EXPERIMENTS WITH MARQUIS WHEAT. 
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Concerning the Marquis wheat, Prof. T. A. Kiesseibach, agrono- 
mist at the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, says : 
It has been our observation that the quality of the Marquis grain is usually some- 
what inferior to the grain of the other varieties. The seed is usually more shrunken. 
Table IV. — Annual and average yields of the Marquis and two other varieties of wheat 
grown at the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station, Lincoln, Nebr., 1913 to 1915, 
inclusive. 
[Data presented by courtesy of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station.] 
Group and variety. 
Yield per acre (bushels). 
1913 1914 1915 Average 
Fife: 
Marquis 
Crimean (winter): 
Turkey 
Preston: 
Preston * 
32.6 
48.3 
31.6 
33.7 
2S.8 
29.3 
16.0 
28. 7 
16.8 
27.4 
35.3 
26.0 
1 Average yields of two varieties grown as "Scotch Fife" and "Swedish," both of which proved to be 
the Preston variety. 
RESULTS AT BROOKINGS, S. DAK. 
Cooperative varietal experiments with Marquis wheat have been 
conducted during three years at the South Dakota Agricultural 
Experiment Station at Brookings. The annual and average yields 
of the Marquis and eight other varieties , representing five different 
groups of wheat, are given in Table V. 
Table V. — Annual and average yields of the Marquis and eight other varieties of wheat 
grown at the Brookings (S. Dak.) station, 1913 to 1915, inclusive. 
[Data obtained in cooperation with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.] 
Group and variety. 
C I. No. 
Yield per acre (bushels). 
1913 
1914 
1915 
Average. 
Fife: 
Marquis 
3641 
2873 
3055 
1440 
4072 
3081 
3328 
3083 
3082 
29.3 
19.2 
34.2 
28.3 
25.8 
27.6 
22.3 
26.7 
22.7 
15.8 
9.2 
30.8 
15.0 
11.2 
12.7 
5.8 
8.3 
5.7 
26.7 
7.5 
43.3 
17.0 
22.5 
18.3 
21.6 
12.1 
11.6 
23.9 
12.0 
Crimean (winter): 
Turkey 
36.1 
Kubanka (durum): 
Kubanka 
20.1 
Arnautka 
19.8 
Preston: 
Preston 
19.5 
Preston 
16.6 
Bluestem: 
15.7 
13.3 
It will be noted that the Turkey, a hard red winter wheat, outyields 
all spring wheats by more than 12 bushels to the acre. Among the 
spring wheats, however, the Marquis outyields all other varieties, 
including iive common wheats and two durum wheats. The durum 
varieties outyield all spring common wheats except the Marquis. The 
