CONTENTS XIU 



CHAPTER VI.— WHEAT. 



I. WEEDS, FUNGOUS DISEASES AND INSECT ENEMIES. 



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Weeds 93 



Chess, p. 93 ; Darnel, p. 94 ; Cockle, p. 95 ; Wild 

 garlic, p. 95 ; Wheat thief, p. 95 ; Wild mustard, 



p. 95- 

 t-'ungous Diseases ........ 96 



Rust, p. 96 ; Wheat scab, p. 97 ; Loose smut, p. 97 ; 

 Stinking smut, p. 97. 

 Insect Enemies of Growing Wheat .... 98 



Chinch bug, p. 99 ; Hessian fly, p. 100 ; Wheat bulb- 

 worm, p. loi ; Wheat midge, p. 10 1 ; Wheat plant- 

 louse, p. 102. 



Insects Injurious to Stored Grain 102 



Granary weevil, p. 102 ; Rice weevil, p. 102 ; Angou- 

 mois grain moth, p. 102; Wolf moth, p. 102. 



II. HARVESTING AND PRESERVATION. 



V)ate of Har\'esting 102 



Stage of maturity on yield, p. 1 03 ; Influence of ripen- 

 ing upon composition, p. 104; Influence of shock- 

 ing, p. 104; Method of shocking, p. 105. 



Methods of Harvesting 105 



Self -rake reaper, p. 1 06 ; Self -binding har\^ester, p. 

 106; Header, p. 107; Combined harvester and 

 thresher, p. 108. 



Threshing 109 



Storing, p. 109; Elevators, p. iii. 



