WHEAT IN EUROPE 



Although small quantities of wheat are raised 

 in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, the eastern part 

 of England is the chief producing section. The 

 annual rainfall in the principal wheat section is 

 about 30 inches, and it is fairly well distributed 

 through the year. It is lowest in the summer 

 months. 



I'hoto by H . J . Young. 



FIG. 132. Wheat plots at Rothamsted Experiment Station, Harpenden, 

 England. Both plots have been continously cropped with wheat for seventy-one 

 years. The plot at the right has received no fertilizer and gives now a yield of 

 about thirteen bushels per acre. The left plot has had annual applications 

 of fertilizer and now yields about forty-one bushels per acre. 



Culture Methods. - - Both spring and winter 

 wheats are grown, of which the soft white varieties 

 are the most common. The English wheats be- 

 cause of the warm, moist climate are on the whole 

 more starchy than those of the United States. 

 Wheat may be sown in any of nine months of the 

 year. The best results are obtained when the 



