WHEAT 



Fig. 22. Harvesting wheat with a header in western 

 Kansas. 



which are arranged in regular groups or "settings" 

 of two to four stacks, usually ten acres to a 

 "setting." In the western states the harvest 

 may continue for a month or six weeks on a single 

 farm . This method of harvesting is rapid and econ- 

 omical and is well adapted to a dry climate, but often 

 the over-ripe wheat shatters and is damaged by 

 storms and deteriorates in quality. In the eastern 

 part of the dry farming belt the binder and the 

 header are often both used on the same farm, 

 thus making it possible to harvest more of the 

 grain in prime condition. 



THE COMBINE 



On the Pacific coast where there is no danger 

 from rains, the harvest lasts for several weeks 

 or months, and the wheat does not usually deter- 



