CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER XXIV 



PAGE 



285-295 



Oats — Climate, Soils, Tillage Practices and Uses 



Climate, 347; Soils, 348; Fertilizers and manures, 

 349; Place in the rotation, 350; Preparation of the , 

 seed-bed, 351; Time of seeding, 352; Methods of seed- 

 ing, 353; The open-furrow method of seeding, 354; 

 Rate of seeding, 356; Subsequent care, 356. Uses of 

 oats: Grain as food, 357; Oat straw, 358; Oat hay, 359; 

 Oats for pasture and soiling, 360. 



CHAPTER XXV 



Oats — Habvesting, Marketing, Insect Enemies and 

 Diseases .... ... 296-304 



Time of cutting, 361; Shocking, 362; Stacking, ^ 



363 ; Thrashing and storing, 364. Marketing: Bleached 

 oats, 366; Market grades of oats, 366. Insect enemies: 

 367. Fungous diseases: Oat rust, 368; Oat smut, 369; 

 The hot-water treatment, 370. 



CHAPTER XXVI 



Wheat 305-322 



Antiquity of wheat, 371; Nativity, 372; Biological 

 origin, 373; Botanical classification, 374. Structure 

 and Composition of Wheat: Roots, 376; Culms, 376; 

 Tillering, 377; Leaves, 378; The spike, 379; The 

 spikelets, 380; Fertilization, 381; The grain, 382; 

 Composition, 383. Types and Varieties of Wheat: 

 Botanical classification of wheat types, 384; Einkorn,' 

 385; Spelt, 386; Emmer, 387; Common wheat, 388; 

 Club wheat, 389; Poulard wheat, 390; Durum wheat, 

 391; PoUsh wheat, 392; Wheat varieties, 393; Varie- 

 ties for the cotton-belt, 394; Wheat-growing areas of 

 the cotton-belt, 395; Improvement of varieties, 396. 



CHAPTER XXVII 



Wheat — Climate, Soils, Rotations, Cultural Meth- 

 ods AND Harvesting . . . . 



323-333 



