UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
In Cooperation with the 
Idaho, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, and 
3 Washington Agricultural Experiment Stations; the Amarillo (Tex. ) Chamber é. 
fy of Commerce; and the Wyoming State Board of Farm Commissioners M 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1276 
Washington, D. C. | 
VARIETAL EXPERIMENTS WITH | WHEATS 
IN THE DRY AREAS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES 
By 
J. ALLEN CLARK, Agronomist in Charge, and JOHN H. MARTIN, Associate Agronomist 
Western Wheat Investigations, Office of Cereal Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry 
CONTENTS 
The Hard Red Winter Wheats Varietal Experiments 
Varieties Compared Acre Yield 
Key to the Varieties Summary of Yields 
Origin of the Varieties Days from Emergence to Maturity . . . 
Location of the Experiments . . Winter Survival — 
See RNaine Aves Stem-Rust Infection 
Great Basin Area Height of Plant 
3 Test Weight per Bushel 
Experimental Methods 3 
N a Crude-Protein Content 
umber and Size of Plats Yield of Flour 
Volume of Loaf 
Summary of Results 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1925 
