CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Introduction 9 



II. Habits and Types 15 



III. Seed Improvement 29 



IV. Soil, Climate and Cultivation . . 38 

 V. Wheat Seeding and Cultivation . . 59 



VI. Harvest and Yield 70 



VII. Threshing and Marketing .... 81 



VIII. Wheat Enemies ....... 92 



IX. Maintaining Soil Fertility .... 100 



X. Wheat on the Pacific Coast ... 122 



XI. Wheat Growing in Canada ... 134 



XII. Culture Methods 146 



XIII. Rotation of Crops 157 



XIV. Seeding Machinery 163 



APPENDIX 



Individual Practices' 



How to Run a Binder ': 



169 



187 



Index , 192 



