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duction of barley. In (he United States barley ranks ninth 

 in point of value. The market grades of barley are largely 

 based upon color and uniformity of germination. 



Two kinds are grown in the United States — the two-rowed 

 and the six-rowed. A head of the former has the appearance 

 of having only two rows of spikelets situated on opposite 

 sides of the stem, while the latter type has three rows on 

 either side of the stem. The two-rowed varieties are grown 

 extensively in the Dakotas, while the six-rowed type is 

 grown quite generally throughout the United States. 



Spring seeding is practiced in the North, while in the 

 Southern States and on the Pacific Coast the barley is 

 seeded in the fall. The winter varieties of barley are not 

 so hardy, however, as the winter wheat varieties. 



