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important variety of which is Little Club, known also as 

 California Club, Washington Club, Walla Walla Club, 

 Silver Club, and the like. Other varieties commonly 

 grown are Oregon Red-chaff, Dale's Glory, and Crook- 

 neck Club. The leading common wheats in the soft 

 wheat district of the West are White Australian, a beard- 

 less variety largely grown in California, Sonora, a beard- 

 less brown-chaff variety grown in California and Oregon, 

 and Palouse Bluestem, a semi-hard spring variety, closely 

 related to fife wheat, and grown in Washington and 

 Oregon. Some few varieties, the most common of which 

 are Dawson's Golden Chaff and Gold Coin, grown in Ohio, 

 New York, and adjacent states, grade on the market as 

 soft wheats. 



114. Durum wheat district. — Durum wheat is grown 

 principally in the east and central parts of the Dakotas, 

 in Colorado, Montana, Kansas, Nebraska, and in smaller 

 areas in adjacent states. This section, therefore, overlaps 

 both that of the hard winter and the hard spring districts. 

 Durum wheat is grown largely in sections of these states 

 where conditions are not favorable for the growing of 

 hard winter or hard spring wheat. It will grow in more 

 arid sections and with less rainfall than will produce a 

 profitable crop of either of the other sorts. Usually when 

 either hard winter or hard spring varieties can be grown 

 with profit, they are preferred to durum. The important 

 varieties of durum wheat are Kubanka and Arnantka. 

 For some years after its introduction durum wheat sold at a 

 discount ranging from 2.5 to 15 cents per bushel below com- 

 mon hard wheat. This prejudice has gradually decreased, 

 however, and during the past year durum wheat has sold 

 at a premium over equal grades of hard spring common 

 wheat. 



