accomplished, the use of spring wheat may be in order. Like oats 
it thrives best in cool weather,.so early spring planting is imperative 
for best results. 
Eastern States Variety 
The Eastern States variety of spring wheat for distribution in 1943 
is Rival. It is a bearded, hard red wheat, somewhat resistant to 
stem and leaf rusts and to closed and stinking smut. The grain is 
of good milling quality. It was introduced by the North Dakota 
Experiment Station in 1939 from a cross of Ceres x Hope-Florence. 
It is high yielding, medium early, tall and not very resistant to 
lodging when growth is rank. It may have a tendency to shatter 
some years as it reaches full maturity. 
SPRING BARLEY 
Barley is grown in some areas for malt but mostly in Eastern 
States area for feed. Under suitable conditions it yields 20 to 30 
percent more pounds per acre than wheat or oats. In feeding 
value it is about equal to other grains which it can replace in part at 
least in livestock rations. It is best cracked or rolled, not fed whole 
because of its hard flinty grain, nor fed finely ground unless in a 
mixture which would overcome its pasty tendencies when mois- 
tened. 


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