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strains of Grimm 



New varieties are appearing from time to time and 

 while the great majority of these are not equal to the 

 claims made for them a few are quite sure to be superior 

 to the old sorts. Nevertheless new settlers and inex- 

 perienced Westerners should use only standard var- 

 ieties. It is of course desirable that the testing of new 

 varieties be encouraged on all different soil types and 

 in all climatic zones of the country for the reason that 

 the Experiment Stations are so few and so far apart 

 that their conclusions regarding the suitability of 

 varieties are not necessarily applicable to all parts. At 

 the same time a large acreage of a new sort should never 

 be sown until it has given positive evidence that it is as 

 good or better than the standard ones used. 



202. Shattering. — After a grain or seed crop has 

 started to mature a considerable loss often occurs as a 

 result of shattering due either to winds or to the neces- 

 sary handling at harvest time. This loss is greater in 

 some classes of crops than in others and in some varieties 



