DRY-LAND CROPS 



grades of the Fife and Bluestem of the 

 Dakotas. 



Intermountain Wheat Zone. 



Passing westward from the Hard Win- 

 ter Wheat-belt we come to the Inter- 

 mountain or Great Basin Wheat Zone. 

 The wheat of this region may be con- 

 sidered as intermediate between that of 

 the Great Plains and that of the Pacific 

 Coast. The wheat of this belt is much 

 mixed with, however, a tendency to the 

 production of a white soft berry re- 

 sembling the grain of the Pacific Coast. 

 Hence, the term semi-soft white wheat. 1 



It cannot be said, as in speaking of the 

 previous zones, that any particular va- 

 riety is dominant in the Intermountain 

 region, although the winter sorts are 

 chiefly grown. This is due to the fact 



1 It is of interest to know that the finest and cleanest 

 seed is now grown in Alberta, being originally obtained 

 from Kansas. 



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