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the grain from lodging, so that harvesting may be delayed 

 for weeks with little or no injury. At high elevations in 

 the mountains of this district frost may occur any month 

 in the year, and wheat is often seriously damaged by 

 early autumn frosts. Early maturity is therefore impor- 

 tant (Fig. 25). 



1. Principal varieties grown or adapted : 



Alberta Red Gold Coin (Forty Fold) 



Buff urn No. 17 Koffoid 



Club Wheats Kharkov 



Dicklow Lofthouse 



Defiance Russian Red 



^\ Turkey 



2. Needs of the district :\- 



Early maturity Increase of gluten content 



71. North Pacific wheat district. There is included 

 in this district the grain-growing portions of British Co- 

 lumbia, Washington, extreme northern Idaho, and western 

 Montana, and northern and western Oregon. All wheat 

 varieties that have become acclimatized have charac- 

 teristically soft kernels, white, amber, or at most light 

 red in color. The usual lack of humus in the soil and, 

 in some localities, the generally cool summers probably 

 are responsible for the production of kernels of this kind, 

 as in the Western Intermountain district (Fig. 26). Much 

 of the wheat commonly grown in this district is of the club 

 type, which is usually very prolific and rather drought- 

 resistant, which qualities probably partially account for 

 the large yields per acre. Spikes of club wheat are some- 

 times found that contain 160 kernels. 



A very valuable characteristic of the club wheats is 

 their ability to hold the grain in the chaff so that there is 

 little danger of shattering, even during the driest season, 



