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[CTTLXITKE. 
The Marquis < 
vield at all thes 
Oolo. A: W2>- 
yield the Marquis 
The Marquis o 
Willis::- . X. Da: 
yields the other Fife wheats at equals them in 
stations except Williston. X. Dak., and Akron. 
. the Power and at Akron the Ghirka Spring out- 
iriety, but by only 2.5 and 4 percent,] sj livery. 
rields :ic Bluesteni wheats at all stations except 
where the Dakota Bloestem very slightly ex.rri- 
it. The Marquis was damaged more than the other varieties by a 
late spring frost at Williston in 1915. This caused the lower average 
yield at this point. 
The Marquis ratyielded all varieties of the Preston group every- 
— here except at Moccasin. Mont., and Akron. Colo. At Moccasin 
the Pretes and at Akron the Red Eussian outyielded the Marquis, 
but by only about S pei ?nt in each sase. 
From these facts it is s^-n — 
: Thi: -::.-- 
:: :he Gre^ Pari: 
(2) That dnron 
(3) That the M 
5 me =tid.-:ni :-.- 
variety to grow a 
The Marou: 
Dakota. Her 
maturing vari< 
:s now the lea< 
Tz 
ire better than any spring common "wheats in this section. 
nds variety ifi oetterthan any of the spring common vhea: a at 
.*::_: :.5 g:o-i ;-,i any .--.: — os: snviins. The }Jhr:-aif is .-. s lie 
-here in :hi= se::i:n — hen r::n. — he:.: is : : ': e g::-^L. 
rariety is especially well adapted t: 1 South 
drought and rust often reduce the yields of lal r 
rs. The Preston /'Velvet Chafl rdedwh I 
ig variety in that district. The Marquis is beardless 
der. as well as a better milling "".-rat. 
;kt are not s«: frequent in North Dakota and Montana, 
the Marquis variety gives it an advantage when they 
ater maturing Fife ana Bluest em _ a:akt:ts may give 
fields in a longer series : years. 
Results ra 
"Z5TZZ>T BjlSZS" aNTI 
The clny lands : the States west of the Rocky Mountains are 
included under this heading. The different sections represented are 
know- as the Great Basin, the Snake River basin, the Harney Valley, 
the Columbia Basin, and the Sacrament* Valley. They include. 
-s oi Utah. Idaho. Washington. Oregon. Nev 
is been introdu tally 
- .1 a: : kn wit t k.v been sold in the Columbia 
Washington. Similar introductions may have 
ke Rivet basin also, but no record of such action 
r the variety has been introduced 
elsewhere in thes 3. N statistics of productio] lable, 
but ■ tantity must be v a -11. 
thei fore, the Stat- 
and northern Calif 
Marquis wheat h 
is o: 
Basin counti - : 
urred in the Sna 
i wit. It is d( 
