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The Ked Andriolo 

 Wheat, represented by 

 the accompanying en- 

 graving, is similar to 

 the White Andriolo 

 Wheat, shown on an- 

 other page of this book. 

 This is a hardy varie- 

 ty, prolific, moderately 

 early, and possesses 

 most of the character- 

 istics of a superior va- 

 riety of winter wheat. 

 The long, rough awns 

 are an objection to its 

 cultivation, when the 

 straw is to be employed 

 for feeding stock or 

 littering their apart- 

 ments. Domestic ani- 

 mals dislike these 

 harsh, tasteless, and in- 

 nutritious beards, as 

 they are ruinous to fine 

 wool, liable to injure 

 the eyes of animals, 

 and when the chaff is employed 

 for bedding for horses, these 

 ugly, barbed awns are liable to 

 find their way into the sheath of 

 male horses, to their serious in- 

 jury. Awns are of no advan- 

 tage to wheat. 



Fig. 28.— Eed Andriolo. 



