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THE SMALL GRAINS 



a reputation for quality distinctly its own and of the best 

 in foreign markets. At the same time there is no longer 

 so much damage from the attacks of rust and chinch bugs. 

 As it is very drought-resistant, its introduction has ex- 

 tended the winter wheat area farther westward. 



In more recent years a slightly different strain of this 

 wheat, named Kharkov, was introduced by the United 



FIG. 56. 



Turkey wheat at the Judith Basin Substation, Montana, 

 yielding 63 bushels an acre. 



States Department of Agriculture, through the author, 

 from the eastern part of Kharkov government, a local- 

 ity much colder and some drier than Taurida. The 

 Kharkov wheat is now grown in about half the entire 

 hard winter wheat area and has served to greatly extend 

 the area (Fig. 56). 



156. Kubanka wheat. With the advance of settle- 

 ment westward, it became desirable to obtain a wheat 

 variety adapted to the northwestern plains where the 

 winters are too cold for even the Turkey or Kharkov 



