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wheat promises to become the leading dry-farm 

 wheat. (See Figs. 56, 62.) 



Tlie semisoft winter wheats are grown chiefly in 

 the intermountain country. They are represented 



Fig. 56. Dry-farm Turkey wheat, Fergus Co., Montana. Yield 62 bushels 

 per acre. This is perhaps the best variety of dry-farm wheat known 

 to-day. 



by a very large number of varieties, all tending to- 

 ward softness and starchiness. This may in part be 

 due to climatic, soil, aod irrigation conditions, but is 

 more likely a result of inherent qualities in tlie varie- 



