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BULLETIN 1495, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 2. — E I tes of the acreage and percentage of the total wheat area occupied 
by the wheat varieties of the United States, as shown by IS. 539 usable reports for 
1919 and 6.190 for 19?4 — Continued 
Variety 
Acre 
^i- 
Percentage of total wheat acreage 
occupied 
1919 
1924 
:;:; 
:;:4 
Decrease 
Increase 
26,483 
399. 915 
342.671 
435.198 
209 
L60" 
.30 
.21 
1.53 
(*) 
(*) 
.•04 
0.05 
.79 
.67 
.10 
,8f 
(*) 
05 
EeiMav . _ 
1,165,900 
216,000 
154.900 
1,115, - 
* 
(*) 
30,900 
181 
Red Rock 
37 
.11 
.67 
Red Wave 
Pese-nerated "Defiance 
Rice 
"- " . 
19.105 
123 
329, 95S 
.' i I 
13. 121 
5^777 
18.808 
50, 474 
.11 
(*) 
.04 
(*) 
.65 
.49 
.03 
.01 
.04 
.10 
.07 
Ridit. 
Rink 
14.400 
.02 
o- 
.02 
r.::""es:e: . - 
Rubv 
Rudv 
407. 900 
14.300 
.56 
.02 
.07 
.01 
.01 
Russian 
.04 
172,100 
1.000 
12,600 
900 
200 
1.600 
34.900 
SOO 
- - 
60.900 
22,801 
1,000 
L9C«5" 
21,598 . 
5.400 
600 
24.300 
10.900 
2~W 
200 
700 
6, 700 
100 
6.900 
700 
12 
4, 982. 922 
.24 
(*) 
.02 
(*) 
(*) 
(*) 
.05 
(*) 
.37 
.08 
.03 
(*) 
.14 
Sehonacher. ... . . ._ 
-- rsljuid .. . . 
13. 203 
2, 226 
.03 
(*) 
.01 
Sevier . ... ... . ... 
SibleT 
Silvercoin . . ....... . 
1 BS 
(*) 
RilvershflMf ... _ 
.05 
Sol 
753 
ffi 17 
16.556 
a ' : 
(*) 
.17 
.03 
.02 
.20 
.05 
.01 
Surprise .. .. 
Todse 
Trea dwell ... 
Triplet . 
i . .- 
14, 332. 147 
.20 
1.17 
:s.:s 
.01 
.20 
Tmrnhnll 
(*) 
29.63 
.01 
(*) 
.03 
.01 
1.17 
Turkev 
1.45 
Vsltay ........... 
Velvet Don ... . 
1,633 
3.372 
1. 311 
(*) 
.01 
(*) 
.03 

White Fife. .. . 
(*) 
(*) 
.07 
(*) 
.01 
(*) 
.01 
(*) 
.02 
83 
\N hite .Polish 
White Winter . . ........ 
ite Wonder... ... . . .. 
. '. 
.06 
.01 
ar 
.01 
nsiTi Pedigree Xo. 2 
3,123 
.01 
196 
1,806,509 
3.60 
.02 
3.23 
^ --\ - 
72,901,632 
50.862.230 
100 
100 
- Preliminary :-ensus nrare; were used in Irli' ?mi me ina'. ;-emm figures in y>J4. 
In 1919 there were 12 varieties of wheat grown to the extent of 
niore than a million acres each, ranking in the order of their acreage 
as follows: Turkey. Marquis, Fultz. Mediterranean. Fulcaster, Poole, 
Preston. Haynes Blues tern. Pacific Bluestem. Red May. Red Wave, 
and Harvest Queen. In 1924 there were only 7 varieties in this mil- 
lion-acre class. These, ranked in the order of their acreage, were 
Turkey. Marquis. Kanred, Fulcaster, Fultz, Blackhull. and Poole. 
The following varieties showed the greatest increases between 
1919 and 1924 in the percentages of the total wheat acreage of the 
United States occupied bv them: Kanred. S.34 per cent: Blackhull, 
2 : Marquis. 2.79: Trumbull. 1.17: Kota. 0.93: and Kubanka. 0.87. 
The greatest decreases were Fultz. 3.08 per cent: Mediterranean, 
2.62: Preston. 2.29: Haynes Bluestem. 1.88; Turkey, 1.45; Poole, 1.31: 
and Pacific Bluestem. 1.14. 
