The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-06-24
NEW WHEAT VARIETIES GIVE
PROMISE IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Many inquiries are being received
at State College from South Dakota
farmers inquiring as TO what variety
of wheat is the best for South Dakota.
Realizing that it is expensive TO raise
wheat by guessing, they are quite
anxious to get all available informa-
ton along this line. Much inquiry is
being made concerning several new
Canadian wheats. In response to
these many requests and for the ben
eit Of ether farmers interested, DR..
Arthur r. Evans, associate professor
of agronomy at State College, ven
lures the following information:
"Kubanka is one Of the best durum
wheats which W. have, although it is
a wheat which is not entirely rust re-
sistant. A selection from this wheat
made at the South Dakota experiment
station and known as Acme, is very
rust resistant, a good milling wheat,
and quite desirable as a durum wheat.
A wheat very similar to Acme select
ed at the North Dakota Station is
known as Monad or d.. These two
wheats are very similar and are quite
inseparable botanically. Another very
rust resistant wheat selected at the
North Dakota station is known as Do.
This wheat is a red drum and is Of
rather poor milling quality. There
fore it is not as desirable as either
Acme or Monad.
Several Canadian wheats, namely,
Prelude, Ruby, Red Bobs, Marquis
and Kitchener have been given rather
promising results in this country.
Marquis wheat, which was introduced
here about 1916, has proven n Of the
best of these, both as to yields and
milling qualities. However, this
wheat is very susceptible to rust and
wheat scab, so that it has fallen
somewhat into disrepute in South
Dakota. Nevertheless when one gets
a good crop Of Marquis it commands a
good price on the market. Red Bobs,
another desirable Canadian wheat,
natures from four to six days earlier
than Marquis. This gives it an adj
vantage over Marquis in beating out
rust, as oftentimes three or four days
will save a crop from destruction.
Although this station has no records
as to the milling qualities of Red
Bobs, it is reputed to be rather desir-
able in this respect. Ruby wheat,
which is rather widely advertised, is
an exceedingly fine Canadian wheat
which is anywhere from three or four
days to a week earlier than Red Bobs
in it's maturity. Prelude is n Of
the earliest of all the Canadian wheats,
but has not given as good results at
this station, as some of the others.
The Kitchener wheat is slightly
later than Marquis in its maturity.
None Of these wheats are rust re-
sistant but some of this fault may be
overcome by their early maturity.
South Dakota experiment station has
all Of these wheats planted at the var
ious substations in the hope that it
may be able to solve some Of the ques-
tions of the wheat growers Of South
Dakota as to which wheat is the best
wheat for this region. The early ma
turity of Ruby wheat has prompted
us tn plant several acres of it for dist
ribution this fall in small quantities
to farmers who may wish to try it out
as many inquiries have been received
concerning it and Red Bobs. Thus
far in our plot work this season it ap-
pears to be the leading wheat, follow
ed closely by Red Bobs. 1t is III
hope that more definite information
NAV be available at the end Of this
season.