Prof. Elliot says the fields he exam
ined would not yield over 35 bushels
per acre. Adams field, the professor
says, is not Alaska wheat, it being
mixed with other varieties.
The head droops heavily and the
grain will lodge badly.
The heads are not of uniform size.
Prof. Elliot says that wheat is never
found growing wild, and the highest
recorded yield for any wheat is 100
bushels per acre. He predicts that
within three years Alaska wheat will
be but a memory.
It is also stated that the wheat has
no milling value, and that it is no good
for stock food.
The grain appears to be an old var
iety which has appeared under various
names at different times during the
past 50 years, but those who experi
mented with it always found it worth
less.
