DISTRIBUTION OF WHEAT IN THE UNITED STATES 
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Table 4. — Estimated acreage and 'percentage of the total area occupied by each 
variety of hard red spring wheat in 1924 
[The asterisk in parentheses (*) indicates a variety reported as grown but for which an estimate of acreage 
either was not given or if given was less than 0.1 per cent of the total wheat acreage of the State] 
Variety- 
Marquis 
Kota 
Preston 
Ruby 
Red Fife 
Haynes Bluestem 
Power 
Huston 
Red Bobs 
Sea Island 
Java 
Kinney 
Prelude 
Acreage 
Per 
cent 
9, 605, 870 
471, 313 
85.4 
4.2 
392, 176 
329, 958 
3.5 
2.9 
175, 008 
133, 031 
53, 014 
25, 081 
14, 586 
13, 203 
9,106 
1.6 
1.2 
.5 
.2 
.1 
.1 
.1 
8,353 
7,371 
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Variety 
Kitchener 
Ladoga 
Chul 
Humpback 
Glyndon 
Progress 
Fretes 
Total of varieties re- 
ported 
Varieties not reported- 
Total hard red spring 
Acreage 
5, 451 
2,593 
1,778 
956 
430 
397 
(*) 
11, 249, 675 
146, 465 
11, 396, 140 
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area, 11,396,140 acres 
MARQUIS 
The distribution of Marquis wheat in 1919 and in 1924 is shown in 
Figures 5 and 6. While the actual estimated acreage of Marquis 
decreased from 11,734,000 to 9,605,870 acres, its proportion to the 
acreage of all wheat in the United States increased from 16.10 to 18.89 
per cent. An increase in the relative acreage of Marquis occurred in 
Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North 
Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, but there was a decrease in the other 
States. In 1919 Marquis was grown in many Eastern and Southern 
States because of attractive war-time prices and because of its better 
adaptation than other spring varieties to the conditions obtaining. 
The large reduction in total wheat acreage in the nonimportant wheat- 
growing States, therefore, was largely a reduction in the growing of 
the Marquis variety. This was partly offset by large increases in 
its acreage in some important wheat-growing States. The largest 
