102 WHEAT 



QUESTIONS 



1 . What are the leading kinds of wheat ? 



2. What soils are well adapted to wheat growing ? 



3. In what respects does emmer differ from common wheat ? 



4. What are tillers ? 



5. What is the average yield of wheat in your locality? 

 What are some of the highest yields ? 



6. What are some of the common causes of low wheat yields 

 in your section ? 



PRACTICAL EXERCISES 



Write a short composition on the growing of wheat in your 

 locality. Give the methods of preparing the soil, sowing the 

 seed, and harvesting the crop. 



Find the average yield per acre of wheat in the United States 

 and in the leading wheat countries of the world. 



Make a collection of the most important kinds of wheat. 

 Each sample of grain may be kept in a small bottle. 



Plant several grains of wheat in a can or pot of earth. At 

 the end of one week remove two or three of the sprouting grains. 

 How many temporary roots are there? Make a drawing of 

 the young plants at this stage. A week later remove two or 

 three other young plants and note the growth of permanent 

 roots. Make drawings. Examine others at intervals of one 

 week to note the growth of tillers. 



REFERENCES 



Write to your Agricultural College for bulletins on wheat 

 growing. 



Farmers' Bulletins: 132, Principal insect enemies of growing 

 wheat; 139, Emmer, a grain for semiarid regions; 466, Winter 

 emmer. 



