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BULLETIN 1183, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Kitchener. — Kitchener originated from a distinctly different head 
of wheat found in a field of Marquis in 1911 by Dr. Seager Wheeler 
at Maple Grove Farm, Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada. This 
wheat, which is distinctly different from Marquis, was increased and 
distributed about four or five years later. Kitchener wheat is grown 
to some extent in Canada but is not yet important in the United 
States. It differs from Marquis in being taller and later and in 
having a wider or more clavate spike. 
Nine samples of Kitchener wheat have been milled. These were 
obtained from experiment stations in Minnesota, North Dakota, Mon- 
tana, Wyoming, and Colorado, where they were grown in 1918, 1920, 
and 1921. Eight of these samples are directly comparable with sam- 
ples of the Marquis variety grown at the same points and under 
similar conditions. The results of these comparable tests are shown 
in Table 15. 
The data show that Kitchener is equal in yield of straight flour to 
Marquis, but inferior in test weight per bushel and in volume and 
color of loaf. The differences are not great except in volume of loaf, 
where it appears to be significantly poorer than Marquis. In gen- 
eral, Kitchener is a very satisfactory milling and bread-making wheat. 
Kitchener wheat has yielded somewhat less than Marquis in com- 
parative experiments. 
Table 15. — Summary of milling and baking data on eight samples of Kitchener 
and eight com parable samples of Marquis grown in the three years 1918, 1919, 
and 1921. 
Descriptive data. 
Kitchener. 
Marquis. 
Percentage 
of Marquis. 
Number of samples 
Test weight per pushel (mill-cleaned wheat) pounds. . 
Crude protein content of wheat per cent . . 
Yield of straight flour do 
Yield of shorts do 
Yield of bran do 
Wat or absorpt ion of flour do 
Volume of loaf cubic centimeters. . 
Weight of loaf grams. . 
Texture ofloaf score. . 
Color of loaf do 
Ash in flour per cent. . 
58.5 
11.1 
71.1 
14.3 
14.6 
60.6 
2,184 
504 
90!6 
0.49 
8 
59.9 
15.3 
71.1 
13.9 
15.0 
60.6 
2,300 
500 
89.1 
92.1 
0.50 
97.7 
92.2 
100.0 
102.9 
97.3 
100.0 
95.0 
100.8 
100.6 
98.4 
98.0 
Kota. — The original seed of this variety was obtained in Russia, in 
1903, by Prof. H. L. Bolley, of the North Dakota Agricultural Col- 
lege, while making a study of the flax industry of Europe for the 
United States Department of Agriculture. In the years immediately 
following its introduction this wheat was not known to have any 
special merit. After the rust epidemic of 1916 mixtures of it in 
Monad durum wheat were found, by L. R. Waldron, 6 of the North 
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, and J. A. Clark, of the 
United States Department of Agriculture, to be resistant to some 
forms of stem rust. They separated it from Monad, found it to have 
good agronomic and milling values, and named it Kota. The com- 
mercial production of Kota wheat began in 1919, and in 1922 about 
6 Waldron. L. R.. and Clark, J. A. : Kota, a rust-resisting variety of common spring 
wheat. In Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron., v. 11, Xo. 5, p. 187-195, U>19. 
