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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 
 
 Agricultural Experiment Station 
 
 BULLETIN No. 276 
 
 PRODUCTIVENESS OF VARIETIES OF 
 WINTER WHEAT IN ILLINOIS 
 
 BY ROBERT W. STARK 
 
 URBANA, ILLINOIS, JUNE, 1926 
 
SUMMARY 
 
 Wheat is decidedly susceptible to climatic conditions and varieties differ 
 widely in their adaptation to environment. As Illinois extends nearly 400 miles 
 from north to south, marked variations in climate occur, and one of the prob- 
 lems in successful wheat production is to find those varieties that are particu- 
 larly suited to the different sections. 
 
 Tests at DeKalb, in the northern part of the state, indicate the superior 
 winter resistance and high yielding capacity of the hard wheats of the Turkey 
 Red type, such as Ilred (Turkey Red 10-110), Minnesota Reliable, Kanred, Red 
 Russian, and Turkey Red (Station strain). Soft varieties that have made a sat- 
 isfactory record are Hardy Northern and Red Cross. These tests have been con- 
 ducted since 1907. During this time 44 varieties have been grown, 19 of which 
 were hard, 23 soft, 1 of unknown origin, and 1 hybrid, one parent of which was a 
 hard wheat. 
 
 In central Illinois also winter resistance frequently is the deciding factor in 
 successful wheat production. Among the 57 varieties and strains tested at Ur- 
 bana since 1904, those of the Turkey Red type have proved superior in this char- 
 acteristic. Minnesota Reliable, Worlds Champion, Ilred (Turkey Red 10-110), 
 Kanred, Malakof 5-460, and Turkey Red (Station strain) comprise the hard 
 wheats with the best records for a period of eight years or more. Other hard 
 varieties tested for a shorter period which deserve mention are Red Russian, 
 Malakof C. I. No. 4898, Minturki, Kanred 2401, Michikoff, and Blackhull. Soft 
 varieties which have made good records are Indiana Swamp, Dawson Golden 
 Chaff 9-225, Red Rock, Red Cross, Michigan Amber, and Gladden. 
 
 Soft varieties seem best adapted to the southern section of the state. At 
 Fairfield in Wayne county 41 varieties and strains of wheat were tested from 
 1906 to 1923. Eight of the varieties were of the Turkey Red type and one was 
 a hybrid, one parent of which was Turkey Red; the remainder were soft varie- 
 ties. Fulcaster, a soft variety, which was taken as the standard variety with 
 which to compare all others, was exceeded only by Illini Chief, also a soft variety, 
 in average yield. Other varieties which were grown for six years or more and 
 which made favorable records on this field are Red Cross (synonym for Harvest 
 Queen), Economy, Marvelous (synonym for Fulcaster), and Jersey Fultz. 
 
 On the Alhambra field in Madison county Fulcaster has been slightly ex- 
 ceeded by Mediterranean, as a six-year average, while Rudy, Gipsy, Illini Chief, 
 Red Wave, Marvelous, and Jersey Fultz, all soft varieties, during five-year 
 periods have yielded but slightly less than Fulcaster. 
 
 A description of the varieties used in these tests, together with a summary 
 of their performance on the above fields, will be found on pages 27 to 35. 
 
PRODUCTIVENESS OF VARIETIES OF 
 WINTER WHEAT IN ILLINOIS 
 
 BY ROBERT W. STARK, Associate in Crop Production 
 
 From the early settlement of Illinois to the present date, wheat 
 has been one of the most important crops grown in the state. Some 
 conception of the magnitude of the industry and the distribution of 
 the wheat-growing sections may be derived from the map on page 4, 
 which shows the acreage by counties grown in 1923. In that year the 
 total production of winter wheat in the state was 60,534,000 bushels, 
 and this crop was harvested from 3,363,000 acres. 
 
 Extensive wheat growing is confined to certain fairly well-de- 
 fined areas. In general, the principal wheat-growing counties lie east of 
 the Illinois river and east of the Mississippi river south of the mouth 
 of the Illinois. The wheat sections, therefore, include practically all the 
 region covered by the Middle Illinoisan glaciation, the western por- 
 tion of the Lower Illinoisan glaciation, and a smaller area in the same 
 glaciation bordering on the Wabash river. These constitute the two 
 oldest glaciated regions in the state. 
 
 Variety trials of winter wheat have been conducted at DeKalb in 
 DeKalb county, at Urbana in Champaign county, at Fairfield in 
 Wayne county, at Alhambra in Madison county, and at Cutler in 
 Perry county. The results of these investigations up to and including 
 1916 are given in Bulletin 201, "Yields of Winter Wheat in Illinois." 
 In the present publication the previous data from the DeKalb, Urbana, 
 and Fairfield fields are repeated, and the further data from these 
 fields for the years 1917 to 1925 inclusive are added. The yields from 
 the Alhambra tests, which were begun in 1919, are also given, but the 
 results of the tests at Cutler, which were begun in 1902 and discon- 
 tinued in 1907, are not repeated. 
 
 TESTS IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS 
 DEKALB IN DEKALB COUNTY 
 
 The character of the varieties of wheat adapted to the different 
 sections of Illinois are influenced materially by the wide variations in 
 climatic conditions occurring between the northern and southern 
 boundaries of the state. 
 
 DeKalb is situated in the northern part of the north-central dis- 
 trict of the state. The average annual precipitation for this section 
 
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 is about 34 inches. 1 The average temperature for the winter months is 
 approximately 24.7 F., while the average annual minimum tempera- 
 ture is 16.3 F. below zero. The effect of the long continued low tem- 
 perature is usually lessened by a snowfall of 30 to 35 inches. 
 
 Winter Wneot 
 Distribution 1923 
 
 WINTER WHEAT DISTRIBUTION IN ILLINOIS 
 Data taken from Illinois Crop Statistics for 1923 
 issued by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. 
 Department of Agriculture. 
 
 A number of soil types occur on this field, but they are all com- 
 mon to the region and are productive. The wheat is grown in a rota- 
 
 'Meteorological data taken from Bulletin 208 of this Station, "Climate of 
 Illinois," issued in 1918. 
 
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 tion of corn, oats, wheat, and alsike clover. The soil treatment con- 
 sists of applications of crop residues and rock phosphate and manure 
 and rock phosphate. Each variety is represented an equal number of 
 times on each system of soil treatment. 
 
 Variety trials of wheat were begun in 1907 and have been con- 
 tinued to date. During this period 44 different varieties and strains 
 have been tested ; of this number, 19 are hard varieties and 23 are soft. 
 The character of one designated as native is unknown, while another 
 is a hybrid, one parent of which was a hard wheat. 
 
 During the period of these trials inferior varieties or lesser known 
 strains have been discontinued and other untried varieties substituted. 
 This process of elimination has resulted in the gradual casting out of 
 all but the highest-yielding varieties. The varieties that are now in 
 the test, and have been for a number of years past, constitute, there- 
 fore, with one or two exceptions, the hardiest and most prolific varie- 
 ties tried. 
 
 The annual yield of the entire list of varieties that have been 
 grown at DeKalb is given in Table 1. Since the different varieties 
 have been grown for irregular periods, average yields manifestly are 
 not comparable. Turkey Red, however, is one of the best varieties 
 tried, and it has been grown during the entire period. The percentage 
 yield of each of the other varieties, with Turkey Red as the standard 
 for comparison, may therefore be calculated by dividing its average 
 yield by the average yield of Turkey Red for the same period. This 
 percentage rating appears in the last column. A summary showing 
 the number of years each variety was grown, together with its average 
 yield and the average yield of the standard variety for the same per- 
 iod, is given in Table 2. 
 
 During the entire period covered by these tests, 1907 to 1925, 
 seven varieties were tested for six years or more, each of which has a 
 percentage rating greater than Turkey Red (Station strain 1 ). These 
 varieties are, in order of rating, Red Russian, Ilred, 2 (Turkey Red 
 10-110), Kanred, Hardy Northern, Wisconsin No. 18, Minnesota Re- 
 liable, and Worlds Champion. With the exception of Hardy North- 
 ern, these are all strains of the Turkey Red type. 
 
 In 1922 a considerable number of varieties were discontinued. 
 Those retained were either the highest-yielding varieties or they pos- 
 sessed characteristics which made it desirable to give them a further 
 trial. The performances of the nine varieties which have been grown 
 continuously during the last six-year period, 1919-1925, are directly 
 comparable (Table 3) . 
 
 *The Turkey Red designated as "Station" strain lias been grown continu- 
 ously for many years on the University farm and is of no known special selection. 
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 WINTER WHEAT USING TURKEY RED AS A STANDARD FOR COMPARISON 
 
 (Bushels per acre) 
 
 Varieties 
 
 Number 
 of years 
 com- 
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 Years on which comparisons 
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 Average 
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 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 13 
 
 1910, 1911, 1913, and 1915- 
 
 
 
 
 1925 except 1920 
 
 35 7 
 
 Minnesota Reliable 
 
 13 
 
 1910, 1911, 1913, and 1915- 
 
 
 
 
 1925 except 1920 
 
 36 1 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 11 
 
 1907-1921 except 1908, 1909, 
 
 
 
 
 1912, 1920 
 
 32 7 
 
 Dawson Golden Chaff 
 
 11 
 
 1907-1921 except 1908, 1909, 
 
 
 
 
 1912, 1920 
 
 27.1 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 10 
 
 1915-1925 except 1920 
 
 35.6 
 
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 10 
 
 1915-1925 except 1920 
 
 33 7 
 
 Wisconsin No. 18 
 
 10 
 
 1915-1925 except 1920 
 
 36 8 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) . . 
 
 9 
 
 1907, 1913-1921 except 1920.. . . 
 
 32.1 
 
 Kharkof (U. S. D A. No. 11603) 
 Turkey Red (Station) .... 
 
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 9 
 
 1907, 1913-1921 except 1920. . . . 
 1916-1925 except 1920 
 
 28.7 
 35.0 
 
 Hardy Northern. . 
 
 9 
 
 1916-1925 except 1920 
 
 36.6 
 
 Red Russian 
 
 9 
 
 1916-1925 except 1920 
 
 37 9 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) . . 
 
 7 
 
 1914-1921 except 1920 
 
 32.5 
 
 Malakof 6-458 
 
 7 
 
 1914-1921 except 1920 
 
 31.3 
 
 Wheedling 5-464 . . . 
 
 7 
 
 1914-1921 except 1920 
 
 32.0 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 7 
 
 1915-1922 except 1920 
 
 33.6 
 
 Worlds Champion 
 
 7 
 
 1915-1922 except 1920 
 
 33.9 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 7 
 
 1918-1925 except 1920 
 
 35 7 
 
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 7 
 
 1918-1925 except 1920 
 
 34 1 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) . . . 
 
 6 
 
 1915-1921 except 1920 
 
 31.4 
 
 Miracle 
 
 6 
 
 1915-1921 except 1920 
 
 20.5 
 
 Turkev Red (Station) 
 
 6 
 
 1919-1925 except 1920 
 
 37.8 
 
 Kanred . . . 
 
