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DRY-LAND GRAINS FOR NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA. 



Figure 1 illustrates the Turkey winter wheat on summer-fallow 

 at the Belief ourche experiment farm in 1909. The value of summer- 

 fallow for winter wheat is that it is the surest means yet known for 

 obtaining a crop in seasons of extreme drought, and at the same 

 time appears to give larger yields in favorable seasons than can be 

 obtained by any system of rotation that includes intertilled crops. 



Fig. 1.— Crop of Turkey winter wheat on summer-fallow at the experiment farm, Bellefourche, 

 S. Dak., 1909. The foreground illustrates the method of summer-fallowing for the next crop. 



MILLING AND BAKING TESTS. 



Milling and baking tests of the principal varieties of wheat grown 

 at Bellefourche are being conducted in cooperation with the North 

 Dakota Agricultural College for the purpose of determining the 

 relative value of the different classes and different varieties of wheat 

 for bread making. By cooperative agreement with the Bureau of 

 Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture, chemical 

 analyses are made of all the varieties of wheat that are milled. 



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