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group of drought-resistant, rust-resistant varieties, 

 that has made wheat-growing possible in regions 

 where, a few years ago, no known varieties would 

 have any chance at all. Our millers are learning 

 to mix it with other kinds in flour. It is a fine 

 macaroni wheat. 



Strength of the straw of some wheats make it 

 a valuable by-product of the harvest. Leghorn 

 hats are woven of the wiry stems of an Italian 

 wheat, a Tuscan, bearded variety. Roofs are 

 thatched, chairs seated, mattresses stuffed, bee- 

 hives and baskets woven of wheat straw. It is a 

 good fodder for cattle, green or dry. Twisted 

 into hard ropes it often furnishes fuel for the 

 engines that run the great harvesters. Pressed 

 into bales, and these built into temporary walls, 

 the straw often holds thousands of bushels of wheat 

 in storage until time for shipment comes. Used as 

 bedding in stables, straw finally returns to the 

 soil with the stable manure, adding vegetable 

 fibre that loosens heavy clay, and makes of it 

 good loam for the growing of wheat. 



OATS 



Wheat, rye, and barley are members of one 

 subdivision of the great Grass Family. They all 