 6 
 
 1919-1925 except 1920 
 
 39 7 
 
 Ilred (Turkey Red 10-110) 
 
 6 
 
 1919-1925 except 1920 
 
 40 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 5 
 
 1907-1914 except 1908, 1909, 
 
 
 
 
 1912 
 
 34.3 
 
 Wheedling 
 
 5 
 
 1907-1914 except 1908, 1909, 
 
 
 
 
 1912 
 
 26.0 
 
 Indiana Swamp 
 
 5 
 
 1907-1914 except 1908, 1909, 
 
 
 
 
 1912 
 
 27.4 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 5 
 
 1914-1918 
 
 33.7 
 
 Turkey Red 9-233 
 
 5 
 
 1914-1918 
 
 33.7 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 5 
 
 1916-1921 except 1920 
 
 29.4 
 
 Early Red Clawson 
 
 5 
 
 1916-1921 except 1920 
 
 21.4 
 
 Turkey Hybrid 509 
 
 5 
 
 1916-1921 except 1920 
 
 26.2 
 
 Canadian Hybrid 
 
 5 
 
 1916-1921 except 1920 
 
 28.1 
 
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 TABLE 2. Concluded 
 (Bushels per acre) 
 
 Varieties 
 
 Number 
 of years 
 com- 
 pared 1 
 
 Years on which comparisons 
 are based 
 
 Average 
 yield 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 4 
 
 1915-1918. . 
 
 32 3 
 
 Mediterranean 
 
 4 
 
 1915-1918 . . 
 
 17 
 
 Gipsv 
 
 4 
 
 1915-1918 
 
 19 5 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 4 
 
 1913, 1914, 1919, 1921.... 
 
 33 9 
 
 Red Hussar 
 
 4 
 
 1913,1914,1919,1921 
 
 32 6 
 
 Hungarian 
 
 4 
 
 1913, 1914, 1919, 1921 . . . 
 
 33 3 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 3 
 
 1916-1918.. 
 
 29 2 
 
 Marvelous 
 
 3 
 
 1916-1918 
 
 5 1 
 
 Rudy 
 
 3 
 
 1916-1918 
 
 9 8 
 
 Prize Taker. . 
 
 3 
 
 1916-1918 
 
 14 5 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 3 
 
 1913, 1919, 1921 
 
 32 1 
 
 Pesterboden 
 
 3 
 
 1913, 1919, 1921 
 
 29 
 
 Beloglina 
 
 3 
 
 1913, 1919, 1921 
 
 30 2 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 3 
 
 1923-1925 
 
 40 3 
 
 Blackhull 
 
 3 
 
 1923-1925 
 
 37 1 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) . . 
 
 2 
 
 1907, 1913 
 
 30 5 
 
 Malakof 
 
 2 
 
 1907, 1913 
 
 28 2 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 2 
 
 1917, 1918 
 
 26 3 
 
 Red Wave 
 
 2 
 
 1917, 1918 
 
 10 6 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925.. 
 
 39 6 
 
 Trumbull 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 37 9 
 
 Michikoff. . . 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 40 7 
 
 Fulhio... 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 41 3 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) . . 
 
 1 
 
 1907.. 
 
 24 3 
 
 Padi 
 
 1 
 
 1907 
 
 18.6 
 
 K. B. No. 2 
 
 1 
 
 1907 
 
 21 8 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 1 
 
 1910 
 
 37 4 
 
 Native wheat 
 
 1 
 
 1910 
 
 29 5 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 1 
 
 1914. . 
 
 39.2 
 
 Dawson Golden Chaff 9-211. .. 
 
 1 
 
 1914 
 
 22.6 
 
 Fultz 
 
 1 
 
 1914 
 
 30.6 
 
 Gold Coin 
 
 1 
 
 1914 
 
 32.5 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 1 
 
 1910. . 
 
 33.9 
 
 Turkey Red (native) 
 
 1 
 
 1910 
 
 30.1 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 1 
 
 1924.. 
 
 46 1 
 
 Wheat Mixture 
 
 1 
 
 1924 
 
 37 7 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 1 
 
 1925.. 
 
 33 
 
 Minturki 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 43.7 
 
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 During this period, Ilred (Turkey Red 10-110) produced an aver- 
 age of 40.0 bushels an acre and ranked first in average yield, altho in 
 no single year was it the highest-yielding variety. Red Rock produced 
 nearly 40 bushels an acre and exceeded Turkey Red (Station strain) 
 during this period, notwithstanding the fact that it was given a per- 
 centage rating in Table 1 of only 95.5. This low percentage yield is 
 
 TABLE 3. DEKALB FIELD: COMPARATIVE TEST OF VARIETIES OF WINTER WHEAT 
 GROWN DURING THE Six- YEAR PERIOD 1919-1925 
 (Bushels per acre) 
 
 Varieties 
 
 1919 
 
 1921 
 
 1922 
 
 1923 
 
 1924 
 
 1925 
 
 Average 
 yield 
 
 Ilred (Turkey Red 10-110) . 
 Minnesota Reliable 
 
 33.4 
 31.0 
 
 33.1 
 36.7 
 
 45.2 
 44.0 
 
 42.2 
 37.8 
 
 44.1 
 45.9 
 
 42.2 
 44.2 
 
 40.0 
 39.9 
 
 Kanred 
 
 29 1 
 
 30 6 
 
 44.4 
 
 42.5 
 
 45.5 
 
 46.1 
 
 39.7 
 
 Red Rock 
 
 38 
 
 38 2 
 
 48 
 
 38 3 
 
 42.9 
 
 31.9 
 
 39.6 
 
 Wisconsin No. 18 
 
 32.2 
 
 31.4 
 
 44.6 
 
 39.9 
 
 45.3 
 
 43.6 
 
 39.5 
 
 Red Russian 
 
 23.5 
 
 29.3 
 
 49.3 
 
 42.2 
 
 46.4 
 
 44.7 
 
 39.2 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 21 8 
 
 37.7 
 
 46 9 
 
 41.7 
 
 46.1 
 
 33.0 
 
 37.9 
 
 Red Cross 
 
 26 5 
 
 32 8 
 
 40 5 
 
 38 3 
 
 45.3 
 
 36.8 
 
 36.7 
 
 Hardy Northern 
 
 24.1 
 
 24.9 
 
 45.5 
 
 38.5 
 
 44.0 
 
 37.8 
 
 35.8 
 
 due to its having made practically a complete failure in 1918, which 
 year is not included in this table. In 1920 (the data for which also 
 are not included 1 ) it was again almost an entire failure. Red Rock 
 has shown a decided tendency to be seriously injured in this section by 
 unfavorable winter conditions. When it has survived the winter suc- 
 cessfully, it has proved a heavy yielder. 
 
 Of the varieties given in Table 3, all belong to the Turkey Red 
 type and are hard red winter wheats, except Red Rock, Red Cross, 
 and Hardy Northern. These latter varieties are awned except Red 
 Cross. 
 
 Sufficient data concerning the more recent entries in these tests 
 (see yields in columns for 1923, 1924, and 1925, Table 1) have not 
 yet been secured to warrant drawing definite conclusions as to their 
 relative adaptation to the conditions which obtain in this section. 
 
 TESTS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS 
 URBANA IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY 
 
 The Urbana experiment field lies in the eastern part of central 
 Illinois. This section has an average annual precipitation of about 37 
 inches. The average temperature for the winter months is approxi- 
 mately 28.8 F. At Urbana, during a 25-year period, the average an- 
 
 J The data for all varieties grown in 1920 were discarded because of the un- 
 reliability of the threshing records. 
 
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 nual minimum temperature has been 13 F. below zero. This section 
 has an average annual snowfall of 20 to 25 inches. Frequently the 
 snow melts quickly so that it affords little protection to the wheat. 
 
 The soil of the field on which the Urbana variety trials are con- 
 ducted is Brown Silt Loam, which represents fairly well the better 
 soils of this type thruout this section of the state. 
 
 In these experiments wheat constitutes one of the crops in a rota- 
 tion of corn, oats, wheat, and red clover. Each variety has been 
 equally represented on plots fertilized with crop residues and rock 
 phosphate, crop residues with rock phosphate and limestone, manure 
 and rock phosphate, and manure with rock phosphate and limestone. 
 
 Fifty-seven varieties and strains of wheat have been tested during 
 the period 1904 to 1925. Of these varieties 18 are hard wheats, 33 are 
 soft varieties, and 6 are hybrids, one parent of which was a hard 
 wheat. The complete list of these varieties, together with their annual 
 yields and percentage ratings based upon the average yield of Turkey 
 Red (Station strain) for the same periods, is shown in Table 4. A 
 summary showing the number of years each has been tried, and the 
 average yield of each variety compared with the average yield of 
 Turkey Red for the same years, is given in Table 5. 
 
 If the behavior of these wheats on the Urbana field may be taken 
 as a criterion of their probable performance thruout central Illinois, 
 then it may be concluded that strains of Turkey Red or hybrids of 
 that variety are dependable high-yielding varieties for that section 
 as well as for the northern section. In Table 4 Turkey Red (Station 
 strain) ranks nineteenth. Of the 18 varieties having a higher percent- 
 age rating, Michigan Amber, Dawson Golden Chaff 9-225, and Glad- 
 den are the only ones which are not either of the Turkey type or 
 hybrids with a hard Russian wheat as one parent. 
 
 A considerable number of the varieties at present competing in 
 these trials have been grown for too short a period to permit definite 
 -conclusions concerning their relative productiveness. Those varieties 
 which have been grown for a period of not less than eight years, from 
 1918 to 1925 inclusive, are shown in Table 6. 
 
 Six of the 10 varieties listed in this table are hard wheats; the 
 other 4, Indiana Swamp, Dawson Golden Chaff 9-225, Red Rock, and 
 Red Cross, are soft varieties. During this eight-year period, Indiana 
 Swamp exceeded Turkey Red by 2.3 bushels an acre, tho its average 
 yield for a period of twenty-one years was 2 bushels an acre less than 
 Turkey Red (Table 5). Indiana Swamp has never been extensively 
 grown. It is produced to a limited extent in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, 
 Kansas, and Texas, under a number of different names. 
 
 Dawson Golden Chaff 9-225, which ties Minnesota Reliable in 
 ranking second in yield, is a selection from Dawson Golden Chaff. The 
 parent stock is a white wheat, whereas this strain, while containing 
 
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 [June, 
 
 TABLE 5. URBAN A FIELD: COMPARABLE AVERAGE YIELDS OF VARIETIES OF 
 WINTER WHEAT USING TURKEY RED AS THE STANDARD FOR COMPARISON 
 
 (Bushels per acre) 
 
 Varieties 
 
 Number 
 of years 
 com- 
 pared 1 
 
 Years on which comparisons 
 are based 
 
 Average 
 yield 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 21 
 
 1904-1925 except 1912. . . 
 
