214 CROP PRODUCTION 



Culture 



Wheat is universally grown as a field crop with the 

 seed drilled or broadcasted over the soil. The details 

 of time of planting, kind of soil, fertilizers and place in 

 the rotation differ with the locality and the type, but in 

 general Wheat is a crop for extensive rather than inten- 

 sive farming methods. The processes of preparing the 

 land, seeding and harvesting and threshing are done to 

 best advantage on a large scale by expensive machinery. 

 So the crop is especially adapted to the immense fields 

 of the fertile west and northwest, where the so-called 

 bonanza farms are the prevailing type. This does not 

 mean, however, that Wheat cannot be profitably grown 

 on a smaller scale in other regions, for it is recognized as 

 one of the most profitable crops for the general farmer 

 over a large part of the United States. 



To be grown successfully over a considerable period of 

 years Wheat must be fitted into a rotation with other 

 crops, preferably with a series in which clover, cowpeas, 

 or some other nitrogen-gathering legume is included. 

 In the great diversity of regions in which Wheat is 

 grown in America there are many different rotations 

 of crops that include it. Some of the most important 

 are these: 



Potatoes, Wheat, Clover 



Corn, Wheat, Clover 



Com, Cowpeas, Wheat, Clover 



Com, Oats, Wheat, Clover 



Potatoes, Oats, Wheat, Clover 

 Sugar-beets, Wheat, Alfalfa (continuing several 

 seasons). 



