84 WHEAT 



No. 1 Red Winter Wheat shall be pure Red Winter Wheat of 

 both light and dark colors of the shorter berried varieties, sound, 

 plump, and well cleaned. 



No. 2 Red Winter Wheat shall be Red Winter Wheat of both 

 light and dark colors, sound, and reasonably clean. 



No. 3 Red Winter Wheat shall include Red Winter Wheat not 

 clean and plump enough for No. 2, but weighing not less than 

 fifty-four pounds to the measured bushel. 



No. 4 Red Winter Wheat shall include Red Winter Wheat, 

 damp, musty, or from any cause so badly damaged as to render it 

 unfit for No. 3. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Give a brief history of wheat. 



2. Discuss the production of wheat. 



3. Draw a map of the United States showing the wheat belts. 



4. Discuss wheat cultivation. 



5. Discuss harvesting, and harvesting machinery. 



6. Name the leading varieties of wheat. 



7. Discuss methods of grading wheat. 



8. Ascertain the amount of wheat required to sow an acre of ground 

 and calculate the amount required to sow forty acres. 



9. Ascertain the average yield per acre for wheat in your locality, and 

 calculate the value of forty acres of wheat at sixty cents per bushel and also 

 at ninety cents. 



10. Estimate the cost of sowing and growing an acre of wheat. 



11. After deducting for the expense of thrashing and marketing, estimate 

 the profit when wheat sells for ninety cents per bushel. 



REFERENCES 



The Cereals in America, Thomas Hunt. 

 The Book of Wheat, Peter Tracy Dondlinger. 

 North America (Geographical Reader), Carpenter. 

 How the World is Fed (Industrial Reader), Carpenter. 