 41 
 
 Indiana Swamp 
 
 21 
 
 1904-1925 except 1912 
 
 39 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 18 
 
 1904-1922 except 1912 
 
 41.1 
 
 Hungarian 
 
 18 
 
 1904-1922 except 1912 
 
 37.5 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 18 
 
 1905-1923 except 1912 
 
 41 3 
 
 Beloglina 
 
 18 
 
 1905-1923 except 1912 
 
 39.2 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 18 
 
 1904-1925 except 1908, 1909, 
 
 
 
 
 1910, 1912.. 
 
 40 5 
 
 Malakof 
 
 18 
 
 1904-1905 except 1908, 1909, 
 
 
 
 
 1910, 1912 
 
 40.1 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 17 
 
 1905-1922 except 1912 
 
 41 6 
 
 Red Hussar 
 
 17 
 
 1905-1922 except 1912 
 
 37.0 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 14 
 
 1906-1920 except 1912 .. 
 
 43 6 
 
 Pesterboden. . . 
 
 14 
 
 1906-1920 except 1912 
 
 39 4 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 12 
 
 1904-1917 except 1910 and 1912 
 
 42.3 
 
 Dawson Golden Chaff 
 
 12 
 
 1904-1917 except 1910 and 1912 
 
 38.7 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 12 
 
 1905-1917 except 1912 
 
 43 5 
 
 KB. No. 2 
 
 12 
 
 1905-1917 except 1912 
 
 37.9 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 12 
 
 1914-1925. . 
 
 40 
 
 Red Cross 
 
 12 
 
 1914-1925 
 
 38 1 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 11 
 
 1915-1925 
 
 40.1 
 
 Dawson Golden Chaff 9-225. . . 
 
 11 
 
 1915-1925 
 
 41 2 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 10 
 
 1904-1914, except 1912 
 
 42.0 
 
 Wheedling 
 
 10 
 
 1904-1914, except 1912 
 
 35.6 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 10 
 
 1904-1 910 and 1916-1918. . 
 
 41 2 
 
 Rudy 
 
 10 
 
 1904-1910 and 1916-1918 
 
 27.0 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 10 
 
 1916-1925 
 
 39 1 
 
 Minnesota Reliable 
 
 10 
 
 1916-1925 
 
 39.4 
 
 Worlds Champion 
 
 10 
 
 1916-1925 
 
 39.4 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 9 
 
 1915-1923. . 
 
 39.5 
 
 Turkey Hybrid 402 
 
 9 
 
 1915-1923 
 
 39.6 
 
 Turkev Hybrid 509 
 
 9 
 
 1915-1923 
 
 43 8 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 9 
 
 1916-1924.. 
 
 39 1 
 
 Mediterranean 
 
 9 
 
 1916-1924 
 
 32 4 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 8 
 
 1916-1923.. 
 
 38 3 
 
 Red Wave 
 
 8 
 
 1916-1923 
 
 33 2 
 
 Wisconsin No. 18 
 
 8 
 
 1916-1923 
 
 36.6 
 
 J In each case the number of years given for the variety compared with Turkey 
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PRODUCTIVENESS OF VARIETIES OF WINTER WHEAT 
 
 15 
 
 TABLE 5. Continued 
 (Bushels per acre) 
 
 Varieties 
 
 Number 
 of years 
 com- 
 pared 1 
 
 Years on which comparisons 
 are based 
 
 Average 
 yield 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 8 
 
 1918-1925.. 
 
 38 4 
 
 Red Rock 
 
 8 
 
 1918-1925 
 
 38 3 
 
 Kanred 
 
 8 
 
 1918-1925. .. 
 
 39 1 
 
 Ilred (Turkey Red 10-110) . . . . 
 
 8 
 
 1918-1925 
 
 39 2 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 6 
 
 1906-1911. . 
 
 46 3 
 
 Kharkof (U. S. D. A. 11603) . . 
 
 6 
 
 1906-1911 
 
 42.6 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 6 
 
 1916-1921 
 
 39.2 
 
 Gipsy. . 
 
 6 
 
 1916-1921. 
 
 28 2 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 6 
 
 1918-1923. . 
 
 37 
 
 Turkey Red 12-41 
 
 6 
 
 1918-1923 
 
 39.1 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 6 
 
 1920-1925 
 
 38.8 
 
 Gladden 
 
 6 
 
 1920-1925 
 
 39.2 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 5 
 
 1908-1913 except 1912. . . 
 
 44 6 
 
 Fultz 
 
 5 
 
 1908-1913 except 1912 . 
 
 42 1 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 5 
 
 1921-1925.. 
 
 37.7 
 
 Michigan Amber 
 
 5 
 
 1921-1925 
 
 39.7 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) . . 
 
 4 
 
 1910-1914 except 1912 
 
 44 3 
 
 Gold Coin 
 
 4 
 
 1910-1914 except 1912 
 
 38 7 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 4 
 
 1916-1919. . 
 
 39.6 
 
 Miracle 
 
 4 
 
 1916-1919 
 
 18.7 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) . . 
 
 4 
 
 1917-1920. . 
 
 39.9 
 
 Illini Chief.... 
 
 4 
 
 1917-1920 
 
 23.1 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 4 
 
 1919-1922 
 
 36.7 
 
 Turkey Hybrid 514 
 
 4 
 
 1919-1922 
 
 37.6 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 4 
 
 1922-1925. . 
 
 39.0 
 
 Blackhull 
 
 4 
 
 1922-1925 
 
 45.0 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 3 
 
 1906-1908. . 
 
 46.5 
 
 Padi 
 
 3 
 
 1906-1908 
 
 32.1 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 3 
 
 1916-1918 
 
 41.3 
 
 Marvelous 
 
 3 
 
 1916-1918 
 
 15.7 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 3 
 
 1923-1925 
 
 40.2 
 
 Hardy Northern 
 
 3 
 
 1923-1925 
 
 37.7 
 
 Forward 
 
 3 
 
 1923-1925 
 
 38.1 
 
 Malakof (C. I. No. 4898) . 
 
 3 
 
 1923-1925 
 
 42.8 
 
 Red Russian 
 
 3 
 
 1923-1925 
 
 45.0 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 2 
 
 1904, 1905... . 
 
 31.1 
 
 Jones Longberry . . 
 
 2 
 
 1904, 1905 
 
 18.5 
 
 Satisfaction 
 
 2 
 
 1904, 1905 
 
 19.1 
 
 *In each case the number of years given for the variety compared with Turkey 
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 [June, 
 
 TABLE 5. Conchtded 
 (Bushels per acre) 
 
 Varieties 
 
 dumber 
 of years 
 com- 
 pared 1 
 
 Years on which comparisons 
 are based 
 
 Average 
 yield 
 
 Turkev Red (Station) 
 
 2 
 
 1909, 1910 
 
 43 5 
 
 Economy 
 
 2 
 
 1909, 1910.. 
 
 39 5 
 
 Turkev Red (Station) 
 
 2 
 
 1921, 1922 
 
 33 9 
 
 Jones Climax 
 
 2 
 
 1921, 1922 
 
 27.6 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925.. 
 
 42 4 
 
 Berkeley Rock 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 30.1 
 
 Fulcaster (Missouri selection) . . 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 31.5 
 
 Poole (Missouri selection) 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 32 
 
 Trumbull 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 33.2 
 
 Fulhio 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 39.0 
 
 Altara 2048 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 42.2 
 
 Michikoff. . . . 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 42 7 
 
 Kanred 2401 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 44.3 
 
 Minturki 
 
 2 
 
 1924, 1925 
 
 44 5 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 1 
 
 1904 
 
 32 2 
 
 Poole 
 
 1 
 
 1904 
 
 7.8 
 
 European 
 
 1 
 
 1904 
 
 11.9 
 
 Turkey Red (Station) 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 44 5 
 
 Honor 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 38.7 
 
 Purkoff 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 46.4 
 
 *In each case the number of years given for the variety compared with Turkey 
 Red is the total number of years the variety was grown. 
 
 some white kernels, is for the most part amber and red. It has not 
 been distributed. 
 
 Red Rock has given an average yield practically equal to Turkey 
 Red. It has been subject, however, to rather wide annual fluctuations 
 in yield. 
 
 Red Cross has averaged during this eight-year period only 1.9 
 bushels an acre less than Turkey Red. It has been rather consistently 
 inferior to Turkey Red, however, the latter exceeding it in yield six of 
 the eight years. Red Cross is susceptible both to the rosette disease 
 and to flag smut, and therefore should not be grown in localities where 
 these diseases are known to exist. 
 
 Other promising varieties which have been grown from one to five 
 years are Red Russian, Blackhull, Minturki, Kanred 2401, Michigan 
 Amber, Malakof C.I. No. 4898, Michikoff, Gladden, and Hardy 
 Northern. Michigan Amber, Gladden, and Hardy Northern are soft 
 wheats; the others are hard varieties. 
 
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IS BULLETIN No. 276 [June, 
 
 TESTS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 
 FAIRFIELD, WAYNE COUNTY 
 
 Wayne county is situated in the east side of the south-central 
 section of the state. The average annual rainfall in this district is 
 41.5 inches. The winter months have an average annual temperature 
 of 33.1 F., while the average annual minimum temperature is approx- 
 imately 7 F. below zero. Over most of this section the snowfall 
 ranges between 15 and 20 inches. At Fairfield, however, the records 
 indicate less than 15 inches. 
 
 The soil of this field is Gray Silt Loam On Tight Clay, which rep- 
 resents large areas of relatively infertile land thruout this section. 
 
 The rotation on this field consisted of two years of legumes alter- 
 nating with one each of corn and wheat. During the last six years 
 the order was as follows: corn, soybeans, wheat, sweet clover. One 
 half the field was tile-drained, while the other remained untiled. The 
 fertilization consisted of crop residues supplemented with rock phos- 
 phate and limestone, and manure with rock phosphate and limestone. 
 Each variety was equally represented on the tiled and untiled land, 
 and on the plots receiving residues with mineral fertilizers, and those 
 receiving manure with mineral fertilizers. 
 
 This land is normally strongly acid and deficient in organic matter 
 and nitrogen. Very few attempts to grow wheat are made on much of 
 the land of this type thruout Marion, Clay, and Wayne counties. The 
 yields obtained, particularly from 1917 to 1922, clearly indicate the 
 possibilities of producing wheat on such land when the soil is limed 
 and properly fertilized, such fertilization being accomplished partly by 
 means of mineral fertilizers but more especially by the growing and 
 turning under of legume crops. Liming, however, is first necessary in 
 order to produce the legumes abundantly. 
 
 Variety trials were conducted on this field from 1906 to 1923, at 
 which time the field was discontinued. Altho wheat makes a less vig- 
 orous fall growth in this section than in the more fertile regions, still 
 there was but one year in which the crop was a complete failure. 
 
 During the seventeen years that wheat was grown at Fairfield, 41 
 varieties and strains were tested. Fulcaster was taken as the standard 
 variety, and is the only one continued thruout the entire period. The 
 annual yields are given in Table 7, and the percentage rating of each 
 variety based upon the average yield of Fulcaster for the same period 
 is shown in the last column, A summary showing the years each vari- 
 ety was grown, and the average yield compared with the average yield 
 of Fulcaster for the same period, is given in Table 8. 
 
