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Southern and Pacific states. Most of the barley sown in 

 the spring in the Northern states is of the two-rowed and six- 

 rowed bearded hulled types; in the irrigated states in the 

 Rocky Mountain region the six-rowed bearded hull-less is 

 grown. Other types less commonly grown are the hull-less 

 six-rowed bearded, the hulled six^rowed hooded, the hull-less 

 two-rowed bearded, and the hulled two-rowed hooded. 



259. Leading Varieties. The type which is generally 

 grown in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa, the area 

 of largest production, is the common or hulled six-rowed 

 bearded, the most popular varieties being Manchuria and 

 Oderbrucker. This type is also grown in New York and the 

 other Eastern states, and in California. The most common 

 varieties in California are the Bay Brewing and the Cali- 

 fornia Feed. In North and South Dakota, the long, slender 

 type of two-rowed bearded barley is most commonly grown, 

 Chevalier and Hanna being the most prominent varieties. 

 In the Rocky Mountain region, particularly at high altitudes, 

 the hooded hull-less type is most prevalent, though some 

 hooded hulled barley is grown. Varietal names in the 

 hull-less barleys are largely based on the color of the grain, 

 as White Hull-less and Black Hull-less. This type of barley 

 weighs 60 pounds to the bushel, while the legal weight of a 

 bushel of hulled or common barley is 48 pounds in most of 

 the states. 



IMPORTANCE OF THE CROP 



260. World Production. The production of barley, like 

 that of wheat and oats, is largely confined to the North 

 Temperate zone. The total production of the world is 

 about 1,500,000,000 bushels as compared with about 

 4,000,000,000 bushels each of corn, wheat, and oats. The 

 leading country in barley production is European Russia, 



