AGRICULTURAL NATURE STUDY OUTLINES 
59 
MATERIALS FOR STUDY IN THE RURAL SCHOOLS 
OF CALIFORNIA 
The following lists of materials are suggested by various members 
of the staff of the College of Agriculture of the University of 
California. 
I. FARM CROPS 
By PROFESSOR J. W. GILMORE 
Wheat — 
White Australian—A bearded wheat of good milling quality. 
Sonora—A beardless wheat of good milling quality. 
Club—A beardless, compact head wheat, non-shattering and drought- 
resistant. 
Barley — 
Bay—6-rowed type for feed. 
Hennchen—2-rowed type for malting. 
Hooded—A beardless hooded type. 
Oats — 
Black—Grows to good advantage along coast. 
Red—Suitable for valleys. 
Yellow—Suitable for valleys. 
Corn — 
White dent—(Mexican June). 
Yellow dent—(Pride of the North). 
Yellow flint. 
Sugar. 
Pop. 
Bye— 
Any variety. 
Sorghum— 
Feterita—An erect white seed variety. 
Milo—A yellow gooseneck variety. 
Shallu—An open-headed variety. 
Bice— 
Japanese type—Short grain. 
Honduras—Long grain. 
Bluegrass—For lawns requires much water. 
Foxtail—Mostly a weed, beards very stiff when ripe. 
Grasses: 
Rye—Hay and lawn grass for coast counties. 
Timothy—Hay grass for northern and eastern counties. 
Bluegrass—For lawns requires much water. 