 Illini Chief is the only variety which gave a percentage rating 
 greater than Fulcaster. It will be observed from Table 8 that in many 
 
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 21 
 
 TABLE 8. F AIRFIELD FIELD: COMPARABLE AVERAGE YIELDS OF VARIETIES 
 
 OF WINTER WHEAT USING FULCASTER AS A STANDARD FOR COMPARISON 
 
 (Bushels per acre) 
 
 Varieties 
 
 Number 
 of years 
 com- 
 pared 1 
 
 Years on which comparisons 
 are based 
 
 Average 
 yield 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 15 
 
 1906-1921 except 1909 
 
 18 9 
 
 Harvest King 
 
 15 
 
 1906-1921 except 1909 
 
 16 6 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 14 
 
 1906-1920 except 1909 
 
 18.1 
 
 Wheedling 
 
 14 
 
 1906-1920 except 1909 
 
 16 6 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 13 
 
 1906-1920 except 1909, 1915. . . 
 
 19.0 
 
 Dawson Golden Chaff 
 
 13 
 
 1906-1920 except 1909, 1915 
 
 15.2 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 13 
 
 1910-1922.. 
 
 20.8 
 
 Economy 
 
 13 
 
 1910-1922 
 
 20.6 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 9 
 
 1906, 1907, 1916-1922 
 
 20.9 
 
 Poole 
 
 9 
 
 1906, 1907, 1916-1922 
 
 18.6 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 9 
 
 1914-1922 
 
 21.3 
 
 Jersey Fultz 
 
 9 
 
 1914-1922 
 
 19.6 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 8 
 
 1906, 1907, 1916-1921 . . 
 
 20.7 
 
 Rudy . . . 
 
 8 
 
 1906, 1907, 1916-1921 
 
 19.2 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 8 
 
 1907, 1910-1916.. 
 
 17.5 
 
 Missouri Pride 
 
 8 
 
 1907, 1910-1916 
 
 16.4 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 8 
 
 1915-1922 
 
 21.9 
 
 Gipsv . . 
 
 8 
 
 1915-1922 
 
 20.7 
 
 Red Cross 
 
 8 
 
 1915-1922 
 
 20.7 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 7 
 
 1906, 1907, 1910-1914 
 
 16.4 
 
 Indiana Swamp 
 
 7 
 
 1906, 1907, 1910-1914 
 
 14.9 
 
 Fulcaster ... 
 
 7 
 
 1915-1921.. 
 
 21.7 
 
 Miracle. . . 
 
 7 
 
 1915-1921 
 
 16.7 
 
 Mediterranean . . 
 
 7 
 
 1915-1921 
 
 17.4 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 7 
 
 1916-1922 
 
 24.1 
 
 Marvelous 
 
 7 
 
 1916-1922 
 
 22.9 
 
 Harvest Queen 
 
 7 
 
 1916-1922 
 
 24.0 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 6 
 
 1916-1921. . 
 
 24.3 
 
 Early Red Clawson 
 
 6 
 
 1916-1921 
 
 20.7 
 
 Turkey Hybrid 509 
 
 6 
 
 1916-1921 
 
 20.8 
 
 Fulcaster . . . 
 
 6 
 
 1917-1922 
 
 24.5 
 
 Illini Chief. . . 
 
 6 
 
 1917-1922 
 
 25.6 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 5 
 
 1906, 1907, 1912-1914 
 
 13.2 
 
 Red Hussar . . 
 
 5 
 
 1906, 1907, 1912-1914 
 
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 Fulcaster 
 
 5 
 
 1915, 1917-1920 
 
 20.0 
 
 Red Wave 
 
 5 
 
 1915, 1917-1920 
 
 15.7 
 
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 Red is the total number of years the variety was grown. 
 (Table concluded on page 22.) 
 
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 BULLETIN No. 276 
 
 [June, 
 
 TABLE 8.- 
 (Bushels 
 
 -Concluded 
 per acre) 
 
 Varieties 
 
 Number 
 of years 
 com- 
 pared 1 
 
 Years on which comparisons 
 are based 
 
 Average 
 yield 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 4 
 
 1908, 1912-1914 
 
 15 7 
 
 Fultz 
 
 4 
 
 1908, 1912-1914 
 
 14.0 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 4 
 
 1914, 1915, 1921, 1922 
 
 19 1 
 
 Nieeer. . , 
 
 4 
 
 1914. 1915, 1921, 1922 
 
 18 6 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 4 
 
 1917-1920 
 
 23 4 
 
 Canadian Hybrid 
 
 4 
 
 1917-1920 
 
 22 9 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 4 
 
 1917-1920 
 
 23 4 
 
 Marvelous, J^ seeding 
 
 4 
 
 1917-1920 . . 
 
 15 4 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 3 
 
 1906-1908 
 
 11 8 
 
 Theiss (U. S. D. A. No. 12004) . 
 
 3 
 
 1906-1908 
 
 4.7 
 
 Malakof 
 
 3 
 
 1906-1908 
 
 7 9 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 3 
 
 1912-1914.. 
 
 15 5 
 
 Kharkof 
 
 3 
 
 1912-1914 . 
 
 9 1 
 
 Hungarian 
 
 3 
 
 1912-1914 
 
 12 8 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 3 
 
 1917-1919 . 
 
 25.1 
 
 Prize Taker 
 
 3 
 
 1917-1919 
 
 20 4 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 3 
 
 1918-1920 
 
 22 2 
 
 Ilred (Turkey Red 10-110) 
 
 3 
 
 1918-1920 
 
 17.2 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 3 
 
 1921-1923 
 
 23 8 
 
 Trumbull 
 
 3 
 
 1921-1923 : 
 
 23.6 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 2 
 
 1906-1907 
 
 9 7 
 
 Turkey Red. 
 
 2 
 
 1906-1907 
 
 6 3 
 
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 . 2 
 
 1906-1907 
 
 7.4 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 2 
 
 1912, 1913 
 
 14.7 
 
 Beloglina 
 
 2 
 
 1912, 1913 
 
 8.5 
 
 Pesterboden 
 
 2 
 
 1912, 1913 
 
 11.1 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 2 
 
 1920, 1921 
 
 24.3 
 
 Big Harvest Fultz 
 
 2 
 
 1920, 1921 
 
 16.2 
 
 Fulcaster - 
 
 2 
 
 1921, 1922.. 
 
 26.5 
 
 Gladden 
 
 2 
 
 1921, 1922 
 
 24.0 
 
 Portage 
 
 2 
 
 1921, 1922 
 
 25.0 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 1 
 
 1921 
 
 30.1 
 
 Dawson Golden Chaff 9-225 
 
 1 
 
 1921 
 
 18.2 
 
 Poole (Ohio Station) 
 
 1 
 
 1921 
 
 29.1 
 
 Fulcaster (Soil Field) 
 
 1 
 
 1921 
 
 32.9 
 
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 PRODUCTIVENESS OF VARIETIES OF WINTER WHEAT 
 
 23 
 
 instances the average yield of any particular variety is not greatly 
 surpassed by Fulcaster. Probably in most instances the differences are 
 within the range of experimental error ; still the constancy with which 
 Fulcaster has exceeded the yields of other varieties is strong evidence 
 of its reliability. 
 
 Of the 41 varieties grown on this field, 8 were of the Turkey Red 
 type and 1 was a hybrid of that variety. None of these varieties 
 proved to be adapted to the conditions on this field. 
 
 The yields of 9 varieties, each of which was grown during the six- 
 year period 1917 to 1922, are given in Table 9. Compared in this 
 manner, Illini Chief retained its position at the head of the list. Ful- 
 caster, however, dropped to sixth place tho, excepting Illini Chief, it 
 
 TABLE 9. F AIRFIELD FIELD: COMPARATIVE TEST OF VARIETIES OF WINTER 
 
 WHEAT GROWN DURING THE Six- YEAR PERIOD 1917-1922 
 
 (Bushels per acre) 
 
 Varieties 
 
 1917 
 
 1918 
 
 1919 
 
 1920 
 
 1921 
 
 1922 
 
 Average 
 yield 
 
 Illini Chief 
 
 31 
 
 26.3 
 
 25 6 
 
 19.8 
 
 27.8 
 
 23.1 
 
 25 6 
 
 Red Cross 
 
 34 5 
 
 26 1 
 
 23 2 
 
 23 
 
 26 2 
 
 17 3 
 
 25 1 
 
 Economy 
 
 35.4 
 
 21.3 
 
 24.5 
 
 19.6 
 
 28.5 
 
 20.6 
 
 25.0 
 
 Harvest Queen 
 
 33.6 
 
 22.1 
 
 22.5 
 
 24.9 
 
 27.2 
 
 18.3 
 
 24.8 
 
 Marvelous 
 
 26 2 
 
 23 1 
 
 26 
 
 19 8 
 
 31.8 
 
 21.9 
 
 24.8 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 27.2 
 
 23.9 
 
 24.2 
 
 18.4 
 
 30.1 
 
 22.9 
 
 24.5 
 
 Jersey Fultz 
 
 24.4 
 
 21.3 
 
 25.8 
 
 20.6 
 
 29.8 
 
 22.1 
 
 24.0 
 
 Gipsy. . 
 
 30.4 
 
 22 2 
 
 26 2 
 
 13.1 
 
 27.4 
 
 20.7 
 
 23.3 
 
 Poole 
 
 28.7 
 
 20.2 
 
 20.5 
 
 20.1 
 
 23.8 
 
 22.8 
 
 22.7 
 
 was not exceeded in average yield by any variety more than 0.6 bushel, 
 which difference is easily within the limits of experimental error. 
 
 ALHAMBRA IN MADISON COUNTY 
 
 This field is located in the western part of the south-central section 
 of the state. The soil is classified as Brown-Gray Silt Loam On Tight 
 Clay. "Scald spots" or "slick spots," the nature and cause of which 
 are not well understood, are numerous. The soil of the field is repre- 
 sentative of. a considerable area in this section of the state. 
 
 A four-year rotation consisting of corn, oats, mammoth clover, 
 and wheat is employed. In case the clover fails, soybeans are grown 
 in their stead. All plots from which variety yields are taken are fer- 
 tilized with crop residues, ground limestone, and rock phosphate. A 
 catch crop of sweet clover is sown with the wheat to be plowed under 
 for corn. 
 
 Wheat has been grown on this field since 1919, except during the 
 season of 1924 when, owing to a series of unfortunate circumstances at 
 seeding time in the autumn of 1923, no crop was produced. In all, 21 
 varieties of wheat have been tested on this field for one to six years. 
 
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 BULLETIN No. 276 
 
 [June, 
 
 The annual yields and the percentage ratings with Fulcaster as 
 the standard for comparison are given in Table 10, while in Table 11 
 are given the number of years each variety has been tried and the aver- 
 age yields compared with Fulcaster for the same years. 
 
