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farmers allow their corn to be hung out to dry 
where it is exposed to the weather, as, for 
instance, out on the porch, the side of a build¬ 
ing, or possibly on the frame of a windmill. 
This practice will result in poor germinating 
corn the next spring, unless he is favored with 
exceptionally dry fall weather, and late freez¬ 
ing. 
WHEAT 
The crop next in importance to corn is wheat. 
Nearly everyone understands that wheat is the 
source of bread-making flour in this country, 
and it is raised over a wide range of territory. 
; As we are a heavy bread-eating nation, there is 
"always a market for this product, which is taken 
by the large flour mills and milled into flour. 
Wheat is adapted to a variety of soils, growing 
about as well on one type of soil as it does on 
another, providing moisture is present or sup¬ 
plied. 
There are two general types of wheat, known 
as spring wheat and winter wheat. Winter 
wheat is sown during the late summer or early 
fall, while spring wheat is sown early in the 
spring. In preparing the land for winter wheat, 
no essential differences are made, the primary 
object being to prepare a mellow, firm seed 
bed, so that the soil is well worked up, and 
a loose surface made on top of the soil, to 
check evaporation of moisture. In some cases 
the land is first plowed, and then carefully har¬ 
rowed; in others the wheat is seeded on disced 
or stubble land. If spring wheat is to be 
