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DRY-FARMING 



An extremely interesting and important experi- 

 ment, sliowing the effect of locality upon the com- 

 position of wheat kernels, is reported by LeClerc and 

 Leavitt. Wheat grown in 1905 in Kansas was 

 planted in 1906 in Kansas, California, and Texas. In 

 1907 samples of the seeds grown at these three points 

 were planted side b}' side at each of the three states. 

 All the crops from the three localities were analyzed 

 separately each year. Some of the results of this 

 experiment are shown in the following table : — 



Effect of Locality on Composition of Crimean Wheat 



Determination ' Grown in Kansas 



Protein 



Weight per bushel 



(lbs.) . . . . 

 Flinty (per cent) 



Protein .... 

 Weight per bushel 



(lbs.) .... 

 Flinty (per cent) 



Grown in California 



Grown in Texas 



Original Seed, Kansas, 1905 

 16.22 



.56. .50 

 98.00 



1906 Crop from Kansas Seed of 1905 

 19.13 10..3S 



.58.8 

 100.0 



59.4 

 36.0 



12.18 

 58.9 



1907 Crop from Seed of 1906 



From 

 Kan- 

 sas 



From 

 Cali- 

 fornia 



From 

 Texas 



Kan- 



Cali- 

 fornia 



Kan- 

 sas 



Cali- 

 fornia 



Texas 



Protein . . , 

 Weight per 



bushel (lbs.) 

 Flinty . . . . 



51.3 

 100.0 



11.00 ' 11. .33 



51.3 

 100.0 



50.7 

 100.0 



61.3 

 50.0 



61.8 

 60.0 



11.37 



62.3 

 50.0 



58.5 

 98.0 



57.3 

 100.0 



18.21 



58.6 

 95.0 



