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Show KANRED HARD WHEAT IS HIGH IN YIELDS Developed From Single Head of Crimean Wheat Selected at Kansas Kan-sas Experiment Station Pur Seed Is of Importance. (Prepared by th United Statee Department of Agriculture.) Kanred Is u wheat which Is resistant to prevalent forms of leaf ond stem rust, Is lew liable to winter killing than the Turkey or Kharkof, and matures ma-tures from one to four days sooner than those varieties, which sometimes means escape from bad weather conditions. con-ditions. It outylelds the varieties named In the prlndpal hard winter wheat section by from three to five bushels per acre. The variety was devulnnfd from a single hrwl of Turkeys and Kanred Wheat The Latter Lat-ter Yields Moro Decause of Rust Resistance, Earllneoa and Hardiness. Crimean wheat selected ut the Kansas Kan-sas agricultural experiment station tea yeurs ago, from which source it is estimated es-timated that 2,000,000 acres were liar wted lu 1021. "Kanred Wheat" Is the title of Do purtment Circular 104, Just Issued bj the United States Department of Agriculture. Agri-culture. Kanred Is a hard red winter win-ter wheat very similar to Turkey. II is bearded nnd has hairless whito chaff. The superior yields of the Kanred variety va-riety In northern nnd uorthweutera Kansas, eastern Colorado, southwestern southwest-ern Wyoming, nnd In Nebraska and South uakota appear to have been dti largely to Its resistance to rust und to winter killing. Kanred wheat may be grown with success wherever other hard-winter wheats are grown ana should partly replace the Turkey and Kharkof varieties va-rieties now widely grown. It shows no special advantage In the northern, great plalni nnd the Paclflo northwest. north-west. It cannot compete with tho soft winter wheat varieties grown on ths lower lands and the richer soils of rnstern Kanias or tho eastern United States, and Is not winter hardy enough to replace spring wheat Id northern plains. Wherever Turkey oi Kharkof linrd-wlnter whenti nr grown, however, the Kitnred can b grown with equal dinnies of success, In milling and baking experiment! Kanred has compared favorably with other hard red winter wheats. For successful growing pure seed Is noc-essary, noc-essary, nnd b'ecnusu of similarity of the seed to other varieties certification certifica-tion has been found essential. Thli ccrtlflcnUon Is nindo by tho Kansiu Crmp Improvement iiHMxintlon with the co-uperatloii of thn Kansas agricultural agri-cultural experiment station. |