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109. Wheat districts of the United States. — When 

 one glances over the market report from one of the large 

 markets, it will be noticed that prices are quoted for several 

 kinds of wheat. Thus quotations will be found on hard 

 winter, red-winter, hard-spring, and the like. In order to 

 understand the report, it is necessary to know something 

 of the nature of the several kinds of wheat, the sections 

 of the country in which they are grown, and their uses. 

 In studying this interesting sul)ject it will be found that 

 wheat grown in one section of the country may be very 

 different from that grown in another section. Based upon 

 the character of the wheat produced, the United States 

 may be divided into five districts somewhat overlapping, 

 each producing a wheat differing in several respects from 

 that produced in other sections. A brief discussion of the 

 several districts and the character of the wheat grown in 

 them will not only be interesting, but will be helpful in 

 enabling one to understand the market classifications. 



110. Semi-hard wheat district. — This district includes 

 all of the states east of the Mississippi River, with the 

 exception of northern Wisconsin. It also includes almost 

 all of Missouri and Arkansas and eastern Texas. The 

 wheat grown in this section of the country has a medium 

 hard, rather starchy kernel. The color may be either red, 

 amber, or white, red being the most common. Almost all 

 of the wheat of this section is winter wheat. In the ex- 

 treme northeastern part a small amount of spring wheat is 

 grown, but it is used locally, very little, if any, finding its 

 way to the large markets. The spring wheat of these 

 states is quite similar in character to the winter wheat of 

 the remainder of the section. The wheat of the north- 

 western part of this section is slightly harder than that 

 produced in the Eastern and Southern States. Wheat 



