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varieties are Red Wonder, Fulcaster and Dietz. Seed 

 of most of these varieties can be obtained from reliable 

 southern seedsmen. 



Harvesting: The best implement for cutting wheat 

 is the binder. Where only a few acres are planted the 

 wheat may be cut with a cradle and tied into bundles 

 by hand. The bundles are shocked in the field and left 

 there until they become dry. 



If the community grows sufficient wheat to justify 

 the buying of a thrasher, some farmer who has an 

 engine will usually buy one and thrash for toll. The 

 v^dieat can be fed to stock in sheaf in case no thrasher 

 can be obtained. If no regular wheat mills are in the 

 Jieighborhood, the wheat can be ground on a corn mill 

 into good whole wheat flour. Five, bushels of wheat 

 make one barrel of wdiite flour. Will j^ou try to make 

 sure of flour for next year? If so, plant some wheat 

 this fall. 



