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about 50 gallons of water. The loose smut, however, can 

 not be prevented by the use of this solution. It is there- 

 fore best to get seed that is known to be free from the loose 

 smut. 



QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES. 



1. Where are the Durum wheats mostly grown? 



2. For what is Emmer mostly grown in this country? 



3. What are the leading wheat producing states? (See 

 page 124.) 



4. Why is it necessary to have the seed bed well pul- 

 verized on top for wheat? 



5. What advantage is it to spring wheat to have it planted 

 early? 



6. How should seed wheat be selected? 



7. Why do grass seeds planted with wheat do better 

 than with oats? 



8. What advantages are there in stacking wheat over 

 threshing out of shocks? 



9. How is white flour made? 



10. What kind of flour makes the lightest bread? 

 n. For what is wheat straw used? 



12. How does the Hessian fly damage the wheat crop? 



13. How may wheat smuts be prevented? 



14. Chew some wheat kernels for a long while. The 

 sticky gum that you get is the part that makes wheat flour 

 good for bread making. It is called gluten. 



15. Study the table on the next page and show the yield 

 of wheat by states by placing on an outline map of the 

 United States a heavy black dot for each 5,000,000 bushels. 

 In this table a few states are not listed because of the small- 

 ness of their yield of wheat. 