 Of the varieties grown for three to six years, Mediterranean has 
 made the highest record, Fulcaster ranking a close second. The hard 
 varieties have been represented by Blackhull and Ilred (Turkey Red 
 
 TABLE 10. ALHAMBRA FIELD: ANNUAL YIELDS OP VARIETIES OF WINTER 
 
 WHEAT AND PERCENTAGE RATINGS USING FULCASTER AS A STANDARD 
 
 FOR COMPARISON 
 
 (Bushels per acre) 
 
 Varieties 
 
 1919 
 
 1920 
 
 1921 
 
 1922 
 
 1923 
 
 1925 
 
 Percentage 
 rating 
 
 Forward . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27.0 
 
 121.6 
 
 Fulhio 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26.4 
 
 118.9 
 
 Michigan Amber 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25.7 
 
 115 8 
 
 Gladden . . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25.1 
 
 113.1 
 
 Shepherd 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24.9 
 
 112 2 
 
 Red Rock 
 
 
 
 
 
 39.0 
 
 22.5 
 
 108.3 
 
 Fulcaster (Missouri selec- 
 tion) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23.9 
 
 107.7 
 
 Trumbull 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23.9 
 
 107.7 
 
 Poole (Missouri selection) . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23.6 
 
 106 3 
 
 Mediterranean 
 
 14.9 
 
 16.5 
 
 i5.2 
 
 28.9 
 
 39.6 
 
 23.9 
 
 102.9 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 15.6 
 
 15.7 
 
 15.2 
 
 31.8 
 
 34.6 
 
 22.2 
 
 100.0 
 
 Rudv 
 
 13.0 
 
 11.5 
 
 16.6 
 
 31.4 
 
 38.6 
 
 
 98.4 
 
 Gipsy 
 
 16.6 
 
 16.8 
 
 14.3 
 
 23.4 
 
 38.5 
 
 
 97.1 
 
 Blackhull 
 
 
 
 
 33.7 
 
 27.8 
 
 24.3 
 
 96 8 
 
 Illini Chief 
 
 
 15.0 
 
 16.2 
 
 29.1 
 
 31.9 
 
 22.5 
 
 96.0 
 
 Red Wave 
 
 15.1 
 
 14.6 
 
 13.4 
 
 26.0 
 
 38.4 
 
 
 95.2 
 
 Marvelous '- 
 
 13 1 
 
 16 4 
 
 15 5 
 
 23 3 
 
 37 7 
 
 
 93 9 
 
 Jersey Fultz 
 
 15 2 
 
 12 5 
 
 16 
 
 25 2 
 
 36 1 
 
 
 93 
 
 Ilred (Turkey Red 10-110) . 
 Harvest King 
 
 17.6 
 11.5 
 
 14.4 
 10.9 
 
 12.9 
 13.0 
 
 21.3 
 
 31.9 
 
 22.6 
 
 89.4 
 76.1 
 
 Harvest Queen 
 
 
 
 
 17.1 
 
 32.9 
 
 
 75.3 
 
 10-110). Blackhull has exceeded the standard variety, Fulcaster, two 
 of the three years it was grown, and its average yield was but 0.9 
 bushel less. Ilred (Turkey Red 10-110) was out-yielded by Fulcaster 
 four of the six years it has been tested. 
 
 A number of varieties not hitherto grown on this field were intro- 
 duced in 1925. Some of these, such as Forward, Fulhio, Michigan 
 Amber, Gladden, and Shepherd, have made rather promising prelim- 
 inary records. 
 
 HARD vs. SOFT VARIETIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS 
 
 The data that have been presented show that the hard Crimean 
 wheats are well adapted to the central section of the state. Further- 
 
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 PRODUCTIVENESS OF VARIETIES OF WINTER WHEAT 
 
 25 
 
 more, because of their recognized reliability and productiveness they 
 have come to be very largely grown thruout this section. There are 
 many growers, however, who still adhere to the soft varieties. 
 
 The growing of the two classes of wheat in the same community 
 leads inevitably to more or less mixing. This mixing may result from 
 the transfer of seed from one farm to another by the threshing outfits, 
 or it may occur at the elevators. For most purposes mixed wheat is 
 inferior to its component classes of the same grade. 
 
 A considerable portion of the central section, as well as the entire 
 southern part of the state, is tributary to soft wheat markets. For 
 
 TABLE 11. ALHAMBRA FIELD: COMPARABLE AVERAGE YIELDS OF WINTER 
 
 WHEAT USING FULCASTER AS A STANDARD FOR COMPARISON 
 
 (Bushels per acre) 
 
 Varieties 
 
 Number 
 of years 
 com- 
 pared 1 
 
 Years on which comparisons 
 are based 
 
 Average 
 yield 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 6 
 
 1919-1925 except 1924 
 
 22.5 
 
 Ilred (Turkey Red 10-110) 
 
 6 
 
 1919-1925 except 1924 
 
 20.1 
 
 Mediterranean 
 
 6 
 
 1919-1925 except 1924 
 
 23 2 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 5 
 
 1919-1923 
 
 22.6 
 
 Jersey Fultz 
 
 5 
 
 1919-1923 
 
 21.0 
 
 Marvelous 
 
 5 
 
 1919-1923 
 
 21 2 
 
 Red Wave 
 
 5 
 
 1919-1923 
 
 21.5 
 
 Gipsv . . 
 
 5 
 
 1919-1923 
 
 21.9 
 
 Rudy 
 
 5 
 
 1919-1923 
 
 22.2 
 
 Fulcaster .... . . . 
 
 5 
 
 1920-1925 except 1924 
 
 23 9 
 
 Illini Chief 
 
 5 
 
 1920-1925 except 1924 
 
 22 9 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 3 
 
 1919-1921.. 
 
 15.5 
 
 Harvest King 
 
 3 
 
 1919-1921 
 
 11.8 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 3 
 
 1922, 1923,1925.. 
 
 29.5 
 
 Blackhull 
 
 3 
 
 1922, 1923, 1925 
 
 28.6 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 2 
 
 1922, 1923 
 
 33.2 
 
 Harvest Queen 
 
 2 
 
 1922, 1923 
 
 25 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 2 
 
 1923,1925 
 
 28.4 
 
 Red Rock ... . 
 
 2 
 
 1923, 1925 
 
 30.8 
 
 Fulcaster 
 
 1 
 
 1925 . . 
 
 22.2 
 
 Forward 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 27.0 
 
 Fulhio . 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 26.4 
 
 Michigan Amber 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 25.7 
 
 Gladden 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 25.1 
 
 Shepherd 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 24.9 
 
 Fulcaster (Missouri selection) 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 23 9 
 
 Trumbull 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 23.9 
 
 Poole (Missouri selection) 
 
 1 
 
 1925 
 
 23.6 
 
 l ln each case the number of years given for the variety compared with Turkey 
 Red is the total number of years the variety was grown. 
 
26 BULLETIN No. 276 [June, 
 
 some time these markets have paid a premium for soft wheat, and at 
 times the spread in prices has been rather wide. Whether this condi- 
 tion will continue indefinitely is difficult to predict. At the present 
 time, however, there is considerable complaint from certain marketing 
 agencies concerning the amount of hard and mixed wheat which is 
 being shipped from the central section of the state. Likewise, because 
 of the premium paid for soft wheat, a renewal of interest in soft wheat 
 has recently been shown by the growers residing in this section. 
 
 As the situation exists at present it would appear that the farmers 
 in this section will have to choose between a lower price for their w r heat 
 or the possibility of a lower yield of grain. The hazard involved in 
 the latter contingency may be minimized by growing the hardiest and 
 most productive varieties of soft wheat. Of the commercial varieties 
 more or less extensively grow r n, the following have proved reasonably 
 dependable in these tests: Red Rock, Red Cross, Michigan Amber, and 
 Gladden. 
 
 Within recent years the only season at Urbana which has given 
 the varieties a severe test of their relative winter resistance was the 
 season of 1923-24. Red Rock proved to be rather the more resistant 
 of the four varieties mentioned above, which are listed in the order 
 of their resistance and which yielded in the same order. The average 
 yield of all four varieties for that season was 39.5 bushels an acre, 
 while the average yield of 10 varieties of hard w r heat was 43.3 bushels. 
 Red Rock produced 43.1 bushels an acre. The highest-yielding hard 
 wheat that year was Red Russian, which produced 48.5 bushels an 
 acre. Red Rock is a bearded variety, w-hile Red Cross and Michigan 
 Amber are smooth. Most growers of soft wheat prefer awnless varieties. 
 
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 DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES 1 
 
 Including Origin, Source of Seed, and Performance 
 on Experiment Fields 
 
 Altara 2048. A selection from Alberta Red made by the Kansas Station. 
 Similar to Turkey Red. In Kansas it has been found to produce very hard red 
 kernels which usually do not show a yellow berry. Has not made a high yield 
 record as compared with other hard wheats. Not yet grown commercially. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Kansas Station in summer of 1923, from which a 
 crop was grown at Urbana in 1924. Average yield for two-year period 422 bush- 
 els an acre, Turkey Red (Station) same period 42.4 bushels. Proved winter 
 resistant during severe winter of 1923-24. 
 
 Beloglina. Similar to Turkey Red (see page 34). Introduced by the U. S. 
 Department of Agriculture in 1900 from Russia, where it was grown near Belog- 
 linskaya in northern Stavropol. This section of Russia is subject to extreme con- 
 ditions of both temperature and moisture. 
 
 Seed obtained from U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1904. First crop pro- 
 duced at Urbana in 1905. Yields: eighteen-year average at Urbana 39.2 bushels, 
 Turkey Red 41.3 2 ; three-year average at DeKalb 30.2 bushels, Turkey Red 32.1; 
 two-year average at Fairfield 8.5 bushels, Fulcaster 14.7. Winter hardy; weak 
 straw. 
 
 Berkeley Rock. Originated at the Michigan Station. Is the result of a cross 
 between Berkeley and Red Rock made in 1915. Considered at the Michigan 
 Station to be winter hardy and of outstanding quality. Awned; chaff white, 
 glabrous; straw purple; kernels red, soft. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Michigan Station. First crop harvested at Urbana 
 in 1924; seriously injured during winter of 1923-24. Average yield for two-year 
 period 30.1 bushels, Turkey Red 42.4. 
 
 Big Harvest Fultz. A selection from Fultz (see page 28). Has longer and 
 stronger straw and larger heads than the original Fultz. 
 
 Seed obtained from Everitt's O. K. Seed Store, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 
 1919. Two-year average yield at Fairfield 16.2 bushels, Fulcaster 24.3. The 
 variety is late and proved susceptible to scab. 
 
 Blackball. Resembles Turkey Red but differs from it in having black mark- 
 ings on the chaff; is also less resistant to winterkilling and produces softer grain. 
 Selected from a field of Turkey Red in 1912 by E. G. Clark of Sedgwick, Kansas. 
 
 Grown first at Urbana and Alhambra in 1922 from seed secured from W. 
 H. Miller of Williamsville, Sangamon county, Illinois. Winterkilled seriously 
 in the season of 1923-24. Yields: four-year average at Urbana 45.0 bushels, 
 Turkey Red 39.0; three-year average at Alhambra 28.6 bushels, Fulcaster 29.5; 
 three-year average at DeKalb 37.1 bushels, Turkey Red 40.3. 
 
