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The operations included in cutting, housing, drying, 

 shipping, sweating, and packing require skill and practice. 

 The important varieties are as follows : 



1. White Burley. 6. Sumatra. 



2. Prince Bismarck. 7. Connecticut Seed Leaf. 



3. General Grant. 8. Hyco. 



4. Yellow Orinoco. 9. Havana Seed. 



5. Havana. 10. Pry or. 



1 1 . Perique. 



SECTION XXXIV WHEAT 



Wheat has been cultivated from earliest times. It was a 

 chief crop in Egypt and Palestine, and still holds its impor- 

 tance in the temperate portions of Europe, Asia, Africa, 



Australia, and America. 

 This crop ranks third 

 in value in the United 

 States. It grows in cool, 

 temperate, and warm 

 climates, and in many 

 kinds of soil. It does 

 best in clay loam, and 



poorest in sandy soils. Clogged and water- 

 soaked land will not grow wheat with profit to 

 '/ 1 1 the farmer; for this reason, where good wheat 

 production is desired, the soil must be well 

 drained and in good physical condition, that 

 is, the soil must be open, crumbly, and mellow. 



Clay soils that are hard and lifeless can be made valuable 

 for wheat production by covering the surface with manure, 



