UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1498 
Washington, D. C. 
May, 1929 
LIBR^ 
RECE5V 
DISTRIBUTION OF 
THE CLASSES AND VARIETIES O E WHEAT 
IN THE UNITED STATES 
By 
J. ALLEN CLARK, Senior Agronomist in Charg 
JOHN H.MARTIN, Associate Agronomist 
KARL S. QUISENBERRY, Associate Agronomi 
JOHN R. HOOKER, Scientific Aid 
All of Western Wheat Investigations j^ 
and 
C. E. LEIGHTY, Principal Agronomist in Charge 
CHESTER N. DUBOIS, formerly Junior Calculator 
Both of Eastern Wheat Investigations 
Office of Cereal Crops and Diseases 
Bureau of Plant Industry 
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CONTENTS 
Page J Page 
Wheat acreage in 1919 and 1924 1 Summary of classes and varieties 65 
Classes and varieties of wheat — ,— 27 I Standardization of varieties . 68 
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
WASHINGTON : 1929 
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