WHEAT 



Fig. 20. Summer-tilled wheat field, North Platte, Nebr. sub- 

 station. Yield, sixty-seven bushels per acre. 



the soil by the tramping of livestock may also 

 prove an advantage on light land, or on a seed 

 bed which was not well settled before seeding. 

 A weak growth of wheat should not usually be 

 pastured since the grazing will tend to reduce the 

 vitality of the grain still more and result in a 

 decreased yield. 



Wheat may be pastured in the fall and early 

 spring when the soil is not too wet or too dry. 

 Very dry soil becomes pulverized and dusty by 

 the tramping of stock, and soil drifting results. 

 The tramping of very wet soil causes it to "poach " 

 and puddle and the stand of wheat is likely to be 

 injured. Too late pasturing in the spring retards 

 the growth of the wheat and reduces the yield. 

 At the Kansas experiment station, pasturing 

 wheat on land of average fertility decreased the 