 Canadian Hybrid. Synonym for Jones Fife, which is said to be a hybrid 
 resulting from crossing Fultz, Russian Velvet, and Mediterranean. Was orig- 
 inated by A. N. Jones of Newark, Wayne county, New York, in 1889. Awnless; 
 chaff white, pubescent; straw white, medium strong; kernels red, soft to semi- 
 hard. Inferior for bread making. 
 
 Seed obtained from the John A. Salzer Seed Company, La Crosse, Wiscon- 
 sin, in 1915. Yields: five-year average at DeKalb 28.1 bushels, Turkey Red 
 29.4; four-year average at Fairfield 22.9 bushels, Fulcaster 23.4. 
 
 1 Fbr description of varieties and history of their origin, the writer has drawn freely upon 
 Bulletin 1074 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, "Classification of American Wheat Vari- 
 eties," by J. Allen Clark, John H. Martin, and Carleton R. Ball. 1922. 
 
 2 A11 yields are given in terms of bushels an acre. All comparisons of yields are bas?d on 
 averages of the same seasons. 
 
28 BULLETIN No. 276 [June, 
 
 Dawson Golden Chaff. Originated in 1881 by Robert Dawson of Paris, 
 Ontario, Canada, who found a single superior plant in a field of Seneca or Claw- 
 son. Awnless; chaff brown, glabrous; stem white, strong; kernels white, soft. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Michigan Station in 1892. Yields: twelve-year 
 average at Urbana 38.7 bushels, Turkey Red 42.3; eleven-year average at DeKalb 
 27.1 bushels, Turkey Red 32.7; thirteen-year average at Fairfield 152 bushels, 
 Fulcaster 19.0. 
 
 Dawson Golden Chaff 9-211. Pure-line selection made by the Plant Breed- 
 ing Division of the Illinois Station. Tested at DeKalb; one-year yield 22.6 
 bushels, Turkey Red 392. 
 
 Dawson Golden Chaff 9-225. Originated from a single head selected from a 
 plot of Dawson Golden Chaff in 1909 at the Illinois Station; introduced in crops 
 variety trials in 1915; differs from Dawson Golden Chaff in producing for the 
 most part red kernels. Stands well. 
 
 Yields: eleven-year average at Urbana 41.2 bushels, Turkey Red 40.1; one 
 year at Fairfield 182 bushels, Fulcaster 30.1. 
 
 Early Red Clawson. Originated by A. N. Jones of Newark, Wayne county. 
 New York, in 1888 by crossing Clawson and Golden Cross. Awnless; chaff brown, 
 glabrous; straw purple, strong; kernels pale red, soft. 
 
 Seed obtained from the John A. Salzer Seed Company, La Crosse, Wiscon- 
 sin, in 1915. Yields: five-year average at DeKalb 21.4 bushels, Turkey Red 29.4; 
 six-year average at Fairfield 20.7 bushels, Fulcaster 24.3. 
 
 Economy. Synonym for Fultz (see Fultz). Origin of seed sown by Sta- 
 tion unknown; grown at Urbana in 1909 and 1910. 
 
 Yields : two-year average at Urbana 39.5 bushels, Turkey Red 43.5 ; thirteen- 
 year average at Fairfield 20.6 bushels, Fulcaster 20.8. 
 
 Forward. A selection made from a commercial lot of Fulcaster grown at 
 the Cornell Station. Awnless; chaff white; kernels soft, red; stems white. 
 
 Grown first at Urbana in 1923 from seed secured thru Professor H. H. Love 
 of Cornell. Yields: three-year average at Urbana 38.1 bushels, Turkey Red 40.2: 
 one year at Alhambra 27.0 bushels, Fulcaster 22.2. Very badly winterkilled at 
 Urbana in 1924. Stands well. 
 
 Fulcaster. This variety resulted from a cross of Fultz and Lancaster made 
 by S. M. Schindel of Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1886. Awncd; chaff white, 
 glabrous; straw strong, purple; kernels red, semi-hard. 
 
 Seed secured from W. E. Braden, Sparta, Illinois, in 1915; later from south- 
 ern Illinois soil experiment fields. Grown at Fairfield seventeen years, average 
 yield 19.1 bushels; six-year average at Alhambra 22.5. Used as standard on both 
 fields. 
 
 Fulcaster (Missouri selection). A superior strain grown by the Missouri 
 Station. 
 
 Seed secured from the Missouri Station in 1923. Winterkilled very seri- 
 ously at Urbana in 1923-24. Yields: two-year average at Urbana 31.5 bushels, 
 Turkey Red 42.4; one year at Alhambra, 23.9, Fulcaster (Station strain) 22.2. 
 
 Fulhio. Pure-line selection made by the Ohio Station from Fultz. 
 
 Seed secured from Dan Davies of Jonesboro, Illinois. Yields: two-year 
 average at DeKalb 41.3 bushels, Turkey Red 39.6; two-year average at Urbana 
 39 bushels, Turkey Red 42.4; one year at Alhambra 26.4 bushels, Fulcaster 222. 
 
 Fultz. Selected by Abraham Fultz of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, in 1862 
 from a field of Lancaster. Three spikes of awnless wheat found in a field of 
 bearded wheat constituted the foundation stock. Variety named after the orig- 
 inator. Awnless; chaff white, glabrous; kernels red, semi-hard; straw medium 
 strong, purple; fairly hardy. 
 
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 Origin of Station stock of seed unknown. Yields: five-year average at Ur- 
 bana 42.1 bushels, Turkey Red 44.6; one year at DeKalb 30.6 bushels, Turkey 
 Red 39 2; four-year average at Fairfield 14.0 bushels, Fulcaster 15.7. 
 
 Gipsy. Origin not definitely known. Awned; chaff white, glabrous; straw 
 white, medium strong; kernels red and soft to semi-hard. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Wing Seed Company, Mechanicsburg, Ohio. 
 Grown first at DeKalb and Fairfield in 1915. Yields: four-year average at De- 
 Kalb 19.5 bushels, Turkey Red 32.3; eight-year average at Fairfield 20.7 bushels, 
 Fulcaster 21.9; six-year average at Urbana 28 2 bushels, Turkey Red 39.2; five- 
 year average at Alhambra 21.9 bushels, Fulcaster 22.6. Complete failure at Ur- 
 bana in 1917 due to winterkilling. 
 
 Gladden. Pure-line selection from the Gipsy variety made by the Ohio 
 Station in 1905. Has stronger straw and in Ohio has proved superior to Gipsy 
 in yield and quality. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Ohio Seed Company, Wapakeneta, Ohio, in 1919. 
 Yields: six-year average at Urbana 39.2 bushels, Turkey Red 38.8; two-year aver- 
 age at Fairfield 24.0 bushels, Fulcaster 26.5; one year at Alhambra 25.1 bushels, 
 Fulcaster 22.2. Winterkilled at Urbana very seriously in season of 1923-24. 
 Stands very well. 
 
 Gold Coin. Origin not definitely known but probably a descendant of the 
 Redchaff variety grown at a very early date in the Genesee valley of New York. 
 Awnless, clavate; chaff brown, glabrous; straw strong, purple; kernels white and 
 soft. 
 
 Source of seed unknown. Grown first at Urbana in 1910. Yields: four-year 
 average at Urbana 38.7 bushels, Turkey Red 44.3; one year at DeKalb 32.5 bush- 
 els, Turkey Red 392. 
 
 Hardy Northern. Origin unknown. Awned; chaff brown, glabrous; straw 
 white, strong; kernels red and semi-hard. 
 
 Seed obtained from the John A. Salzer Seed Company, La Crosse, Wiscon- 
 sin, in 1915. Grown first at DeKalb in 1916. Yields: nine-year average at De- 
 Kalb 36.6 bushels, Turkey Red 35.0; three-year average at Urbana 37.7 bushels, 
 Turkey Red 402. Very winter hardy and stands well. 
 
 Harvest King. Synonym for Poole (see page 32). Seed obtained from W. E. 
 Branden, Sparta, Illinois, in 1904 and 1910; also from the John A. Salzer Seed 
 Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1915. Yields: fifteen-year average at Fair- 
 field 16.6 bushels; Fulcaster 18.9; three-year average at Alhambra 11.8 bushels, 
 Fuloister 15.5. 
 
 Harvest Q ueen - This variety is said to have been originated by E. S. Mar- 
 shall of De Soto, Kansas, who in 1895 found a superior appearing plant growing 
 in a field of some other variety. He saved the seed from this plant and in- 
 creased it. Grown chiefly in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Illinois. Awnless; 
 chaff white, glabrous; kernels red, soft; straw white, stands well. 
 
 Seed secured from the John A. Salzer Seed Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin. 
 Yields: seven-year average at Fairfield 24.0 bushels, Fulcaster 24.1; two-year av- 
 erage at Alhambra 25.0 bushels, Fulcaster 33.2. 
 
 Honor. This variety is a selection made from Dawson Golden Chaff at the 
 Cornell Station. There is no difference in the appearance of the two varieties. 
 Honor, however, is said to have somewhat stronger straw, to be more winter 
 resistant, and to yield more. 
 
 Seed secured thru Professor H. H. Love of the Cornell Station in 1924. 
 Yield at Urbana in 1925, 38.7 bushels, Turkey Red 44.5. 
 
 Hungarian. Synonym for Turkey Red (see page 34). Seed obtained from 
 the Kentucky Station in 1902. Yields: eighteen-year average at Urbana 37.5 
 
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 BULLETIN No. 276 [June, 
 
 bushels, Turkey Red 41.1; four-year average at DeKalb 33.3 bushels, Turkey 
 Red 33.9; three-year average at Fairfield 12.8 bushels, Fulcaster 15.5. Hardy; 
 straw weak. 
 
 Illini Chief. Introduced in the fall of 1915 by E. L. Gillham of Edwards- 
 ville Illinois, who advertised it as being resistant to Hessian fly. His stock came 
 originally from Ohio, where it was known locally as Early Carlyle. Awnless; chaff 
 brown, glabrous; straw long, strong, purple; kernels soft, red. 
 
 Seed obtained from E. L. Gillham, Edwardsville, Illinois. Yields: four-year 
 average at Urbana 23.1 bushels, Turkey Red 39.9; six-year average at Fairfield 
 25.6 bushels, Fulcaster 24.5; five-year average at Alhambra 22.9 bushels, iul- 
 caster 23.9. Not winter hardy at Urbana; in 1917 complete failure. 
 
 Ilred. See Turkey Red 10-110 (page 35). 
 
 Indiana Swamp. Synonym for Valley. Exact origin unknown. The Ohio 
 Station obtained seed in 1883 from Elias Tetter of Pleasant Plain, Ohio. Re- 
 sembles Gipsy but is taller, slightly earlier, and has somewhat longer spikes and 
 glumes. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Kentucky Station in 1902. Yields: twenty-one- 
 year average at Urbana 39.0 bushels, Turkey Red 41.0; five-year average at De- 
 Kalb 27.4 bushels, Turkey Red 34.3; seven-year average at Fairfield 14.9 bushels, 
 Fulcaster 16.4. Hardy; straw medium strong. 
 
