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BULLETIN 618, TT. 8. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXXIII. — Average yields of the highest yielding variety of durum wheat and the 
highest yielding variety in one or more of six different groups of common wheat grown 
at thirty experiment stations in the western United States ana Canada under humid, semi- 
arid, and arid conditions during some of the twenty-two years from 1895 to 1916, 
inclusive. 
Section 1.— Yield per Acre of the Best Variety in Each Group (Bushels). 
Area and station. 
Num- 
ber of 
years 
grown. 
Durum. 
Crimean 
(winter). 
Fife. 
Pres- 
ton. 
Blue- 
stem. 
White 
Austra- 
lian. 
Baart. 
Prairie (subhumid area): 
McPherson, Kans 
6 
3 
1 
5 
12 
4 
4 
5 
7 
11 
14 
9 
5 
4 
12 
8 
9 
11 
5 
10 
8 
7 
11 
13 
8 
2 
4 
6 
7 
3 
12.6 
12.6 
16.5 
21.5 
19.7 
23.0 
31.6 
25.7 
35.9 
9.5 
3.8 
21.5 
12.2 
13.6 
16.2 
13.9 
17.2 
21.5 
26.4 
24.5 
35.0 
29.9 
42.7 
40.3 
10.2 
7.8 
10.7 
18.7 
h 23. 7 
29.3 
23.2 
40.1 
33.2 
34.5 
c23.9 
6 23.6 
&46.0 
Manhattan, Kans 
«7.5 
« 4. 5 
a6.6 
Lincoln, Nebr 
Ames, Iowa 
6 26.7 
12.7 
20.0 
36.5 
23.8 
24.7 
24.9 
16.2 
6 18.2 
34.9 
20.5 
d23.9 
9.1 
22.7 
12.1 
24.9 
30.9 
20.1 
28.3 
Brookings, S. Dak 
Ashland, Wis 
St. Paul, Minn 
Crookston, Minn 
Fargo, N. Dak 
Great Plains (semiarid area): 
Amarillo, Tex 
12.4 
14.6 
21.6 
22.1 
15.0 
cl7.8 
Hays, Kans 
Akron, Colo 
17.6 
10.7 
10.9 
11.5 
617.5 
13.1 
14.9 
19.4 
19.4 
33.0 
26.3 
34.6 
38.4 
16.9 
6.4 
12.1 
13.5 
7.6 
f 12.6 
14.4 
dl9.4 
17.4 
30.8 
27.1 
31.5 
38.5 
North Platte, Nebr 
Archer, Wyo 
7.5 
11.2 
6.5 
12.0 
15.0 
19.0 
16.7 
31.3 
dl7.0 
Highmore, S. Dak 
Eureka, S. Dak 
Newell, S. Dak 
26.0 
Edgeley, N. Dak , 
Dickinson, N. Dak 
d9.3 
17.7 
35.0 
Williston, N. Dak 
Brandon, Manitoba 
Indian Head, Saskatchewan 
Western basin and c oast ( arid ar ea) : 
Nephi, Utah 
26.0 
12.3 
20.0 
26.1 
8.8 
18.7 
d25.8 
10.3 
6 20.4 
d32.0 
6.7 
10.7 
22.0 
22.2 
36.4 
36.1 
8 6 
22.2 
25.4 
Chico, Cal 
40.0 
Modesto, Cal 
26.3 
46.5 
44.4 
Section 2. — Yield per Acre Expressed as a Percentage of the Yield of Durum. 
Prairie (subhumid area): 
McPherson, Kans 
6 
3 
1 
5 
12 
4 
4 
5 
7 
11 
14 
9 
5 
4 
12 
8 
9 
11 
5 
10 
8 
7 
11 
13 
8 
2 
4 
6 
7 
3 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
h 100 
100 
184.2 
318.0 
201.0 
160.5 
c 108. 1 
6 100. 8 
6 136.8 
Manhattan, Kans 
a 61. 5 
a 36. 9 
a 54. 1 
Lincoln, Nebr 
Ames, Iowa 
6 126. 5 
64.5 
87.0 
115.5 
92.6 
68.8 
115.8 
82.3 
6 77.8 
110.3 
79.8 
d66.6 
95.8 
105.6 
61.4 
108.2 
97.7 
78.2 
78.9 
St. Paul, Minn 
Fargo, N. Dak 
Great Plains (semiarid area): 
Amarillo, Tex 
130.5 
384.3 
100.5 
181.0 
110.2 
e 130. 
Hays, Kans 
81.9 
87.7 
80.2 
71.0 
6 84.2 
76.2 
69.3 
73.5 
79.2 
94.3 
88.0 
81.0 
95.3 
78.6 
52.4 
83! 4 
54.6 
/81.3 
83.7 
d77.0 
84.9 
88.0 
90.7 
73.8 
95.5 
North Platte, Nebr 
55.2 
69.2 
46.8 
69.8 
69.8 
72.0 
68.2 
89.4 
d75.6 
Highmore, S. Dak 
Newell, S. Dak 
151.1 
Edgeley. N. Dak 
i 
d35.6 
50.6 
117.1 
Williston, N. Dak 

Western basin and coast (arid area): 
Nephi, Utah 
254.8 
157.7 
186.8 
139.5 
112.8 
174.8 
d 121.1 
132.1 
6 175.8 
d 150. 2 
85.9 
137.2 
205.5 
118.7 
153.6 
123.2 
110.2 
Burns, Oreg 
207.3 
135.8 
Chico, Cal 
168.7 
89.8 
158.0 
151.6 
a Average for 2 years only. 
6 Average for 3 years only, 
c Average for 10 years only. 
d Average for 4 years only. 
« Average for 5 years only. 
/ A vera e for 7 years only. 
Average for 6 years only. 
h Average of all durum varieties grown. 
