DISTKIBUTIOX OF WHEAT IN THE UNITED STATES 
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HAYXES BLUE STEM 
Like Red Fife, the Haynes Bluestem was at one time a leading 
variety of hard red spring wheat. With the distribution of Marquis 
both varieties rapidly decreased in importance. In 1919 the esti- 
mated acreage of Haynes 
Bluestem was 1,557,800 acres 
(fig. 13), this variety ranking 
third in its class. By 1924 the 
estimated acreage of Haynes 
Bluestem was but 133,031 
acres. (Fig. 14.) It ranked 
fifth among the varieties and 
occupied but 1.2 per cent of 
the acreage reported for the 
hard red spring class. The 
decrease in acreage of this 
variety was caused by its 
lower yields, due to later maturity and greater susceptibility to stem 
rust than the newer varieties. The replacing of these older wheats by 
earlier, more rust-resistant and higher vieldins; varieties has added 
Fig. 13. 
-Distribution of Haynes Bluestem wheat in 1919. 
Estimated area, 1,557,800 acres 
Fig. 14.— Distribution of Haynes Bluestem wheat in 1924. Estimated area, 133,031 acres 
millions of bushels annually to the crop of hard red spring wheat, with 
but little if any additional cost to the farmers. 
OTHER VARIETIES OF HARD RED SPRIXG WHEAT 
Of the other reported commercial varieties of hard red spring 
wheat in 1924, Power, Huston, Red Bobs, Sea Island, Prelude, 
Kitchener, and Progress increased in their acreage from 1919, and 
Java, Kinney, Ladoga, Chul, Humpback, Glyndon, and Fretes 
decreased. The increase of Power was in northwestern North 
Dakota, where it has been found to be well adapted. Huston 
increased in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, while Kinney decreased 
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