 Jersey Fultz. Synonym for Fultz (see page 28). Seed secured from the 
 Kentucky Station in 1913. Yields: nine-year average at Fairfield 19.6 bushels, 
 Fulcaster 21.3; five-year average at Alhambra 21.0 bushels, Fulcaster 22.6. 
 
 Jones Climax. The origin of this variety is somewhat in doubt. Distributed 
 by Everett's O. K. Seed Store, Indianapolis, Indiana. Apparently the same as 
 K. B. No. 2. Awnless; chaff white, glabrous; straw white, medium strong, long; 
 kernels red, soft. 
 
 ^ Seed obtained from Everett's O. K. Seed Store, Indianapolis, Indiana. First 
 grown in trials at Urbana, 1921. Two-year average yield 27.6 bushels, Turkey 
 Red 33.9. 
 
 Jones Longberry. Synonym for Red May. Probably was selected from 
 Virginia May, a white-kerneled wheat, by General Harmon about 1830. Has been 
 grown extensively under the name of Red May and numerous other synonyms. 
 Awnless; chaff brown, glabrous; straw purple, medium strong; kernels red and 
 soft. 
 
 Seed obtained from J. A. Everitt, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1902. Two-year 
 average yield at Urbana 18.5 bushels, Turkey Red 31.1. 
 
 Kanred. A pure-line selection made at the Kansas Station in 1906 from a 
 Crimean wheat, C.I. No. 1435. Practically identical in appearance with Turkey 
 Red except that the beaks on outer glumes are somewhat longer. Resistant to cer- 
 tain forms of leaf and stem rust, and said to be somewhat more winter hardy 
 and earlier. Awned; chaff white, glabrous; straw white, weak; kernels red and 
 hard. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Kansas Station in 1917. Grown at Urbana first in 
 1918. Yields: eight-year average 39.1 bushels, Turkey Red 38.4; six-year average 
 at DeKalb 39.7 bushels, Turkey Red 37.8. Straw weak. 
 
 Kanred 2401. A selection of Kanred secured in 1923 from the Kansas Sta- 
 tion for the purpose of studying the effect of change of environment upon the 
 composition and the bread-making quality of the flour. Two-year yield at Ur- 
 bana 44.3 bushels, Turkey Red 42.4. Proved very hardy during severe winter of 
 1923-24. 
 
 K. B. No. 2. Similar to Jones Climax. Originated from a single head of 
 wheat found growing in field of Long Berry Clawson belonging to the Knight 
 
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 and Bostwick Seed Company, Rochester, New York. Awnless; chaff white, glab- 
 rous; straw white, medium strong, long; kernels red, soft. 
 
 Seed obtained from Knight and Bostwick, Rochester, New York, in 1904. 
 Yields: twelve-year average at Urbana 37.9 bushels, Turkey Red 43.5; one year 
 at DeKalb 21.8 bushels, Turkey Red 24.3; two-year average at Fairfield 7.4 
 bushels, Fulcaster 9.7. 
 
 Kharkof (U. S. D. A. No. 11603). Similar to Turkey Red (see page 34). 
 Kharkof seed was imported by the U. S. Department of Agriculture from Star- 
 obielsk, Kharkof, which is much farther north than the region from which Tur- 
 key Red originally came. For this reason it was thought to be more winter 
 resistant. 
 
 Seed obtained from the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1905. Yields: 
 six-year average at Urbana 42.6 bushels, Turkey Red 46.3; nine-year average at 
 DeKalb 28.7 bushels, Turkey Red 32.1 ; three-year average at Fairfield 9.1 bush- 
 els, Fulcaster 15.5. 
 
 Malakof. Synonym for Turkey Red (see page 34). Malakof is a name 
 applied to a number of strains of wheat which came from Russia. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Ratekin Seed Company of Iowa. J. W. Ratekin 
 stated that his firm imported 35 bushels of the original wheat from the Russian 
 town of Malakof near the Black Sea. Yields: eighteen-year average at Urbana 
 of Malakof and Illinois selection, Malakof 5-460, combined, 40.1 bushels, Turkey 
 Red 40.5; two-year average at DeKalb 28.2 bushels, Turkey Red 30.5; three-year 
 average at Fairfield 7.9 bushels, Fulcaster 11.8. Also seven-year average at De- 
 Kalb of Malakof 5-458, 31.3 bushels, Turkey Red 32.5. 
 
 Malakof (C.I. No. 4898). A selection of Malakof made by the Bureau of 
 Cereal Investigations, U. S. Department of Agriculture (see Malakof). 
 
 Seed obtained from the Indiana Station in 1922. Three-year average at 
 Urbana 42.8 bushels, Turkey Red 402. Lodges badly on fertile soil. 
 
 Marvelous. Synonym for Fulcaster (see page 28). One of the numerous 
 synonyms for the Miracle or Stoner wheat. Distributed under the name Mar- 
 velous by Everitt's O. K. Seed Store, Indianapolis, Indiana. 
 
 Seed obtained from Clark Brothers, Freeport, Ohio, in 1915. Yields: three- 
 year average at DeKalb 5.1 bushels, Turkey Red 29.2; seven-year average at 
 Fairfield 22.9 bushels, Fulcaster 24.1; three-year average at Urbana 15.7 bush- 
 els, Turkey Red 41.3; five-year average at Alhambra 21.2 bushels, Fulcaster 22.6. 
 Not winter- hardy in central and northern Illinois. 
 
 Mediterranean. Probably introduced into the United States from the Medi- 
 terranean region early in the nineteenth century. Became important in New 
 York between 1845 and 1855. Is a few days earlier than many varieties and is 
 said to be somewhat resistant to Hessian fly and to rust. Awned; chaff brown, 
 glabrous; straw purple, medium strong, coarse; kernels red, soft. 
 
 Seed obtained from G. N. Scarff, New Carlisle, Ohio, in 1914. Yields: 
 seven-year average at Fairfield 17.4 bushels, Fulcaster 21.7; nine-year average at 
 Urbana 32.4 bushels, Turkey Red 39.1 ; four-year average at DeKalb 17.0 bush- 
 els, Turkey Red 32.3; six-year average at Alhambra 232 bushels, Fulcaster 22.5. 
 At times Mediterranean has been severely or entirely winterkilled at De- 
 Kalb, Urbana, and Fairfield. 
 
 Michigan Amber. Synonym for Red May (see Jones Longberry). Yields: 
 five-year average at Urbana 39.7 bushels, Turkey Red 37.7; one year at Alham- 
 bra 25.7 bushels, Fulcaster 222. Stands well; medium hardy. 
 
 Michikoff . Originated at the Purdue Station by crossing Malakof and 
 Michigan Amber. Awnless; chaff white, glabrous; straw white; kernels red, hard. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Purdue Station in 1922. Yields: two-year average 
 at Urbana 42.7 bushels, Turkey Red 42.4; two-year average at DeKalb 40.7 
 bushels, Turkey Red 39.6. 
 
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 Minnesota Reliable. Synonym for Turkey Red (see page 34). Seed ob- 
 tained from the Northrup King Seed Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1909. 
 Yields: thirteen-year average at DeKalb 36.1 bushels, Turkey Red 35.7; ten-year 
 average at Urbana 39.4 bushels, Turkey Red 39. 1. Straw weak. 
 
 Minturki. Originated at the Minnesota Station as a result of a cross of 
 Turkey Red and Odessa, the latter a soft Russian wheat. Awned; chaff white, 
 glabrous; straw white, weak; kernels red, semi-hard to hard. Plant very much 
 resembles Turkey Red; very winter hardy. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Minnesota Station in 1923. Yields: two-year av- 
 erage at Urbana 44.5 bushels, Turkey Red 42.4; one year at DeKalb 43.7 bushels, 
 Turkey Red 33.0. 
 
 Miracle. Synonym for Fulcaster (see page 28). In 1904, K. B. Stoner of 
 Fincastle, Virginia, discovered a single wheat plant growing in his garden. He 
 became particularly interested in the plant because of the great number of tillers 
 it produced. There were 142 stems. He increased his seed in 1905 and 1906 and 
 put it on the market in 1907. At first it was usually distributed under the name 
 Miracle because of its supposedly remarkable ability to tiller. It has been widely 
 advertised and distributed under many different names. Miracle closely resembles 
 Fulcaster morphologically, and as the latter was grown commonly in that sec- 
 tion, it doubtless came from a single plant of that variety. 
 
 Seed obtained from J. J. Haubert, Bala, Pennsylvania, in 1914. Yields: six- 
 year average at DeKalb 20.5 bushels, Turkey Red 31.4; seven-year average at 
 Fairfield 16.7 bushels, Fulcaster 21.7; four-year average at Urbana 18.7 bushels, 
 Turkey Red 39.6. Very badly winterkilled at times on all of these fields. 
 
 Nigger. Origin undetermined. It is said to have been distributed first under 
 that name from a farm belonging to a Negro living in Darke county, Ohio. 
 Awned; chaff white, glabrous; straw medium strong, purple; kernels red, soft. 
 
 Source of seed secured in 1913 unknown; that secured in "1920 was pur- 
 chased from the Ohio Seed Company, Wapakeneta, Ohio. Four-year average 
 yield at Fairfield 18.6 bushels, Fulcaster 19.1. 
 
 Pesterboden. Almost indistinguishable from Turkey Red; is slightly taller 
 and has somewhat larger and softer kernels. Seed imported from Budapest by 
 the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1900. 
 
 Seed obtained from the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1904. Yields: 
 fourteen-year average at Urbana 39.4 bushels, Turkey Red 43.6; three-year aver- 
 age at DeKalb 29.0 bushels, Turkey Red 32.1; two-year average at Fairfield 11.1 
 bushels, Fulcaster 14.7. 
 
 Poole. Origin not definitely known. The Ohio Station grew it as early as 
 1884. Important variety in Ohio and Indiana. Awnless; chaff brown, glabrous; 
 straw purple, medium strong; kernels red, soft. 
 
 Seed for Urbana secured from the Michigan and the Missouri Stations. 
 Seed from the Michigan Station in 1904 produced 7.8 bushels at Urbana, Turkey 
 Red 32.2. Seed from the Missouri Station made a two-year average yield at 
 Urbana of 32.0 bushels, Turkey Red 42.4; one year at Alhambra 23.6 bushels, 
 Fulcaster 22.2. Very badly winterkilled in 1924 at Urbana. 
 
 Native-grown seed used at Fairfield for two years. In 1915 seed was secured 
 from the Wing Seed Company, Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and in 1920 from the Ohio 
 Station. Yields: nine-year average of native and Wing Seed Company wheat, 
 18.6 bushels, Fulcaster 20.9; one year from seed priginating at the Ohio Station 
 29.1 bushels, Fulcaster 30.1. 
 
 Portage. A pure-line selection from Poole; differs in having a stiffer straw 
 and produces larger crops of better quality (see Poole). 
 
