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the summer, as in the Great Plains area. This makes the seasonal 

 rainfall small in proportion to the total, as will be noted in Table 

 XX. For this reason, among others, winter wheats are more profit- 

 able and more extensively grown in these sections than spring varie- 



FiG. 9.- 



-Kernels of three varieties of soft white wheat, shown in four different positions, twice natural size: 

 1, Palouse Bluestem; 2, Early Baart; 3, Little Club. 



ties. Crop production is governed almost wholly by the quantity 

 and distribution of the annual rainfall. 



The elevation of these sections varies greatly. It is 6,000 feet or 

 more in places, as in the Juab Valley, near Nephi, Utah, and in the 



