DISTRIBUTION OF WHEAT IN THE UNITED STATES 
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Fig. 61.— Distribution of Purplestraw wheat in 1924. Esti- 
mated area, 116,340 acres 
GLADDEN 
Gladden wheat originated from a head selection from a field of 
Gipsy made at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in 1905. 
It is grown almost altogether in 
Ohio, the only other States report- 
ing the variety being Indiana and 
West Virginia, where small acreages 
are grown. The distribution of 
Gladden wheat in 1924 is shown in 
Figure 62. Only 7,700 acres were 
reported from Ohio in 1919, while 
98,806 acres were reported from that 
State in 1924. It occupied 5.4 per 
cent of the wheat acreage in Ohio in 
the latter year. It has stiffer straw 
and is superior to Gipsy in yield 
and quality. 
FLINT 
Fig. 62. — Distribution of Gladden wheat in 
1924. Estimated area, 100,843 acres 
The Flint variety is grown principally in Missouri, Virginia, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It was reported, however, 
from 12 States in 1924. The distribution in 1919 and in 1924 is 
sttQwn in Figures 63 and 64. In some sections the Flint variety is 
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Fig. 63.— Distribution of Flint wheat in 
1919. Estimated area, 97,200 acres 
Fig. 64. — Distribution of Flint wheat in 
1924. Estimated area, 100,377 acres 
known as Little Red or Red Stem. It is possible that the varieties 
Early May, Little May, Red May, and May, which are included 
under Rice, are more or less of the Flint type. The Flint and Rice 
varieties are very much alike and usually are difficult to distinguish. 
