WHEAT FOR DRY-FARMING 239 
wheat promises to become the leading dry-farm 
wheat. (See Figs. 56, 62.) 
The semisoft winter wheats are grown chiefly in 
the intermountain country. They are represented 
Fic. 56. Dry-farm Turkey wheat, Fergus Co., Montana. Yield 62 bushels 
per acre. This is perhaps the best variety of dry-farm wheat known 
to-day. d 
by a very large number of varieties, all tending to- 
ward softness and starchiness. This may in part be 
due to climatic, soil, and irrigation conditions, but is 
more likely a result of inherent qualities in the varie- 
