EXPERIMENTS WITH MARQUIS WHEAT. 
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spring common wheat. It outyields the Preston by only 3 per cent, 
but the Power and Glyndon by 14 and 20 per cent, respectively, and 
the Haynes by 19 per cent. 
RESULTS AT HIGHMORE, S. DAK. 
The Marquis variety has been included in the varietal experiments 
at Highmore during three years, 1913 to 1915, inclusive. The annual 
and average yields obtained from the Marquis and eight other 
varieties are shown in Table XIII. The average yield of the best 
variety in each group is shown graphically in figure 6. 
The Marquis has outyielded all other varieties, both winter and 
spring, at Highmore during the period specified. The Kubanka and 
Preston are nearly tied for second place and do not fall far below the 
Marquis. The Kharkof, the hard winter variety, and the Haynes 
and three varieties of the Fife group fall from 4 to 11 bushels, or from 
22 to more than 100 per cent, below the Marquis in yield. The 
comparatively high yield of the Marquis variety in 1913 was due to 
the favorable location of the plat in a low moist spot. 
Table XIII. — Annual and average yields of the Marquis and eight other varieties of wheat 
grown at the Highmore (S. Dak.) substation, 1913 to 1915, inclusive. 
[Experiments conducted in cooperation with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.] 
Group and variety. 
C.I. 
No. 
Yield per acre ( bushels j. 
1913 
191.5 
Aver- 
age. 
Fife: 
Marquis 
Power 
Ghirka 
Glyndon 
Kubanka (durum): 
Kubanka 
Do 
Preston: 
Preston 
Crimean (winter): 
KharkoL. 
Bluestem: 
Haynes (Minn. No. 51) . 
3641 
2989 
1517 
2873 
1354 
1440 
3081 
1442 
1505 
12.7 
6.3 
6.5 
8.7 
3.3 
2.0 
6.5 
2.1 
7.7 
13.3 
8.7 
11.3 
7.3 
22.2 
19.7 
12.0 
12.5 
4.8 
33.3 
26.7 
16.7 
10.0 
30.0 
33.3 
35.8 
31.7 
22.5 
19.8 
13.9 
11.5 
8.7 
18.5 
18.3 
18.1 
15.4 
11.7 
RESULTS AT EUREKA, S. DAK. 
At Eureka the Marquis has been grown in the varietal test during 
only two years, 1914 and 1915. The annual and average yields are 
shown in Table XIV. The best yielding variety in each group and 
the average yield produced by it in the 2-year period are shown 
graphically in figure 6. 
The results show that the Kubanka durum is the highest yielding 
among the five varieties tested. It outyields the Marquis by 3\5 
bushels, or 15.5 per cent. The Marquis ranks second, exceeding the 