 Seed obtained from the Ohio Seed Company, Wapakeneta, Ohio. Two-year 
 average yield at Fairfield 25.0 bushels, Fulcaster 26.5. 
 
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 Prize Taker. Synonym for Gold Coin (see page 29). Seed obtained from 
 the John A. Salzer Seed Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1915. Yields: three- 
 year average at DeKalb 14.5 bushels, Turkey Red 29.2; three-year average at 
 Fairfield 20.4 bushels, Fulcaster 25.1. 
 
 Purkoff. Originated at the Purdue Station as a result of crossing Malakof 
 and Michigan Amber. Awnless; chaff white; kernels red, semi-hard; straw white, 
 strong. 
 
 Seed obtained in 1924 from the Purdue Station. Yield at Urbana in 1925 
 46.4 bushels, Turkey Red 44.5. 
 
 Red Cross. Synonym for Harvest Queen (see page 29). Seed obtained 
 from the John A. Salzer Seed Company in 1913. Yields: twelve-year average at 
 Urbana 38.1 bushels, Turkey Red 40.0; ten-year average at DeKalb 33.7 bushels, 
 Turkey Red 35.6; eight-year average at Fairfield 20.7 bushels, Fulcaster 21.9. 
 Hardy; stands well. 
 
 Red Hussar. Similar to Turkey Red (see page 34) ; softer and has more 
 humped kernels. 
 
 Seed obtained from William Rennie, Canada, in 1904. Yields: seventeen- 
 year average at Urbana 37.0 bushels, Turkey Red 41.6; four-year average at 
 DeKalb 32.6 bushels, Turkey Red 33.9; five-year average at Fairfield 10.7 bushels, 
 Fulcaster 13.2. 
 
 Red Rock. Origin, a single red kernel found in a lot of white wheat known 
 as Plymouth Rock. Selection made at the Michigan Station in 1908. By 1914 
 the increase was sufficient to permit the Station to distribute 60 bushels of the 
 seed. Closely resembles Mediterranean (see page 31) ; differs in having slightly 
 longer, wider, and laxer spike and harder kernel; yields better and produces 
 stronger flour. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Michigan Station in 1917. Yields: eight-year aver- 
 age at Urbana 38.3 bushels, Turkey Red 38.4; seven-year average at DeKalb 
 34.1 bushels, Turkey Red 35.7; two-year average at Alhambra 30.8 bushels, Ful- 
 caster 28.4. Has been practically a complete failure at DeKalb two seasons. 
 When not winterkilled, is very productive. Does not lodge readily. 
 
 Red Russian. Synonym for Turkey Red (see page 34). Imported from 
 northern Russia by the John A. Salzer Seed Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin. 
 
 Seed obtained from the John A. Salzer Seed Company in 1915. Yields: 
 nine-year average at DeKalb 37.9 bushels, Turkey Red 35.0; three-year average 
 at Urbana 45.0 bushels, Turkey Red 40.2. Seems to have a little stiffer straw 
 than Turkey Red. 
 
 Red Wave. This variety is said to have resulted from crossing Early Red 
 Clawson and a hybrid wheat of Russian ancestry. A. N. Jones of Le Roy, Genesee 
 county, New York, is the originator. Awnless; chaff brown, glabrous; straw 
 white, medium tall to tall, medium strong; kernels red, soft; inferior for milling 
 and bread making. 
 
 Seed obtained from Everitt's O. K. Seed Store, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 
 1914-15. Yields: eight-year average at Urbana 33.2 bushels, Turkey Red 38.3; 
 two-year average at DeKalb 10.6 bushels, Turkey Red 26.3; five-year average 
 at Fairfield 15.7 bushels, Fulcaster 20.0; five-year average at Alhambra 21.5 bush- 
 els, Fulcaster 22.6. Not winter hardy in central and northern Illinois. Stands 
 well. 
 
 Rudy. Originated by M. Rudy of Troy, Ohio, in 1871. The variety is 
 descended from a single superior plant which Mr. Rudy found in a large field. 
 Awned; chaff yellowish-white with black-striped margins; straw white, weak to 
 medium strong; kernels red, long, and soft. 
 
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 Original source of seed sown at Urbana unknown; seed for DeKalb and 
 Fairfield later secured from F. P. Hoopgardner, Ossian, Indiana, in 1915; a third 
 lot of seed was purchased for Alhambra in 1920 from the Ohio Seed Company, 
 Wapakeneta, Ohio. Yields: three-year average at DeKalb 9.8 bushels, Turkey 
 Red 29.2 bushels; ten-year average at Urbana 27.0 bushels, Turkey Red 41.2; 
 eight-year average at Fairfield 19.2 bushels, Fulcaster 20.7; five-year average at 
 Alhambra 22.2 bushels, Fulcaster 22.6. 
 
 Shepherd. A strain of wheat developed by the U. S. Department of Agri- 
 culture which is resistant both to flag smut and to rosette diseases. At the pres- 
 ent time there is no large supply of seed but the stock is being increased. Awn- 
 less; chaff light brown, glabrous; straw white, kernels red, soft. 
 
 Seed obtained in 1924 from John Segar of Granite City, Illinois. Crop at 
 Alhambra in 1925 yielded 24.9 bushels, Fulcaster 22.2. 
 
 Theiss (U. S. D. A. No. 12004). Synonym for Turkey Red (see Turkey 
 Red). This strain of Turkey Red was introduced by the U. S. Department from 
 Budapest, Austria-Hungary, in 1900. 
 
 Seed obtained presumably from the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1905. 
 Three-year average yield at Fairfield 4.7 bushels, Fulcaster 11.8. 
 
 Trumbull. Originated by the Ohio Station about 1908. Is a pure-line selec- 
 tion of Fultz and in Ohio tests out-yielded the original Fultz stock. Trumbull 
 is taller than Fultz, has stronger and less purple straw, and the heads are more 
 erect. 
 
 Seed obtained from the Ohio Seed Company, Wapekeneta, Ohio, in 1920. 
 Yields : three-year average at Fairfield 23.6 bushels, Fulcaster 23.8 ; two-year aver- 
 age at DeKalb 37.9 bushels, Turkey Red 39.6; two-year average at Urbana 332 
 bushels, Turkey Red 42.4; one year at Alhambra 23.9 bushels, Fulcaster 22.2. 
 
 Turkey Hybrid 402. Originated from an accidental cross discovered in a 
 Turkey Red head row in the wheat nursery of the Plant Breeding Division of 
 the Illinois Station. The original hybrid plant was awnless. It is supposed that 
 the male parent was Dawson Golden Chaff. Awned; chaff white, glabrous; straw 
 white, medium tall; kernels originally white and soft, in later years became red 
 and most of them hard. 
 
 Nine-year average yield at Urbana 39.6 bushels, Turkey Red 39.5. 
 
 Turkey Hybrid 509. Origin similar to that of Turkey Hybrid 402. Awnless; 
 chaff white, glabrous; straw white, medium tall, medium strong; kernels origin- 
 ally white and soft; in later years became red and most of them hard. 
 
 Yields: nine-year average at Urbana 43.8 bushels, Turkey Red 39.5; five- 
 year average at DeKalb 26.2 bushels, Turkey Red 29.4; six-year average at Fair- 
 field 20.8 bushels, Fulcaster 24.3. This variety was finally removed from the 
 trials because it continued to segregate, producing both awned and awnless 
 spikes and both red and white kernels. The red kernels finally greatly pre- 
 dominated. 
 
 Turkey Hybrid 514. Origin similar to that of Turkey Hybrid 402. Closely 
 resembles Turkey Red. Four-year average yield at Urbana 37.6 bushels, Turkey 
 Red 36.7. 
 
 Turkey Red (Station strain). The original Turkey Red seed was brought 
 to Kansas by Mennonite immigrants about 1873 from Southern Russia. The 
 original source of Turkey wheat is that region north and east of the Black Sea 
 and north of the Caucasus Mountains. Awned; chaff white, glabrous, straw 
 white, weak, rather short; kernels red, hard, winter hardy and drouth resistant. 
 
 Seed obtained from the South Dakota Station in 1901. Yields: twenty-one- 
 year average at Urbana 41.0 bushels; fifteen-year average at DeKalb 352 bushels; 
 two-year average at Fairfield 6.3 bushels, Fulcaster 9.7. Very hardy and is pro- 
 
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 ductive in central and northern sections of the state. Not adapted to the southern 
 section; straw weak. 
 
 Turkey Red 10-1 10. 1 Originated by the Plant Breeding Division of the 
 Illinois Station in 1910 from a single head selection. In the Plant Breeding trials 
 it made such an excellent record that eventually it was distributed as a superior 
 strain of Turkey Red. 
 
 Yields: eight-year average at Urbana 39 2 bushels, Turkey Red 38.4; six- 
 year average at DeKalb 40.0 bushels, Turkey Red 37.8; three-year average at 
 Fairfield 17.2 bushels, Fulcaster 222; six-year average at Alhambra 20.1 bushels, 
 Fulcaster 22.5. Straw weak. 
 
 Turkey Red 12-41. Originated by the Plant Breeding Division of the Illi- 
 nois Station from a single head selection in 1912. Has never been distributed. 
 Six-year average yield at Urbana 39.1 bushels, Turkey Red 37.0. 
 
 Turkey Red 9-233. Originated by the Plant Breeding Division of the Illi- 
 nois Station from a single head selection in 1909. Has never been distributed. 
 Five-year average yield at DeKalb 33.7 bushels, Turkey Red 33.7. 
 
 Wheedling. Originated about 1890 by Louis Wheedling of Indiana, who 
 discovered some heads in his wheat field differing slightly from the others. Awn- 
 less; chaff light brown, glabrous; straw medium long, strong, purple; kernels red, 
 soft. 
 
 Source of seed unknown. Yields: ten-year average at Urbana 35.6 bushels, 
 Turkey Red 42.0; five-year average at DeKalb 26.0 bushels, Turkey Red 34.3; 
 fourteen-year average at Fairfield 16.6 bushels, Fulcaster 18.1. 
 
 Wheedling 5-464. A selection made by the Plant .Breeding Division of the 
 Illinois Station. Strain discontinued. Seven-year average yield at DeKalb 32.0 
 bushels, Turkey Red 32.5. 
 
 Wisconsin No. 18. Synonym for Turkey Red (see page 34). A strain of 
 Turkey Red distributed by the Wisconsin Station. 
 
 Seed obtained from the L. L, Olds Seed Company, Madison, Wisconsin, in 
 1914. Yields: ten-year average at DeKalb 36.8 bushels, Turkey Red 35.6; eight- 
 year average at Urbana 36.6 bushels, Turkey Red 38.3. Straw weak. 
 
 Worlds Champion. Synonym for Turkey Red (see page 34). Seed ob- 
 tained from the L. L. Olds Seed Company, Madison, Wisconsin, in 1914. Yields: 
 seven-year average at DeKalb 33.9 bushels, Turkey Red 33.6; ten-year average 
 at Urbana 39.4 bushels, Turkey Red 39.1. Straw weak. 
 
 1 RecentJy named Ilred. 
 
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA