DRY-FARMING ZONES 



commonly grown. Turkey Red is also 

 being largely sown. On the State ex- 

 perimental farms different varieties of 

 Durum wheat, the spring wheat of 

 the Upper Mississippi Valley, such as 

 Fife and Blue-stem, together with some 

 types of hard winter wheats, are being 

 tested. 



In general the wheats of the Great 

 Basin are very much mixed, and grading 

 and selection are urgently needed. Pub- 

 lic attention has been called to this matter 

 by Mr. William R. Jardine, the United 

 States Agronomist, who has been trying 

 to persuade the farmers to grow one 

 variety for the whole semi-arid belt in 

 order to obtain a better price for a uni- 

 form wheat. The Utah wheats have been 

 found to have a fairly high percentage 

 of gluten and so are usually blended with 

 the softer California wheat, and there is 

 but little doubt that with proper care in 

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