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FARM CROPS 



ordinary wheat. They are rather tall; the leaves 

 are smooth; the heads slender, sometimes short, 

 but compact and always bearded with very long 

 beards. The grains are a whitish yellow, rather 

 long and very hard. 



This wheat likes a soil rich in vegetable matter 

 and therefore rather fertile. Its choice is for a hot, 



dry climate, and soils of 

 an alkaline nature are 

 much liked. Durum is 

 raised very largely in the 

 great plains district. 

 There soil and climate are 

 favorable and the wheat 

 resists the drouth more 

 successfully than most 

 other crops. Now that 

 durum wheat growing has 

 become fully established 

 its acreage will increase 

 to meet the demand for 

 the macaroni and other 

 forms of edible pastes. 



EMMER.— A very old 

 wheat cultivated from the 

 most ancient times. Its 

 growing so far has been 

 limited to Northwestern 

 states. It is prized there 

 for its drouth-resisting 

 qualities. It thrives best 

 in the dry prairie region 

 and seems to like the hot 

 summers. Its use has 

 been limited so far to 



DURUM WHEAT 



The head is heavily 

 bearded, much more so tiian 

 the ordinary wheats. In ap- 

 pearance, it is much lllte 

 barley. "They vary in color 

 from light yellow to almost 

 black. 



