THE WHEAT CULTUKIST. 



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The Red Andriolo 

 Wheat, represented by 

 the accompanying en 

 graving, is similar to 

 the White Andriolo 

 Wheat, shown on an 

 other page of this book. 

 This is a hardy varie 

 ty, prolific, moderately 

 early, and possesses 

 most of the character 

 istics of a superior va 

 riety of winter wheat. 

 The long, rough awns 

 are an objection to its 

 cultivation, when the 

 straw is to be employed 

 for feeding stock or 

 littering their apart 

 ments. Domestic ani 

 mals dislike these 

 harsh, tasteless, and in- 

 nutritious beards, as 

 they are ruinous to fine 

 wool, liable to injure 

 the eyes of animals, 

 and when the chaff is employed 

 for bedding for horses, these 

 ugly, barbed awns are liable to 

 find their way into the sheath of 

 male horses, to their serious in 

 jury. Awns are of no advan 

 tage to wheat. 



FIG. 28. Eed Andriolo. 



