0 
36.0 
54.0 
46.7 
36.5 
22.6 
45.3 
43.1 
50 3 
Red Fife 
36.4 
Brandon, Manitoba: 
43.6 
Red Fife 
S8L4 
Lethbridge, Alberta: 
25.9 
Red Fife 
26.7 
Rosthern, Saskatchewan: 
53.1 
Earlv Red Fife 
41.7 
A study of Table I shows that the Marquis outyielded the Red Fife 
at three of these stations by 5 to 14 bushels per acre. At Lethbridge 
the Red Fife outyields Marquis by four-fifths of a bushel per acre. 
The Kharkof. a hard red winter wheat, also outyields the Marquis at 
Lethbridge. 
The overyield of the Marquis at Indian Head is 3S.2 per cent: at 
Rosthern. 27.3 per cent: and at Brandon. 13.5 per cent. 
INTRODUCTION INTO THE UNITED STATES. 
Attention was first attracted to Marquis wheat in the United 
States through its having won premiums at several expositions. In 
consequence of this publicity a demand for the seed arose. A con- 
siderable quantity of seed was brought into this country for sowing 
in 1913. Much larger quantities were imported for sowing in 1914. 
One firm in Xorth Dakota claims to have handled 140.000 bushels in 
the latter year. 
The importations of these two years, with the seed home grown in 
1913. were sufficient to sow about hah a million acres in 1914. The 
three States, Minn esota and the Dakotas. produced 6.360.000bushels in 
1914. The total crop of 1914 was probably about 7.000.000 bushels. 
This gave a large supply of home-grown seed, and very little has been 
imported since. 
Most of the imported seed was sold in Minnesota. Xorth Dakota, 
and Montana. Smaller quantities were sold in Iowa, Nebraska. 
South Dakota, and Washington. In this way the Marquis variety 
became widely distributed in a very short time. 
DESCRIPTION OF MARQUIS WHEAT. 
In all important characters Marquis wheat closely resembles the 
wheats of the Fife group, so commonly grown in the northern Great 
Plains States. It is therefore included in the Fife group. It will be 
