Show new hybrid wheat sets good record Ten marq fair example of american type produced by hybridization prepared by the united states Dopart department ment ot 1 11 service the new high yielding ex cellena quality hard red winter wheat which made a good showing this year in spite of the drouth Is a good example of nn an american variety produced by from cheats of other countries Ten marq produced and tested by the kansas experiment station and the united states department ot of agriculture derives rives s its name from the pedigree number of the male parent ten sixty six and the female parent marquis ten sixty s alt iv Is a selection of hard winter wheat made in 1900 from a bulk lot of crimean introduced from russia Ilus sla marquis Is the result of a cross made in canada in 1802 1892 between an ail early ripening spring wheat from calcutta india and red fife a high quality hard red spring wheat introduced into canada in from danzig zi X P prussia ru SSI also Is fin an excellent example of the procedure followed by the bureau of plant plaint industry in producing and testing new varieties the first cross of marquis and ten sixty six m was as made in 1013 1918 several hundred selections eions of this cross were tested in the plant breeding nursery at manhattan kan until 1921 1924 when the selection now known as was advanced to field pot plot tests on the agronomy farm As it continued to show the good qualities sought it was tested at stations in western kansas and at stations in oklahoma texas colorado and nebraska appeals to the grain trade millers and bakers because it has inherited many of the milling characters and ba baking kling strength of Ilar marquis quis its spring wheat parent marquis Is considered in the hour flour markets of the world as a high standard tor for new varieties rie ties Is superior to turkey and Elack Dlack hull old varieties of hard red winter wheat in id yield stiffness of straw earliness and quality the characters of primary interest to farmers it was grown in quantities this year by GO CO kansas farmers and lived up to advance expectations although the yield mas w as affected by the drouth ten marq Is not so winter hardy as and turkey and Is not recommended for northern kansas or states to the north |