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BULLETIN 1183, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
SUMMARY OF MIULING AND BAKING DATA FROM THE VARIETIES OF SOFT RED WINTER 
WHEAT. 
The results obtained with the soft red winter wheats, as shown in 
Table 56 and in the discussions of the varieties, indicate that Red 
Rock has the highest bread-making qualities of the wheats of this 
class. Other good varieties are Purplestraw, Minhardi, Odessa, 
Fulcaster, Fultz, and Buffum No. 17. The poorest varieties in 
quality are Red Russian, Jones Fife, and Hybrid 123, while the 
other varieties not mentioned are of medium quality. 
THE WHITE WHEATS. 11 
The commercial class of wheat known as White includes the com- 
mon white wheats and the white clubs. Varieties of common white 
wheat are grown both in the eastern and western part of the United 
States. It is the leading class of wheat in Washington, California, 
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COMMON WHITE 
ESTIMATED ACR 
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WHEAT 
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Fig. 9. — Distribution of common wheat of the White class. 
Oregon, and Idaho, and is important in New York and Michigan. 
In these States it usually outyields the other classes of wheat. Over 
3,000,000 acres of common white wheat are grown annually in the 
United States. It comprises somewhat more than 5 per cent of the 
total wheat acreage. The acreage of common white Avheat in 1919 
is shown in Figure 9 and in Table 58. More than 50 varieties of 
common white wheat are orown. 
Table 58. — Estimate! 
' acreage of common white wheat, 1919. 
State. 
Acres. 
State. 
Acres. 
1, 179, 100 
656, 400 
492, 400 
458, 100 
277, 300 
189, 300 
134, 800 
Utah 
87,200 
Ohio.. . 
82, 500 
31,600 
Other States.. 
114, 700 
3, 703, 400 
Colorado 
11 For more complete information concerning the varieties and adaptation of the white 
wheats, see Clark, J. Allen, Martin, John H.. and Leighty, Clyde E. : The Common 
White Wheats. U. S. Department Agr. Farmers' Bui. 1301, and Clark, J. Allen, and 
Martin, John H. : The Club Wheats, U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 1303. 
