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operate such a machine; one drives or guides, one tilts the cutter 

 bar, and one sews up the filled sacks and dumps them on the ground, 

 and one has general charge of the machine. It is used a great deal 

 in California. In the central part of the United States the grain 

 is usually cut by a self binder, shocked by hand, and later, after 

 passing though the sweat, is ricked and finally thrashed by a 

 steam thrasher. 



Thrashing. 



Varieties of Wheat. The leading types of wheat are: 



1. Soft Winter Wheat, found in eastern United States. Exam- 

 ples, Fultz and Harvest King. 



2. Hard Winter Wheat, south of Minnesota and the Dakotas, 

 between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. Ex- 

 amples, Turkey Red and Sibley's New Golden. 



3. Hard Spring Wheat, in Minnesota, the Dakotas, northern 

 Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska. Examples, Fife and Blue Stem, 

 and Macaroni Wheats. 



4. White Wheat, in Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain States. 

 Examples, California Club, Sonora, Oregon Red Chaff, the Little 

 Club, and the White Winter. 



Grading, etc. The standard, or legal, weight per bushel of 

 wheat is generally sixty pounds, but the weight of a bushel by 

 measure may range from fifty-five to sixty-five pounds. The rules 

 for grading Red Winter Wheat are as follows: 



