66 THE HANDBOOK FOR PRACTICAL FARMERS 



PACIFIO COAST SOFT WHEAT. 



SEMI-IIAED SPRING 



California Club 



Gold Coin 



Little Club 



Bobs 



Early Baart 



Sontjra 

 Australian White 



Fig. 21. — Wlieat regions of the United States. 



These varieties are not always the best varieties to grow in 

 these regions but are the varieties most widely grown at present, 

 which is a more or less reliable guide as to what is best. Like- 

 wise the regions overlap each other to a great extent. However, 

 the rather distinct regions indicate the great influence of envi- 

 ronment on the type of wheat. For example, the soft wheats 

 are grown in humid regions of the eastern and southern states ; 

 the semihard wheats in the region east of the Mississippi river 

 with less rainfall than the above condition; the hard wheats in 

 the region Avest of the Missouri river to the semi-arid region. 

 Thus the hardness of wheat is generally related closely to 

 hmniditv and rainfall. 



Choice of variety for any region is very important because 

 next to growing wheat better is to grow better Avheat. The best 

 variety is difficult and in some cases impossible to find, but if 



