The Monte Vista journal., 1915-03-27

put out in pound and five pound lots
among number of farmers in all
| parts OF the Valley. Reports were
secured from part of the trials.
The highest yield reported from one
pound seeded was 244 pounds, test
ing 63. The second highest reported
was 2O2 pounds testing So 1-2.
In the spring of 1914, 1910 BUSH
els were secured from the Mooney
Seed Company of Regina, Saskatche
| wan Canada, and distributed at cost
by the Milling Companies of Monte
vista and Hooper. This went into
the hands of about 100 farmers.
Last October a circular letter was
| mailed to each farmer on the list
| asking for report upon the yield.
the comparison with Defiance under
similar conditions of growth, opin-
ion as to desirability of the wheat
for the Valley and as to whether it
would be planted again next year.
The response to these letters was very
good. Where the letter was not an
sWered personal inquiry was made,
as far as possible, and the following
| summary was given as the result of
the years work with Marquis wheat:
or those reporting:
Ninety-seven per cent report
that they will plant Marquis
wheat next year G915);
Ninety per cent believe it will
be the best wheat for the Val
ley;
Seventy-five per cent report
equal or better yield than De-
fiance under equal conditions;
Eighty-one per cent report
yield of 20 pounds or more
for each pound planted. (The
| average of these is 244 pounds
for each pound planted
The exact acreage was not meas
ured in many cases but several yields
are known to be between 40 and As
bushels per acre. The above trials
were all under field conditions. A
number of farmers who did not get
a yield equal to Defiance did not
plant as much seed of Marquis per
acre as Defiance by from 80 to 40
pounds.
The largest amount planted by one
farmer was 5000 pounds, which
yielded 76,SOO pounds, or 25.6
pounds for each pound planted. This
was grown by Mr.. l. p. Taylor of
Monte Vista. He reports that he ex-
poets to plant nothing else for his
crop of 1915. He also reports that
small amount of seed which he
raised in 1913 produced him this
last year a yield of 40 bushels per
acre.
Mr. Ark Deeds, who planted 800
pounds and harvested 24,300 pounds
or 81 pounds for each pound planted
says that his yield was seven bushels
more per acre with 25 pounds less
seed than his other wheat
Mr.. E. H. Watson of Center re-
ports an equal yield of Marquis and
Defiance grown side by side with
half the amount used on the Marquis.
Mr.. w. F. Ulrey reports the fol-
lowing:
THE yield of Marquis wheat
was nearly double that of the
regenerated Defiance. The two
were planted the 9Th day or
April. Harvested the Marquis
the goth of August, the Def
ance the 31st of August. The
conditions were the same in
handling and the ground was all
the same"
Mr.. f. C. Wright reports 446 bush
els on less than eleven acres and con-
siders the Marquis far better FOR the
| Valley than the Defiance. Expects
to plant all Marquis this year.
Mr.. Starbuck of Monte Vista re-
ported a yield of approximately "a
bushels per acre of Marquis wheat
while his Defiance made SO. He
harvested his Marquis wheat one
week earlier and states that IL was
much riper than the Defiance when
he harvested it "A week later MOI
withstanding the difference in yield
he thinks enough of the Marquis