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seeding and to harrow the lime in and not to allow 

 it to remain on top of the soil for any length of 

 time. Many lime users make a mistake in scattering 

 the lime broadcast, allowing it to be carried down 

 into the soil by rains. To get the full effect, har- 

 row the lime into the soil. 



Wheat should be grown in a rotation with other 

 crops, and two of the best in such rotations are 

 corn and clover. For instance, let corn follow 

 clover; on the clover sod scatter the manure to be 

 plowed under the corn; and following the corn 

 should come the wheat. Some use oats after corn 

 and wheat after oats. In this case, as soon after 

 oat harvesting as possible, plow the land that a 

 good seed bed may be had for the wheat later on. 

 If the stable manure is added to the corn lands, 

 then fertilizers will be more largely resorted to on 

 the wheat lands. This plan is splendid and is used 

 by many of the best wheat growers in sections 

 where diversified farming has become established. 



The Varieties Are Many. — Four types of 

 wheat are recognized in the markets of the 

 country. These types are the following: Soft 

 winter wheat; hard winter wheat; hard spring 

 wheat and white wheat. Included in the 

 stock winter varieties are the Valley, Nigger, 

 Mediterranean, Rudy, Fulcaster, Early Genessee 

 Giant, Mealy, Early Ripe, Poole, Fultz, Harvest 

 King and Dawson's Golden Chaff. The Fultz 

 variety is: probably more widely grown in the 

 United States than any other. Among the hard win- 

 ter varieties are Zimmerman, Turkey andTasmanian 

 Red. Fife and Blue Stem are the two leading 

 types of hard spring wheat. Both are beardless 

 and are grown in that immense wheat belt extend- 



