THE WHEAT INDUSTRY 



ing with a team consisting of a cow and a camel 

 or a cow and a donkey. In the United States 

 such teams would undoubtedly attract consider- 

 able attention. 



The small steel walking plow with wooden 



Countsy of International H 

 FIG. ii. Plowing in Egypt with cows and camel. Wooden plow. 



handles is common in our own country only in 

 regions of small fields. The use of this plow in 

 wheat growing is confined almost entirely to the 

 Eastern states. It cuts a furrow from twelve to 

 sixteen inches wide and is usually drawn by two 

 or three horses, the latter number always being 

 used with the larger sized plow. But very little 



