14 
BULLETIN 450, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
In 1914 the work was continued. Besides the nursery work, 24 
selections were again grown in field plats. Eighteen of these were 
the same as those grown in plats in 1913. The wheats were greatly 
damaged hy hail which fell shortly before the crop was ripe. The 
plats were harvested, however, and yield data obtained. Milling 
and baking tests were also made 
cs?(/ae wore/A/ //v vme*r(7v. *s.%)% 
O S « 6 8 to IS 19 16 18 £0 
G/-//RKA (CNECrt) 
selection no.? 
" »• S 
" "66 
" "7a 
Y/ELD OE ST&A/GHT FLOUR '/. 
O 10 203040 SO 60 To BO 9o 
63. S 
69.2. 
69.3 
70.2 
69.4 
LOSS //V AT/LUA/G 
o i a 3 9 e s r a 
GH/R/fA^/YECH) 
SELECT/ON NO? 
" "66 
" "73 
GH/rk# (£/iEC/r) 
SELECT/ON NO? 
>> " 5 
».» '■> 66 
'» "73 
1/6 
3.2/ 
3.53 
//3 
2 6/ 
VOt-UNie OF LOAF 
on a number of the selections. 
The annual agronomic data for 
the pure lines grown in plats in 
19 13 and 1914 are given in Table 
IV, together with data from the 
check plats of the original Ghirka, 
C. I. No. 1517. In figure 6 are 
shown the results obtained in 1913 
and 1914 and the average for the 
two years. The pure lines are ar- 
ranged in the actual order of the 
sowings, and the actual and com- 
puted yields are shown separately. 
The actual yield of the check plats 
and the average for all checks 
are shown by different lines. 
Improvement in the quality of 
Ghirka wheat is more important 
than increase in yield. It was 
hoped that a pure line would be 
found which had the combined 
characters necessary for good 
quality and high yield. A study 
of the milling and baking data 
obtained during the two years 
1913 and 1914 on the highest 
yielding selections indicates that 
the desired result was obtained. 
These data are shown in Table V. 
Figure 6 shows that in 1913 the 
Ghirka selections Nos. 4, 5,17,31, 
66, and 72 were outstanding in re- 
gard to yield and that many others 
were better than the parent mass 
variety. The data for 1914 show 
that Nos. 4, 5, 50, 66, and 72 produced outstanding yields. An aver- 
age of the yields of the pure lines grown both years shows Nos. 4, 5, 
66, and 72 to be the best four selections when both actual and com- 
puted yields are considered, each showing an increase of more than 
Gl-f/R/f/1 (&MEC/$ 
SELECTION NO? 
in 
i 
i§ 1 
'•66 
"73 
23 30 
S5 68 
2?80 
23 09 
2Z23 
COLOR OF LOAF % 
GH/F/rAfZ/YECff) 
SELECTION NO? 
" " S 
"66 
" "73 
92-3 
93.0 
9/.S 
9?.0 
9/5 
TEXTURE OF LOAF % 
O fO SO 3040 SO SO 70 60 90 IOO 
GH/F/fA(£/1EC/r) 
SELECTION NO? 
'•5 
92.3 
9?.5 
93. S 
93.0 
9/3 
Fig. 7.— Diagram showing the average results 
of milling and baking tests of Ghirka Spring 
wheat (C. I. No. 1517) and four pure lines 
selected therefrom, grown at the Dickinson 
substation in 1913 and 1914. 
