10 BULLETIN 357. U. S. DEPAK11IEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Regarding the yield of Alaska wheat, this statement is made by 
French and Jones. 1 
The yields this season, 1903. have not been phenomenal in any way. In some 
cases the wheat was quite badly mixed with other varieties, such as Canadian 
Hybrid and Little Club. An estimate of the yield, verified in some cases by 
the thrashing-machine record, is from 20 to 40 bushels per acre. This is about 
the same yield as obtained from ordinary winter wheat this season. That it 
will exceed these yields when grown under field conditions remains to be" 
proven. 
Alaska wheat has been frequently tested in rows and small plats 
in several States in different sections of the country by the United 
States Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the respective 
State experiment stations. The results of some of these tests are 
here reported. 
At Akron, Colo., when sown in 20-foot rows in the spring of 1909, 
two tests of Alaska wheat gave yields at the rate of 14 and 11 bushels 
per acre, respectively. There were 82 rows in the nursery of this 
year, exclusive of checkrows, consisting of many different varieties 
and strains. Of these, 69 yielded at rates in excess of 14 bushels per 
acre, the best of the Alaska yields. 
In 1912 Alaska wheat was again tested at Akron in 20-foot rows 
and yielded 5.5 and 11.5 ounces per row. respectively, in two tests. 
There were in this year 111 rows in the nursery, exclusive of check 
rows, consisting of many varieties and strains. Of these. 28 yielded 
more than 11.-5 ounces per row. the best yield of the Alaska wheat. 
In 1913. at Akron. Alaska wheat was tested in nine rows, each 
about a rod in length. It varied in yield from 2 to 9 ounces per 
row. with an average of 5.8 ounces. There were no less than 60 
rows of several varieties, out of more than 600 rows grown, that- 
yielded more than 9 ounces, the best yield of the Alaska, and a 
great many more that yielded better than the average. In 1914, 
Alaska wheat again gave about an average yield in row tests at 
Akron. 
When sown in short rows at WHJisfcon, X. Dak., in the spring of 
1909. Alaska wheat was one of the poorest yielding varieties among 
the many durum and common kinds tested. It was so poor that it 
was not continued. 
"When sown in a 60-foot row at Belle Fourche. S. Dak., in the 
spring of 1912. Alaska wheat yielded about the amount of seed sown 
and was not continued. 
When sown in rows a rod long at Cheyenne. Wyo., in the spring of 
1913, Alaska wheat yielded a little more than the seed sown, or at 
the rate of about 11 bushels per acre. A common spring variety 
1 French. H. T., and Jones, J. S. Alaska wheat investigation. Idaho Asrr. Exp. Sta 
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