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BULLETIN 1309, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 6. — Yields of varieties and strains of winter wheat grown at the Arling- 
ton Experiment Farm in the 14-year period, 1910-1923, inclusive — Continued 
Annual and average acre yields (bushels) 
c. 
1910 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
Average 
Group and variety 
No. 
1911 
1912 
14 
yrs., 
1910 
to 
1923 
6 
yrs., 
1918 
to 
1923 
AWNED VARIETIES— Con. 
Glumes glabrous, white; 
kernels red, semihard or i 
hard: 
Kanred 5146 
28.3 
32.3 
16.7 
15 4 
18.6 
12.8 
25.7 
19.1 
24.6 
10.4 
21. R 
Nebraska No. 28 5147 
1 
24. 3 22. 8 
20.3 
Preston [ 3081 
14 4 
Glumes glabrous, brown; j 
kernels white: 
Genesee Giant 1744 
Amber Longberry 1973 
Glumes glabrous, brown; j 
kernels red: 
Hybrid '3609 
DO 2fi13 
24.2 
24.3 
20. 3 30. 7 
26. 5 29. 5 
14 7 32 5 
28.4 
22.7 
18.0 
19.7 
19.2 
19.1 
22.5 
32.5 
29.5 
23.3 
31.2 
31.3 
25.3 
28.7 
27.6 
23.2 
21.0 
21.7 
50.0 
46.0 
33.5 
34.5 
27.0 
23.2 
29.9 
28.1 
17.2 
14.4 
30.6 
27.8 
29.6 
28.6 
28.8 
28.0 
26. 1 
___- 12.022.3 
|16.8,30.1 
29.7 21.2 31.7 
25.3 
31.2 
25.7 
29.1 
1 
Do 
Do 
3614 
3608 
1912 
1912 
-15 
5976 
1930 
3115 
_2 
1942 
4204 
3616 
3277 
18.9 
22.1 
18.6 
51.2 
39.7 
47.7 
46.7 
37.5 
34.8 
33.1 
30.2 
31.7 
19.7 
29.7 
27. 3 16. 7 
28. 4 11. 8 
34.3 
28.3 
32.7 
29.3 
28.7 
30.3 
~26.~2 
28.5 
29.5 
25.3 
Missouri Bluestem 
Missouri Bluestem se- 
22.2 
28.6 
32.1 
27.4 
16.0 
28.2 
Red Rock 
31.7 
27.7 
23.7 
31. C 
26.1 
22.7 
23.0 
18.8 
15.9 
31.1 
30.2 
34.1 
31.9 
Rocky Mountain 
Mediterranean selec- 
tion 2 
26.8 
25.8 
31.5 
26.2 
26.3 
30.8 
20.0 
47.0 
31.1 
40.1 
34. S 
32.5 
28. e 
27.6 
Glumes pubescent, white; 
kernels white: 
Bearded "Winter Fife.- 
Do 
30.0 
25.7 
26.6 
20.0 
36.4 
OQ 7 
24.9 
22.8 
16.1 
21.0 
23.3 
36.8 
31.0 
21.5 
26.0 
30.1 
21.9 
21.9 
49.0 
50.7 
Glumes pubescent, white; 
kernels red: 
Hybrid 
Virginia 
... 
24 5 3S 1 
18.7 
16.6 
Spring wheats fall sown. 
Selection from Fulcaster (Acme). 
Description of Shepherd. — Plant winter habit, fall and spring vegetative growth; 
semierect, midseason, midtall; stem purple, midstrong; spike awnless, fusiform, 
middense to lax, erect; glumes glabrous, brown, midlong, midwide; shoulder 
midwide, oblique to square; beaks wide, obtuse, 0.5 to 1 millimeter long; apical 
awns several, 3 to 20 millimeters long; kernels red, midlong, soft, ovate to oval, 
germ small to midsize, crease shallow to middeep, cheeks usually rounded; brush 
small to midsize, midlong. 
History of Shepherd. — Shepherd originated from a head selection made in 1912 
at Cornell University by C. E. Leighty from plants grown from seed obtained 
from the Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station. It was first grown in a 
head row in 1913 at the Arlington Experiment Farm, where it appeared promising 
and was increased, first in rod rows and later in plats. On the beginning of 
experiments for the control of the flag-smut and rosette diseases of wheat at 
Granite City, 111., in 1919, Shepherd was among the strains sown and subjected 
to infection. Proving highly resistant to or immune from both diseases, it has 
been increased both at the Arlington Experiment Farm and in the Granite 
City area and di&tributed to farmers. In the fall of 1923 about 100 acres were 
sown with this variety. 
Fulcaster (C. I. No. 6162) and Mammoth Red have produced high 
yields in the awned white-chaffed group, as has a hybrid (C. I. No. 
3614) in the Mediterranean group. Genesee Giant has produced the 
best yield of any of the white wheats. Kanred and Nebraska No. 28 
