CHAPTER V 

 BARLEY 



History. Barley was known throughout Asia, Africa, 

 and parts of Europe before the Christian Era, and was 

 grown largely for human consumption. As a bread-making 

 grain, it gradually gave way to wheat and rye, and since 

 the fifteenth century has been grown chiefly as an animal 



Fig. 41. A field of barley ready to be harvested. 



food and for malting purposes. The early settlers of 

 America brought barley from Europe to the colonies and 

 disseminated it to various sections of the United States. 

 Barley can be grown over a wide latitude, but is restricted 

 to certain states and localities on account of soil conditions. 



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