DISTRIBUTION OF WHEAT IN THE UNITED STATES 
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Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, but 
it has become relatively less important in all these States, except 
Illinois and Missouri, where its percentage of the total wheat acreage 
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Fig. 43.— Distribution of Red Wave wheat in 1919. 
Estimated area, 1,115,700 acres 
has increased, although the actual acreage decreased. A further 
decrease in the acreage of this variety is desirable, for it not only has 
gluten of poor quality but also gives a low flour yield. It has a good 
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Fig. 44.— Distribution of Red Wave wheat in 1924. Estimated area, 435,198 acres 
appearance in the field and often gives fair yields, although it has 
never excelled in comparative yield tests conducted at experiment 
stations. 
HARVEST QUEEN 
The distribution of Harvest Queen in 1919 and in 1924 is shown 
in Figures 45 and 46. Harvest Queen is grown most largely in Kansas, 
